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{{Infobox university
| name = Film and Television Institute of India
| image = FTIIlogo Vector.svg
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| type = Film school
| chairman = [[Shekhar Kapur]]
| director = [[Bhupendra Kainthola]] , [[Indian Information Service|IIS]]
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| city = [[Pune]]
| state = [[Maharashtra]]
| country = [[India]]
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The '''Film and Television Institute of India''' ('''FTII''') is a film institute under the [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Ministry of Information and Broadcasting]] of the [[Government of India]] and aided by the Central Government of India.<ref>[http://mib.nic.in/informationb/autonomus/ftii.htm FTII] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160401135615/http://mib.nic.in/informationb/autonomus/ftii.htm |date=1 April 2016 }} [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Ministry of Information and Broadcasting]], [[Govt. of India]] Official website.</ref> 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.

FTII is a member of the [[CILECT|International Liaison Centre of Schools of Cinema and Television]] (CILECT), an organisation of the world's leading schools of film and television.<ref>{{cite news
| url = http://www.ftiindia.com/newftii/index.html
| title = About Us
| publisher = Film and Television Institute of India
| date = 2008-11-14
| access-date = 2008-11-14
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080615145952/http://www.ftiindia.com/newftii/index.html |archive-date = 2008-06-15}}</ref>

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 (India)|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.<ref name=Express>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/on-gajendra-chauhans-plate-admin-and-academics/|title=On Gajendra Chauhan's plate, admin and academics|date=13 July 2015|access-date=13 July 2015|publisher=The Indian Express}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ftiindia.com/management.html|title=FTII Administrative Structure|date=13 July 2015|access-date=13 July 2015|publisher=FTII|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170518052018/http://ftiindia.com/management.html|archive-date=18 May 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/news/article/iis-officer-prashant-pathrabe-appointed-new-ftii-director/906949|title=IIS Officer Prashant Pathrabe Appointed New FTII Director|date=17 July 2015|access-date=17 July 2015|publisher=FTII}}</ref> Gajendra Chauhan, the designated chairman of the governing council, is yet to join, owing to protest overs his appointment.<ref name=Express/> The protests have been continuing for over 95 days but the logjam over appointment still remains.<ref>{{cite news|title=Govt doing nothing to end logjam: FTII students|url=http://news.biharprabha.com/2015/09/govt-doing-nothing-to-end-logjam-ftii-students/|access-date=15 September 2015|agency=ANI|publisher=news.biharprabha.com|date=15 September 2015}}</ref>

==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]]<ref name="Chandra">{{cite magazine | url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/not-just-market-pressures-and-structural-changes-ftii-beset-with-whole-lot-of-problems/1/283822.html | title=Searching for direction | magazine=[[India Today]] | date=15 March 1996 | access-date=14 July 2015 | author=Chandra, Anupama}}</ref>
* [[István Gaál|Istvan Gaal]]
* [[Mani Kaul]]<ref name="Chandra"/>
* [[Ritwik Ghatak]]<ref name="Chandra"/>
* [[Satyajit Ray]]<ref name="Chandra"/>
* [[Tom Alter]]<ref name="Chandra"/>


