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Type | Film school |
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Established | 1960 |
Director | Pankaj Rag |
Location | , |
Affiliations | CILECT |
Website | http://www.ftiindia.com |
Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), is an autonomous Institute under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt. of India. It is fully aided by Central Government of India. [1] It is situated in the premises of the erstwhile Prabhat Film Company in Pune, India. Since its inception in 1960, FTII has become India's premier film and television institute, with its alumni becoming biggest known actors and directors in the Indian film industry.
FTII is a member of CILECT (International Liaison Centre of Schools of Cinema and Television), an organization of the world's leading schools of film and television.[2] Pankaj Rag is the present Director of Film and Television Institute of India.[3]
History
The Institute was established in 1960. The institute started running its courses from 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, Government of India.
Courses
The Institute offers three-year post-graduation diploma courses in direction, editing, cinematography and audiography; two-year courses in acting, 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.
Notable alumni
- Adoor Gopalakrishnan
- Balu Mahendra
- Mani Kaul
- John Abraham
- Shaji N. Karun
- Girish Kasaravalli
- Vidhu Vinod Chopra
- Subhash Ghai
- Mahesh Bhatt
- Sanjay Leela Bhansali
- Kumar Shahani
- Santosh Sivan
- Asrani
- Jaya Bachchan
- Shabana Azmi
- Sriram Raghavan
- Naseeruddin Shah
- Om Puri
- Mukesh Khanna
- Gufi Paintal
- Vijay Arora
- Kulbhushan Kharbanda
- Mithun Chakraborty
- Amrish Puri
- Ramachandra Babu
- Santosh Thundiyil
- Rajeev Ravi
- Resul Pookutty
- David Dhawan
- Rajkumar Hirani
- Rakesh Bedi[4]
- Prakash Jha
- Kundan Shah
- Satish Kaushik[5]
- Rehana Sultan
- Vishwanath Ayengar
- Anjuli Shukla
- Abhinav Gupta
See also
References
- ^ FTII Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt. of India Official website.
- ^ Film Institutes at bollywoodvillage
- ^ "About Us". Film and Television Institute of India. 2008-11-14. Archived from the original on 2008-06-15. Retrieved 2008-11-14.
- ^ FTII studio reopens after 31 years
- ^ FTII at Indiatimes Movies
External links