Ftii Protests

Film Institute To Conduct Short Courses Outside Pune: Gajendra Chauhan

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday October 4, 2016

Pune's Film and Television Institute of India today announced several new short courses on film-making to be organised across the country. The first such course by the country's premier film school will be conducted in Guwahati this month, FTII chairman Gajendra Chauhan said.

Gajendra Chauhan To Take Charge As FTII Chief Today, Students Plan Protest

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday January 7, 2016

As Gajendra Chauhan gets ready to take charge of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) on Thursday, its students are planning a protest at the campus in Pune.

Disallowed from Goa Festival, FTII Students Hold 'Rebel' Film Festival

Goa News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday November 25, 2015

The agitating FTII students started their 'rebel' film festival on Tuesday, featuring films made by the current and past students of the film institute, in protest against the exclusion of their films from the ongoing International Film Festival of India (IFFI).

We Were Treated as Terrorists, Allege Arrested FTII Students

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday November 24, 2015

Two former students of the Film and Television Institute of India or FTII, who were arrested after they tried to disrupt an inaugural function in Goa, today alleged that they were questioned like terrorists by the police.

Goa Chief Minister Questions FTII Students' Protest at Film Fest

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Monday November 23, 2015

Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar today questioned protests by FTII students at the International Film Festival of India (IFFI), and said "students could not protest as a matter of right".

FTII Student Arrested, Protesters Detained Near Film Fest Venue in Goa

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday November 22, 2015

In separate incidents, Goa police today arrested an FTII student at the venue of the ongoing International Film Festival of India and detained a group of about hundred people who were protesting outside over the death of a local activist.

Students' Stir Against Gajendra Chauhan Longest in Pune Film Institute History

Pune News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday October 28, 2015

The 139-days long strike that was called off on Wednesday was the seventh major and the longest such protest in the history of the Film and Television Institute of India, which is replete with stirs and agitations for various causes affecting the students.

Good Decision to End Strike: Gajendra Chauhan to FTII Students

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday October 28, 2015

BJP member Gajendra Chauhan, whose appointment as FTII chairman triggered protests by the institute's students, today lauded their decision to end the 139-day strike.

FTII Students Call Off Strike, Say Protests Will Continue

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday October 28, 2015

Students of top film institute FTII today called off their 139-day-old strike over the appointment of Gajendra Chauhan as its Chairman, vowing to continue their protest in a "peaceful and democratic manner".

Pune Film Institute Students Meet Union Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

Pune News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday October 20, 2015

A key dialogue began in New Delhi today between agitating students of FTII and Union Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore in a bid to end the four-month strike at the Pune institute over the demand for the removal of actor Gajendra Chauhan as its chairman.

Now Playing, Gajendra Chauhan as Lord Shiva, to a More Receptive Audience

India News | Thursday October 15, 2015

Gajendra Chauhan, whose appointment as chairman of Pune's prestigious Film and Television Institute of India has led to a mass boycott and protests by students, has immersed himself in a role that involves a more receptive audience.

Government Panel Slams FTII Students and Faculty for Standoff

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday October 3, 2015

An Information and Broadcasting Ministry panel has blamed the agitating students and the faculty of FTII for the prevailing situation at the campus here, as it defended the institute's controversial decision to call police in the campus after the gherao of its director.

FTII Row: Next Meeting Shifted to Mumbai on October 7

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Friday October 2, 2015

The third round of meeting to break the deadlock between agitating FTII students and Information and Broadcasting Ministry officials, which was supposed to be held in New Delhi on October 6, will now be held in Mumbai on the next day (October 7).

Agitating Pune Film Institute Students, Government Officials Hold Talks

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday September 29, 2015

FTII students, who called off their relay hunger strike after the government agreed to come to the negotiating table, held talks with Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Ministry officials here today.

FTII Students Urge Government to Meet Them Tomorrow

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday September 22, 2015

With their strike touching 103 days, students of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) have urged the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to meet them tomorrow to resolve the ongoing agitation over the appointment of actor and BJP member Gajendra Chauhan as the chairman of the premiere institute.