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the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) has truly lived up to its avowed objective in the field of imparting training in film making and television programme production. Today the FTII is considered as a Center of Excellence not only in India but also in Asia and Europe. Films made by the students of the Institute are entered in festivals both in India and abroad. Many of them have won National and International awards.The alumni of the FTII have penetrated all corners of the Indian Film and Television industry and have excelled in all its fields. For example Subhash Ghai, Mani Kaul, Nasiruddin Shah, Jaya Bhaduri, Raza Murad, Shatrughan Sinha, Mithun Chakraborty, Tom Alter, Kanwarjit Paintal, Adoor Gopal Krishnan, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Raj Kumar Hirani, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Resul Pookutty are alumni of this Institute. The FTII is an autonomous body under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting of the Government of India. Its policies are determined by a Governing Council. The latter appoints the director of the institute. The current director of the institute is Mr. Pankaj Rag (IAS).
The Institute has indeed come a long way from its humble beginnings. The Government of India purchased the land where the well-known Prabhat film company made films such as ‘Kunku’, ‘ Manoos’ ,’ Shejari’ etc. when it was offered for sale and established the Film Institute in the year 1960. Today, the studios from the Prabhat era still continue to be in use by the students for their various exercises. These studios have been declared heritage sites by the Pune Municipal Corporation. During 1974, the scope of the Institute was enlarged to include the then rapidly developing field of television.
he Television Wing, earlier located at the Mandi House, New Delhi, shifted to the Institute campus at Pune during the early seventies so as to bring together training in film and television under a common roof, thereby justifying the name of the Institute – the Film and Television Institute of India. This wing of the institute has been primarily concerned with conducting in-service training to personnel from Doordarshan.
One of Asia's premier film schools, the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) in Pune is now 36 years old. FTII is a member of CILCET (International Liaison Centre of Schools of Cinema and Television)--an organization of the world's leading schools of film and television. Dr. Mohan Agashe, the well known film and theatre actor, is the director of the Institute. two-year diploma courses for film editing, motion picture photography, audiography, production management, and art direction.
Every year, the FTII invites nationally and internationally renowned makers as guest lecturers. During 1996, Hungarian film maker Istvaan Gaal, German film maker Helma Sanders Brahms, and Polish film maker Krzystof Zanussi conducted workshops with the students. In addition, a large number of lndian experts outside of the faculty were invited to address the students. Many of the new generation of the Indian filmmakers are an alumni of FTII, for example, Adoor Goplakrishnan, Mani Kaul, and Kumar Sahani. Ritwik Ghatak taught at the Institute. Mehboob Khan is the Dean of Film Wing.
The Television wing of the Institute mainly caters for the training needs of production and technical staff of Doordarshan. Short-term TV orientation courses are conducted for the Indian Information Service (IIS) officers and the students of the film department. During the year 1995-96, the TV wing has trained 21 Doordarshan programme officers in two TV Orientation Workshops. Two Trainers' Training Programs were held for 32 video executives and cameramen from Doordarshan. A Television News Production Techniques Course was held from July 15 to September 21, 1996, and 59 Doordarshan personnel and 10 IIS probationary officers from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication were trained. Samar Nakhate heads the Television Wing.
FTII enters short films by students in various international short film festivals to give exposure to their work. During 1996, diploma films were sent for selection previews in the following International Film Festivals: 6th Madrid Experimental Cinema week, 42nd Oberhausen Short Film Festival, 35th International Critics Week at Cannes International Film Festival, 4th International Short Film Festival (Vila de Condo-Portugal), British Short Film Festival, 6th International Students Film Festival (Tel Aviv, Israel), Palm Springs International Short Film Festival California, 29th Rencontres International Henri Langlois, 14th Cinema Giovanni Turin, and 9th Clermont Ferrand Film Festival, France.
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