Film and Television

Institute of India

The Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) is a film institute under the Ministry of
Information and Broadcasting of the Government of India and aided by the Central Government
of India.[1] It is situated on the premises of the erstwhile Prabhat Film Company in Pune. It was
established in 1960 and its alumni includes technicians, actors and directors in the film and
television industry.
 Film and Television Institute of India

Type Film school

Established 1960

Chairman Shekhar Kapur

Director Bhupendra Kainthola , IIS

Location Pune, Maharashtra, India

Affiliations CILECT

Website http://www.ftiindia.com

FTII is a member of the International Liaison Centre of Schools of Cinema and Television
(CILECT), an organisation of the world's leading schools of film and television.[2]

The Centre will set up a new Institute in Arunachal Pradesh as part of an initiative to tap the
potential of the North Eastern region, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for
Development of North Eastern Region, Dr. Jitendra Singh has informed.

History

The institute was established in 1960 and started its courses in 1961. The Television Training
wing, which was earlier functioning in New Delhi, shifted to Pune in 1974. Thereafter, the
institute became fully aided by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. In July 2011,
Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni said that a bill in Parliament to develop the
FTII into a 'Centre of Excellence' would be introduced. This would enable the institute to enjoy
the academic status and privileges of a university.
 Courses

The Institute offers three-year post-graduate diploma courses in film direction, editing,
cinematography and audiography; two-year courses in acting and art direction; a one and a half
year course in computer graphics and animation; a one-year course in feature film scriptwriting.
One-year post-graduate certificate in direction, electronic cinematography, video editing and
audiography are also part of the courses offered.

Management

The FTII is registered under Societies' Registration Act of 1860. The Society is headed by a
President, who also functions as the Chairman of the Governing Council, the Academic Council
and the Standing Finance Committee. The Governing Council is constituted by election from
among the members of the Society. The Governing Council is the apex body of the FTII and is
responsible for making all major policy decisions of the Institute. The council, in turn, appoints
the Academic Council and the Standing Finance Committee, members of both of which are
responsible for advising the FTII in policy matters related to academic affairs and financial
matters.[3][4]

A Director serves as the institute's Executive Head and implements its policies and programmes.
Prashant Pathrabe, a 1992 batch officer of Indian Information Service (IIS), has been given
temporary charge as Director following end of the term of DJ Narain.[5] Gajendra Chauhan, the
designated chairman of the governing council, is yet to join, owing to protest overs his
appointment.[3] The protests have been continuing for over 95 days but the logjam over
appointment still remains.[6]

List of presidents of FTII Society

Roshan Taneja

Anwar Jamal Kidwai (1 November 1974 – 30 September 1977)

S M H Burney (25 November 1975 – 30 September 1977)

R K Laxman (1 November 1977 – 30 September 1980)

Shyam Benegal (5 February 1981 – 30 September 1983, September 1989 – 30 September

1992)
Mrinal Sen (9 April 1984 – 30 September 1986)

Adoor Gopalakrishnan (1 September 1987 – September 1989, 21 November 1992 – 30

September 1995)

Mahesh Bhatt (20 November 1995 – 30 September 1998)

Girish Karnad (16 February 1999 – 10 October 2001)

Vinod Khanna (12 October 2001-February 2002, 4 March 2002 – 3 March 2005)

U R Ananthamurthy (4 March 2005 – 3 March 2008, 4 March 2008 – 3 March 2011)

Saeed Akhtar Mirza (4 March 2011 – 3 March 2014)

Gajendra Chauhan (9 June 2015 - 11 October 2017)

Anupam Kher (11 October 2017 – 31 October 2018)

B. P. Singh (13 December 2018 - 29 September 2020)

Shekhar Kapur (30 September 2020 - incumbent)

Notable faculty

David Lean[7]

Istvan Gaal

Mani Kaul[7]

Ritwik Ghatak[7]

Satyajit Ray[7]

Tom Alter[7]

Notable alumni

Adoor Gopalakrishnan[7]

Amar Upadhyay

Amit Dutta

Asrani

Anant Balani
Anil Dhawan

Anil Mehta

Anik Dutta

Anjali Paigankar

Anuya Bhagwat

Apurba Kishore Bir

Balu Mahendra

Beena Paul

Boby John

Danny Denzongpa

David Dhawan

Dinesh Baboo

Divyendu Sharma

Fowzia Fathima

Gaurav Chakrabarty

Girish Kasaravalli

Gurvinder Singh

Harikumar Madhavan Nair

Harshavardhan Kulkarni

Jahnu Baruah

Jaideep Ahlawat

Javed Khan

Jaya Bachchan[7]

Jaya Krishna Gummadi

Kamal Swaroop

K. G. George
K. Hariharan (director)

Ketan Mehta

Kiran Kumar

K. K. Senthil Kumar

Kranti Kanade

Kulbhushan Kharbanda

Kumar Shahani[7]

Kundan Shah

Mani Kaul[7]

Madhu Ambat

Mahesh Aney

Mithun Chakraborty

Mukesh Khanna

Murali G

Naseeruddin Shah

Navin Nischol

Nishan K. P. Nanaiah

Nithya Menen

Om Puri

Pankaj Kumar

Pankaj Parashar

Prakash Jha

Pritam Chakraborty

P. M. Satheesh

Ramachandra Babu

Raja Bundela
Rajat Kapoor

Rajeev Ravi

Rajkumar Hirani

Rajkummar Rao

Rakesh Bedi[8]

