Friday, April 19, 2024

Topic: FTII

Over 300 FTII alumni condemn Hindutva violence against students over ‘Remember Babri’ banner

Over 300 FTII (Film and Television Institute of India) alumni have penned an open letter expressing solidarity with the institute's students following an attack by Hindutva mob, who targeted them for displaying a banner condemning the 1992 demolition of the Babri Masjid.

Hindutva men barge into FTII Pune, burn ‘remember Babri’ banner, attack students

A group of over a dozen Hindutva men barged into the campus of the Film and Television Institute of India in Pune on Tuesday afternoon, launching an attack on students, including females.

FTII Students’ Association reminds of Babri demolition in statement against govt’s holiday announcement on 22 Jan

The student community of Film and Television Institute of India (FTIl) resonates with a vehement condemnation of the Government of India's recent declaration of a half-day holiday on January 22, 2024, in celebration of Ram Lalla Pratishtha at Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, said the Film and Television Institute of India Students’ Association (FTIISA).

Indefinite hunger strike in Pune FTII against exclusion of Dalit student; Students demand fair, transparent measures 

The students of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) in Pune, 2020 batch, have undertaken an indefinite hunger strike from 15 May 2023 onwards, demanding the reinstatement of a Dalit student removed from the course.

Students say FTII not filling up seats for reserved categories, stage protest

Students of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) in Pune held a protest against discrepancies in the merit list and non-implementation of reservation rules in the admission process, on Friday.

“New laws on censorship can change face of Indian cinema forever,” filmmakers on Cinematograph Bill

National award winning documentary director and TISS Mumbai faculty Shilpi Gulati, Malayalam filmmaker Muhsin Parari, film critic and director Rajesh Rajamani and the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) students union president Aadhith V Sathwin speak to Maktoob about Narendra Modi government's new draft Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill, 2021.