National Film Development Corporation of India
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The National Film Development Corporation of India is a state-owned agency responsible for promoting, financing, and developing Indian cinema, particularly independent and art-house films.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| National Film Development Corporation of India canonical | 31 |
| NFDC | 11 |
| Film Finance Corporation of India | 3 |
| NFDC India | 1 |
| National Film Development Corporation Film Bazaar | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4514427 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: National Film Development Corporation of India Context triple: [Minister of Information and Broadcasting of India, hasAuthorityOver, National Film Development Corporation of India]
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A.
Reliance Entertainment
Reliance Entertainment is an Indian film and media production company known for financing and distributing a wide range of Bollywood and international movies.
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B.
Suresh Productions
Suresh Productions is a prominent Indian film production company based in Hyderabad, widely known for producing numerous successful Telugu-language films.
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C.
Yash Raj Films
Yash Raj Films is a major Indian film production and distribution company known for producing and releasing many of Bollywood’s most successful and influential movies.
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D.
Indican Pictures
Indican Pictures is an independent film distribution company known for releasing cult and genre films, including the crime thriller "The Boondock Saints."
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E.
Aamir Khan Productions
Aamir Khan Productions is an Indian film production company known for backing critically acclaimed and commercially successful Bollywood films often noted for their strong storytelling and social themes.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: National Film Development Corporation of India Target entity description: The National Film Development Corporation of India is a state-owned agency responsible for promoting, financing, and developing Indian cinema, particularly independent and art-house films.
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A.
Reliance Entertainment
Reliance Entertainment is an Indian film and media production company known for financing and distributing a wide range of Bollywood and international movies.
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B.
Suresh Productions
Suresh Productions is a prominent Indian film production company based in Hyderabad, widely known for producing numerous successful Telugu-language films.
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C.
Yash Raj Films
Yash Raj Films is a major Indian film production and distribution company known for producing and releasing many of Bollywood’s most successful and influential movies.
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D.
Indican Pictures
Indican Pictures is an independent film distribution company known for releasing cult and genre films, including the crime thriller "The Boondock Saints."
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E.
Aamir Khan Productions
Aamir Khan Productions is an Indian film production company known for backing critically acclaimed and commercially successful Bollywood films often noted for their strong storytelling and social themes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film development corporation
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government agency of India ⓘ state-owned enterprise ⓘ |
| activity |
co-production of films
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film distribution ⓘ film financing ⓘ film production ⓘ film promotion ⓘ organization of film markets ⓘ support for film festivals ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| focusArea |
debut filmmakers
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parallel cinema ⓘ regional Indian cinema ⓘ |
| fundingModel | government funding ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
India
ⓘ
Maharashtra ⓘ Mumbai ⓘ |
| inception | 1975 ⓘ |
| industry |
cinema
ⓘ
film industry ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Government of India ⓘ |
| mandate |
encouragement of good cinema
ⓘ
support to content-driven cinema ⓘ support to low-budget films ⓘ |
| notableProject |
Gandhi (1982 film)
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Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro ⓘ Mirch Masala ⓘ Salaam Bombay! ⓘ The Lunchbox ⓘ |
| organizes | Film Bazaar ⓘ |
| owner | Government of India ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India) ⓘ |
| predecessor | Film Finance Corporation ⓘ |
| primaryLanguage |
English
ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ |
| purpose |
development of Indian film industry
ⓘ
financing of Indian films ⓘ promotion of Indian cinema ⓘ support of art-house films in India ⓘ support of independent films in India ⓘ |
| regionServed | India ⓘ |
| sector | public sector ⓘ |
| shortName | NFDC ⓘ |
| sponsor | National Film Development Corporation Film Bazaar ⓘ |
| type | public sector undertaking ⓘ |
| website | https://www.nfdcindia.com ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: National Film Development Corporation of India Description of subject: The National Film Development Corporation of India is a state-owned agency responsible for promoting, financing, and developing Indian cinema, particularly independent and art-house films.
Referenced by (47)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Minister of Information and Broadcasting of India
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hasAuthorityOver
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National Film Development Corporation of India
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linked to: National Film Development Corporation of India
linked to: National Film Development Corporation of India
Indian parallel cinema
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institutionalSupportFrom
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National Film Development Corporation of India
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Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)
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oversees
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National Film Development Corporation of India
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linked to: National Film Development Corporation of India
linked to: National Film Development Corporation of India
linked to: National Film Development Corporation of India
National Film Development Corporation of India
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sponsor
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National Film Development Corporation Film Bazaar
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linked to: National Film Development Corporation of India
linked to: National Film Development Corporation of India
linked to: National Film Development Corporation of India
linked to: National Film Development Corporation of India
linked to: National Film Development Corporation of India
linked to: National Film Development Corporation of India
linked to: National Film Development Corporation of India
linked to: National Film Development Corporation of India
linked to: National Film Development Corporation of India
linked to: National Film Development Corporation of India