Film and television institute of India has given many outstanding professionals to the Indian film industry. Recently, the grand celebration of a golden jubilee year has rekindled all those sweet memories of the past 50 glorious years and promised the same glorious repetition of history in upcoming years too. A three-day celebration was arranged at the campus on this occasion.
FTII has been attributing to the culture of Pune city from last 50 years. So, it was very blissful for a resident to witness this grand celebration. Ambika Soni, minister of information and broadcasting, evergreen actor Dev Anand and many of the alumni and faculty members rushed to the institute to celebrate this occasion.
The director of the institute, Pankaj Rag informed that there will be provisions of various scholarships for scholars doing research on film studies. Improvement of the syllabus of various courses will be the highest priority this year. They are also planning to invite some applicants from tribal areas.
20th march was the first day of the celebration. Authorities also informed that, releasing the DVD’s of films made in diploma courses and organizations of film festival every year are two new proposals which will be implemented very soon.
On this occasion, Dev Anand mentioned the potential of the institution for making good films in collaboration with Prabhat studios since 1945. He said that, the institute is like a place of worship for him and he has acquired lot of knowledge through it. Felicitation of the former staff was really a hearty event of all the celebration. Some former students of the first batch shared nostalgic notes on this occasion, which made the atmosphere quite emotional.
Ambica Soni promised governmental support for the up gradation and expansion of the institution on this occasion. She addressed students and told them to work hard to bestow this institution with grand success and worldwide repute. The city witnessed a grand anniversary of its beloved institution.
