Mumbai, Jan 9 (UNI) National Museum of Indian Cinema's (NMIC) Advisory Committee chairman and film-maker, Shyam Benegal, today made a fervent appeal to people associated with the film industry to come forward and donate rare artefacts, vintage instruments and other memorabilia to the National Museum, which chronicles the century-old journey of cinema in India. The Museum Advisory Committee, which met in city today, also gave its nod for the thematic display in the phase-II of the museum. National Council of Science Museums, Kolkata, under the Ministry of Culture, is curating the museum. Secretary to Information & Broadcasting, Ajay Mittal, who was a special invitee at the meeting, said the government has attached enormous importance to NMIC, to build it as a platform to present various facets of Indian cinema. NMIC is conceived as a two-phase museum -- phase-I is housed in the heritage building Gulshan Mahal, mostly displaying static artefacts and telling the story of Indian cinema in a chronological form. While, phase-II of the museum, to be housed in a modern building, will sport over 40 interactive galleries devoted to cinema across India, journey of Indian cinema from silent era to talkies, technology and creativity in cinema as well as a children's activity gallery. Benegal said, "A visit to the film museum should be an engrossing experience and we should have a number of interactive sections, where viewers can watch clips from classics, listen to rare recordings or learn about how cinema was ade in the bygone era." Veteran film-makers Adoor Gopalakrishnan and Krishna Swamy, noted cinematographer A K Bir, former director of National Film Archives of India, Suresh Chhabria, film conservationist Shivendra Dungarpur, film critic Sanjit Narvekar, NCSM director general Anil Manekar and Chhatrapati Shivaji Vastu Sangrahalay director-general Sabyasachi Mukherjee and film curator Amrit Gangar were among those present at the meeting. UNI ST SS RJ PR2155