==Notable alumni==
{{more citations needed section|date=May 2021}}
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*[[Adoor Gopalakrishnan]]<ref name="Chandra"/>
*[[Amit Dutta]]
*[[Asrani]]
*[[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 (actor)|Javed Khan]]
*[[Jaya Bachchan]]<ref name="Chandra"/>
*[[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]]<ref name="Chandra"/>
*[[Kundan Shah]]
*[[Mani Kaul]]<ref name="Chandra"/>
*[[Madhu Ambat]]
*[[Mahesh Aney]]
*[[Mithun Chakraborty]]
*[[Mukesh Khanna]]
*[[Murali G]]
*[[Naseeruddin Shah]]
*[[Navin Nischol]]
*[[Nishan K. P. Nanaiah]]
*[[Nithya Menen]]
*[[Om Puri]]
*[[Pankaj Kumar (cinematographer)|Pankaj Kumar]]
*[[Pankaj Parashar]]
*[[Pitobash Tripathy]]
*[[Prakash Jha]]
*[[Pritam Chakraborty]]
*[[P. M. Satheesh]]
*[[Ramachandra Babu]]
*[[Raja Bundela]]
*[[Rajat Kapoor]]
*[[Rajeev Ravi]]
*[[Rajkumar Hirani]]
*[[Rajkummar Rao]]
*[[Rakesh Bedi]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-10-06/pune/27901561_1_shabana-azmi-ftii-film-and-television-institute |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024025150/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-10-06/pune/27901561_1_shabana-azmi-ftii-film-and-television-institute |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-10-24 |title=FTII studio reopens after 31 years |date=2008-10-06 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=2014-04-25}}</ref>
*[[Rakesh Pandey]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.virtualpune.com/html/channel/entertain/movie/html/ftti.shtml |title=FTII-Film and television institute of india,Pune |publisher=Virtualpune.com |access-date=2014-04-25}}</ref>
*[[Rajendra Prasad (filmmaker)|C. Rajendra Prasad]]
*[[Ranjeeta Kaur|Ranjeeta]]
*[[Rasika Duggal]]
*[[Raveendran (actor)]]
*[[Raza Murad]]
*[[Radha Saluja]]
*[[Rehana Sultan]]
*[[Renu Saluja]]
*[[Resul Pookutty]]
*[[Sanjay Leela Bhansali]]<ref name="Chandra"/>
*[[Sanjivan Lal]]
*[[Santosh Sivan]]
*[[Santosh Thundiyil]]
*[[Satish Shah]]
*[[Satish Kaul]]
*[[Satish Kaushik]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://movies.indiatimes.com/articleshow/18452214.cms |title=FTII at Indiatimes Movies |publisher=Movies.indiatimes.com |date=1970-01-01 |access-date=2014-04-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090822145422/http://movies.indiatimes.com/articleshow/18452214.cms |archive-date=22 August 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[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]]<ref name="Sinhala Cinema Database">{{cite web |title=Vimukthi Jayasundara |url=http://www.films.lk/ArtistDetails.php?id=717 |website=Sinhala Cinema Database |access-date=5 January 2020 |language=en }}</ref>
*[[Vinay Forrt]]
*[[Tom Alter]]<ref>"The Sunday Standard", Bombay, 10 June 1973. "Screen", New Delhi edition, 19 March 1971. Udaya Tara Nayar, "Screen", Bombay, 11 October 1975.</ref>
{{div col end|3}}

==Wisdom Tree==
Wisdom Tree in FTII is like a informal Master Class where students discuss topics with [[Filmmakers]]. <ref>{{Cite web|title = FTII students turn to Wisdom Tree in absence of classes- Pune Mirror|url = https://punemirror.indiatimes.com/pune/civic/ftii-students-turn-to-wisdom-tree-in-absence-of-classes/articleshow/66077792.cms|access-date = 2020-05-28}}|date=5 October 2018}}</ref>

==Controversies==
In 2015, [[Gajendra Chauhan]] was appointed<ref>{{Cite web|title = Give me a chance: Gajendra Chauhan post FTII furore - The Times of India|url = https://www.bollywoodsunshine.com/india/Give-me-a-chance-Gajendra-Chauhan-post-FTII-furore/articleshow/47655616.cms|access-date = 2019-01-31}}|date=february 2019}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|title = FTII stir: Students protest Gajendra Chauhan's appointment - The Times of India|url = https://www.bollywoodsunshine.com}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite news |title=Bollywood's talent pool (Diploma films over the years) |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2007/20070805/spectrum/main6.htm |publisher=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)]]|date=5 August 2007}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category}}
* {{Official website|http://www.ftiindia.com/ }}
* [http://www.ftiipeople.com/ an Informal Space for FTIIans]

{{MIBI}}
{{Film schools in India}}
{{Pune topics}}

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[[Category:Universities and colleges in Pune]]
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1960]]
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