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] The Government of India (Hindi: Bharat Sarkar), officially referred to as the Union Government, and commonly as Central Government, was established by the Constitution of India, and is the governing authority of a federal union of 28 states and 7 union territories, collectively called the Republic of India. ... , Pune (IPA: , Marathi: पुणे) is a city located in the western Indian state of Maharashtra. ...

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.

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] Mani Kaul (born 25 December 1944 in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India) is an Indian film director. ... Adoor Gopalakrishnan standing next to his portrait Adoor Gopalakrishnan (b. ... A graduate in cinematography from the FTII, Pune, Shaji N. Karun started working with notable directors like G Aravindan, K G George and M.T.Vasudevan Nair as a cinematographer. ... Writer, Director, Producer and Actor in Bollywood movies. ... Subhash Ghai (born January 24, 1943/1945, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India) is an Indian director whose most notable films include Khal Nayak (1994), Pardes (1997) and Taal (1999). ... Mahesh Bhatt (was born on September 20, 1949 in Bombay, India) is a prominent Indian film director, producer and writer, and is the father of film actress Pooja Bhatt. ... Sanjay Leela Bhansali (Devanagari:संजय लीला भंसाली) is a highly acclaimed Indian film director. ... Santosh Sivan (born in Trivandrum, India) is an Indian cinematographer and film director. ... Jaya Bhaduri Bachchan (Hindi: जया बच्चन, Urdu: جیا بچّن), born Jaya Bhaduri April 10, 1948 in Jabalpur, is an Indian actress. ... Shabana Azmi (Hindi: शबाना आज़मी, born 18 September 1950 in New Delhi, India) is one of the leading actresses of parallel cinema. ... Naseeruddin Shah in the role of Mirza Ghalib Naseeruddin Shah aka Nasiruddin Shah (b. ... Om Puri, OBE (Honorary) (born October 18, 1950 in Ambala, Haryana, India) is an Indian actor who has appeared in both mainstream Bollywood films as well as art films. ... This biographical article needs more biographical information on the subject. ... Mithun Chakraborty (Bangla: মিঠুন চক্রবর্তী) (born Gouranga Chakraborty June 16, 1950) is a National Film Award-winning Indian film actor as well as social activist. ... Amrish Lal Puri (Hindi: अमरीश पुरी, Urdu: اَمریش پُری, June 22, 1932 – January 12, 2005) was an Indian actor who appeared primarily in Bollywood movies. ...

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.

See also

• Film school
• Cinema of India

A film school is a generic term for any educational institution dedicated to teaching moviemaking, including, but not limited to, film production, theory, and writing for the screen. ... The Indian film industry is the largest in the world in terms of ticket sales and number of films produced annually (877 feature films and 1177 short films were released in the year 2003 alone). ...

References

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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