R Madhavan replaces Shekhar Kapur as FTII President Following National Award honour
R Madhavan replaces Shekhar Kapur as FTII President
Following National Award honour
In a new development Anurag Thakur, Information & Broadcasting Minister announced R Madhavan as the new president of Film & Television Institute of India, Pune.
Following the National Award for the Best Film for his directorial debut Rocketry: The Nambi Effect, R Madhavan has now been appointed as the new President of the Film & Television Institute of India.
Anurag is for sure that Madhavan’s vast experience & strong ethics will enrich this institute, bring positive changes, & take it to a higher level. He conveyed his best wishes to
Madhavan.
Madhavan reposted Anurag’s tweet and wrote in his response on X, “Thank you so very much for the honor and kind wishes anuragthakur Ji. I will do my very best to live up to all the expectations. (namaste emojis)”
Tne FTII, in Pune falls under the purview of the Central Government’s Information & Broadcasting Ministry. Established in 1960, the institute offers courses in film editing, direction cinematography, audiography, acting, art direction, and computer graphics and animation.
Shekhar Kapur was the last FTII President. Actor Roshan Taneja was the first one, followed by the likes of cartoonist RK Laxman, filmmakers Shyam Benegal, Mrinal Sen, Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Mahesh Bhatt, BP Singh, Saeed Akhtar Mirza, actors Girish Karnad, Vinod Khanna, Gajendra Chauhan, Anupam Kher, and screenwriter UR Ananthamurthy.
Actors like Jaya Bachchan, Shatrughan Sinha, Raza Murad, Mithun Chakraborty, Naseeruddin Shah, Mukesh Khanna, Rajkummar Rao, Danny Denzongpa, Rakesh Bedi, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Satish Kaushik, and Tom Alter have been part of the institute’s notable alumni.
Madhavan made his Tamil cinema debut with Mani Ratnam’s 2000 romantic film Alaipayuthey. The year following he made his Bollywood debut along with
Dia Mirza in Gautham Vasudev Menon’s cult romantic film Rehna Hai Terre Dil Mein.
He made his directorial debut playing former ISRO scientist Nambi Narayanan in Rocketry: The Nambi Effect last year, that fetched him his first National Award for Best Film.
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