Ftii Society

"Shekhar Kapur, who has vast experience, will add more value to the institute," tweeted Prakash Javadekar.

The students are also demanding that the FTII society be dissolved and search committees be set up with a transparent process in place to look into the appointments of the chairperson. In the past Shyam Benegal, Mrinal Sen, Mahesh Bhatt and Girish Karnad have served as chairperson of the institute

The students, on September 26 said that they were ready to withdraw their hunger strike to pave the way for a dialogue if the Information and Broadcasting Ministry confirmed a date and venue for talks. The students are demanding Gajendra Chauhan's removal as Chairman of the government-run institute along with some other members from the FTII Societ...

Ms Balan who is also a part of FTII Society and Rajabali, who is the head of screenplay writing at the premier institute, joined 190 filmmakers in writing to the president. The letter urges the president to declare FTII as a centre of excellence and an autonomous institution, de-link FTII from the Information and Broadcasting Ministry and to grant...

A delegation of FTII students protesting against the appointment of TV actor Gajendra Chauhan as its Chairman, have met senior officials of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, though no breakthrough was achieved in the ongoing logjam.

"If a lot of people from a particular party are nominated in a society, then there is a very bad side to it, politically

"The bigger concern is that along with Mr Chauhan, there were other names that were added into the FTII society"

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.

Padma Bhushan awardee Jahnu Barua, who has resigned from the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) society, says since the government is not ready to go back on its decision to change the institute's chairman, the issue is a "dead log".

Television Actress Pallavi Joshi, who had been nominated as a member of Pune's Film and Television Institute of India society, has refused to take up the position in view of the ongoing students' protest.

"Shekhar Kapur, who has vast experience, will add more value to the institute," tweeted Prakash Javadekar.

The students are also demanding that the FTII society be dissolved and search committees be set up with a transparent process in place to look into the appointments of the chairperson. In the past Shyam Benegal, Mrinal Sen, Mahesh Bhatt and Girish Karnad have served as chairperson of the institute

The students, on September 26 said that they were ready to withdraw their hunger strike to pave the way for a dialogue if the Information and Broadcasting Ministry confirmed a date and venue for talks. The students are demanding Gajendra Chauhan's removal as Chairman of the government-run institute along with some other members from the FTII Societ...

Ms Balan who is also a part of FTII Society and Rajabali, who is the head of screenplay writing at the premier institute, joined 190 filmmakers in writing to the president. The letter urges the president to declare FTII as a centre of excellence and an autonomous institution, de-link FTII from the Information and Broadcasting Ministry and to grant...

A delegation of FTII students protesting against the appointment of TV actor Gajendra Chauhan as its Chairman, have met senior officials of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, though no breakthrough was achieved in the ongoing logjam.

"If a lot of people from a particular party are nominated in a society, then there is a very bad side to it, politically

"The bigger concern is that along with Mr Chauhan, there were other names that were added into the FTII society"

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.

Padma Bhushan awardee Jahnu Barua, who has resigned from the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) society, says since the government is not ready to go back on its decision to change the institute's chairman, the issue is a "dead log".

Television Actress Pallavi Joshi, who had been nominated as a member of Pune's Film and Television Institute of India society, has refused to take up the position in view of the ongoing students' protest.