Ftii Controversy

The students' association of the Film and Television Institute of India screened the controversial BBC documentary on the 2002 Godhra riots on the campus of the premier acting school here, said the student body on Saturday.

Actor Gajendra Chauhan, who was at the centre of a controversy over his appointment as the FTII chairman, essayed the role of mythical character Ravan at a grand Dussehra celebrations here today.

Disgruntled BJP lawmaker Shatrughan Sinha has said that he had been willing to accept the post of 'interim chairman' of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) here and that he had also requested the current chairman Gajendra Chauhan to step down to end the stalemate with protesting students.

Amid slogans of 'Go back, go back", Gajendra Chauhan arrived at the prestigious Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) in Pune for the first time since he was controversially appointed its Chairman in June last year.

Several months since his controversial appointment as the FTII chairman, BJP member and television personality Gajendra Chauhan is yet to visit his office, a RTI query revealed in Pune today.

An Information and Broadcasting Ministry panel has blamed the agitating students and the faculty of FTII for the prevailing situation at the campus here, as it defended the institute's controversial decision to call police in the campus after the gherao of its director.

As the impasse over actor and BJP member Gajendra Chauhan's appointment as Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) head nears 100 days, the Centre today made a fresh offer to the striking students for talks but without preconditions.

The Supreme Court today declined to entertain a public interest litigation seeking the court's intervention on the stalemate over the appointment of Gajendra Chauhan as the Chairman of the Film and Television Institute of India at Pune.

A national institute for film, television and animation will be set up in Arunchal Pradesh, the Centre announced today even as it continued to battle controversy over its appointment of the chief of Pune's Film and Television Institute of India.

The protesting students of Pune's Film and Television Institute of India have hit back at the administration for asking 30 students to vacate the hostel, calling their decision as "tyrannical", as their strike entered the 58th day.

Bollywood superstar Salman Khan and his father- veteran scriptwriter Salim Khan- today joined the growing chorus for the removal of TV actor Gajendra Chauhan as FTII chairman.

For the sake of the profession, sir...it's not too late.

Film personalities Rajkummar Rao, Amol Palekar and Sudhir Mishra today came out in support of the demand for removal of controversial chief of FTII Gajendra Chauhan, saying he does not have the credentials to head the premier institute.

Criticism from some of Bollywood's biggest names has left Gajendra Chauhan, the controversial new chairman of the prestigious Film and Television Institute of India or FTII, totally unfazed. In response to the many questions raised on his appointment, he has one of his own.

Veteran actor Rishi Kapoor addressed a press conference on his tweets of advice to embattled FTII chairman Gajendra Chauhan. Here are the highlights of what he said.

The students' association of the Film and Television Institute of India screened the controversial BBC documentary on the 2002 Godhra riots on the campus of the premier acting school here, said the student body on Saturday.

Actor Gajendra Chauhan, who was at the centre of a controversy over his appointment as the FTII chairman, essayed the role of mythical character Ravan at a grand Dussehra celebrations here today.

Disgruntled BJP lawmaker Shatrughan Sinha has said that he had been willing to accept the post of 'interim chairman' of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) here and that he had also requested the current chairman Gajendra Chauhan to step down to end the stalemate with protesting students.

Amid slogans of 'Go back, go back", Gajendra Chauhan arrived at the prestigious Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) in Pune for the first time since he was controversially appointed its Chairman in June last year.

Several months since his controversial appointment as the FTII chairman, BJP member and television personality Gajendra Chauhan is yet to visit his office, a RTI query revealed in Pune today.

An Information and Broadcasting Ministry panel has blamed the agitating students and the faculty of FTII for the prevailing situation at the campus here, as it defended the institute's controversial decision to call police in the campus after the gherao of its director.

As the impasse over actor and BJP member Gajendra Chauhan's appointment as Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) head nears 100 days, the Centre today made a fresh offer to the striking students for talks but without preconditions.

The Supreme Court today declined to entertain a public interest litigation seeking the court's intervention on the stalemate over the appointment of Gajendra Chauhan as the Chairman of the Film and Television Institute of India at Pune.

A national institute for film, television and animation will be set up in Arunchal Pradesh, the Centre announced today even as it continued to battle controversy over its appointment of the chief of Pune's Film and Television Institute of India.

The protesting students of Pune's Film and Television Institute of India have hit back at the administration for asking 30 students to vacate the hostel, calling their decision as "tyrannical", as their strike entered the 58th day.

Bollywood superstar Salman Khan and his father- veteran scriptwriter Salim Khan- today joined the growing chorus for the removal of TV actor Gajendra Chauhan as FTII chairman.

For the sake of the profession, sir...it's not too late.

Film personalities Rajkummar Rao, Amol Palekar and Sudhir Mishra today came out in support of the demand for removal of controversial chief of FTII Gajendra Chauhan, saying he does not have the credentials to head the premier institute.

Criticism from some of Bollywood's biggest names has left Gajendra Chauhan, the controversial new chairman of the prestigious Film and Television Institute of India or FTII, totally unfazed. In response to the many questions raised on his appointment, he has one of his own.

Veteran actor Rishi Kapoor addressed a press conference on his tweets of advice to embattled FTII chairman Gajendra Chauhan. Here are the highlights of what he said.