Film and Television Institute of India
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Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), is an autonomous Institute under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt. of India in Pune, India. [1]
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 [2]. Since its inception in 1960, FTII has become India's premier film and television institute, with its alumini becoming stalwarts in Indian film industry.
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[edit] History
Set up in 1960, in the premises of the erstwhile Prabat Studios, as Film Institute of India, FTII was expanded again in 1974 to add television as a medium, newly burgeoning medium at that time, thereby giving it, its present name, Film and Television Institute of India. Famous Indian directors like Ritwik Ghatak and Shyam Benegal have been in its faculty.
[edit] Alumni
Over the years, the institute has produced India’s finest directors, Mani Kaul, Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Shaji N. Karun , Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Subhash Ghai, Mahesh Bhatt, Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Santosh Sivan; and also its finest actors like, Jaya Bachchan, Shabana Azmi, Naseeruddin Shah, Om Puri, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Mithun Chakraborty and Amrish Puri. [3]
[edit] Courses
The Institute offers three-year diploma courses in direction, editing, cinematography and audiography. Two-year courses in acting, art direction and animation. A one-year course in feature film scriptwriting. One-year courses in direction, electronic cinematography, video editing and audiography.
[edit] See also
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[edit] External links
- Official Website of FTII
- Official Website of R. K. Films & Media Academy, New Delhi
- Thompson Foundation for Film and TV Heritage, 2007
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