Rakesh Pandey[9]

C. Rajendra Prasad

Ranjeeta

Rasika Duggal

Raveendran (actor)

Raza Murad

Radha Saluja

Rehana Sultan

Renu Saluja

Resul Pookutty

Sanjay Leela Bhansali[7]

Sanjivan Lal

Santosh Sivan

Santosh Thundiyil

Satish Shah

Satish Kaul

Satish Kaushik[10]

Sayani Gupta

Shabana Azmi

Shakti Kapoor

Shaji N. Karun
 Shatrughan Sinha

Smita Patil

Sriram Raghavan

Subhash Ghai

Sudev Nair

Sudeep Chatterjee

Suhail Nayyar

Sunny Hinduja

Supratim Bhol

Umesh Upadhyay

Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni

Vidhu Vinod Chopra

Vijay Arora

Vijay Varma

Vimukthi Jayasundara[11]

Vinay Forrt

Tom Alter[12]

Wisdom Tree

Wisdom Tree in FTII is like a informal Master Class where students discuss topics with
Filmmakers.[13]

Controversies

In 2015, Gajendra Chauhan was appointed[14] as the chairman of the institute which sparked
protests by students at the institute.

On 18 August 2015, police — in a night-time crackdown — arrested striking students who

confined FTII director Prashant Pathrabe and other staffers in his office for eight hours. The
director claimed that students harassed and mentally tortured him. The students were released
on bail.

A video showing students surrounding the director and shouting was released by the
management. In response the students released an undated video of cops manhandling
students and breaking glass in the director's office, The striking students vehemently
condemned the act by the Pune police to come and arrest students past midnight.[15][16]

References

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401135615/http://mib.nic.in/informationb/autonomus/ftii.htm) 1 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt. of India Official website.

2. "About Us" (https://web.archive.org/web/20080615145952/http://www.ftiindia.com/newftii/index.htm

l) . Film and Television Institute of India. 14 November 2008. Archived from the original (http://www.ftiin
dia.com/newftii/index.html) on 15 June 2008. Retrieved 14 November 2008.

3. "On Gajendra Chauhan's plate, admin and academics" (http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-other

s/on-gajendra-chauhans-plate-admin-and-academics/) . The Indian Express. 13 July 2015. Retrieved
13 July 2015.

4. "FTII Administrative Structure" (https://web.archive.org/web/20170518052018/http://ftiindia.com/manag

ement.html) . FTII. 13 July 2015. Archived from the original (http://www.ftiindia.com/management.ht
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5. "IIS Officer Prashant Pathrabe Appointed New FTII Director" (http://www.outlookindia.com/news/article/ii

s-officer-prashant-pathrabe-appointed-new-ftii-director/906949) . FTII. 17 July 2015. Retrieved 17 July
2015.

6. "Govt doing nothing to end logjam: FTII students" (http://news.biharprabha.com/2015/09/govt-doing-not

hing-to-end-logjam-ftii-students/) . news.biharprabha.com. ANI. 15 September 2015. Retrieved
15 September 2015.

7. Chandra, Anupama (15 March 1996). "Searching for direction" (http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/not-just-

market-pressures-and-structural-changes-ftii-beset-with-whole-lot-of-problems/1/283822.html) . India
Today. Retrieved 14 July 2015.

8. "FTII studio reopens after 31 years" (https://web.archive.org/web/20121024025150/http://articles.times

ofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-10-06/pune/27901561_1_shabana-azmi-ftii-film-and-television-institute) .
The Times of India. 6 October 2008. Archived from the original (http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.co
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10. "FTII at Indiatimes Movies" (https://web.archive.org/web/20090822145422/http://movies.indiatimes.co

m/articleshow/18452214.cms) . Movies.indiatimes.com. 1 January 1970. Archived from the original (ht
tp://movies.indiatimes.com/articleshow/18452214.cms) on 22 August 2009. Retrieved 25 April 2014.

11. "Vimukthi Jayasundara" (http://www.films.lk/ArtistDetails.php?id=717) . Sinhala Cinema Database.

Retrieved 5 January 2020.

12. "The Sunday Standard", Bombay, 10 June 1973. "Screen", New Delhi edition, 19 March 1971. Udaya Tara
Nayar, "Screen", Bombay, 11 October 1975.

13. "FTII students turn to Wisdom Tree in absence of classes- Pune Mirror" (https://punemirror.indiatimes.co
m/pune/civic/ftii-students-turn-to-wisdom-tree-in-absence-of-classes/articleshow/66077792.cms) .
Retrieved 28 May 2020.|date=5 October 2018}}

14. "Give me a chance: Gajendra Chauhan post FTII furore - The Times of India" (https://www.bollywoodsuns
hine.com/india/Give-me-a-chance-Gajendra-Chauhan-post-FTII-furore/articleshow/47655616.cms) .
Retrieved 31 January 2019.|date=february 2019}}

15. "FTII stir: Students protest Gajendra Chauhan's appointment - The Times of India" (https://www.bollywoo
dsunshine.com) .

16. "Bollywood's talent pool (Diploma films over the years)" (http://www.tribuneindia.com/2007/20070805/s
pectrum/main6.htm) . The Tribune (Chandigarh). 5 August 2007.

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