FTII students seek removal of Pahlaj Nihalani as censor chiefStudents of FTII, Pune have reacted strongly to Censor Board chief Pahlaj Nihalani calling them "anti nationals" and have asked for his res...
FTII imbroglio: No breakthrough in talks, next round on Oct 10Apart from seven students, the Film and Television Institute of India's (FTII) alumni association representative Aruna Raje was also invite...
FTII-I&B talks fail to break deadlock; next meet on October 1Even as FTII students called off their relay hunger strike and held talks with the I&B Ministry officials, the parleys remained inconclusiv...
Agitating FTII students, I&B officials hold talks in MumbaiThe meeting is taking place at the office of the Films Division, Vikas Urs, spokesman of the FTII Students' Association (FSA), said.
FTII students, I&B officials to hold talks in Mumbai tomorrowThe FTII students who called off their relay hunger strike yesterday after the government agreed to come to the negotiating table.
Rajkumar Hirani says was asked to head FTII academic council, declinesFilmmaker Rajkumar Hirani today said he was offered to head the academic council at Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) but he de...
FTII students should refuse support from politicians: Satish KaushikSatish Kaushik believes the ongoing agitation by students of FTII is moving in a wrong direction due to political interference.
Government accepts resignations of Jahnu Barua, Santosh Sivan and Pallavi Joshi as FTII membersThe trio had quit earlier this month expressing their reservations on being part of the FTII Society in the wake of students' protests.
Aparna Sen, other Bengali directors support FTII studentsAparna Sen and other Bengali directors came out openly in favour of FTII students demanding dissolution of the institute's governing counci...
Need to strengthen FTII, a strong board can help, says Infosys co-founder Narayan MurthyLamenting that there are very few film schools in the country, Murthy stressed on the need to have more such institutes.
Unfazed by rustication warning, FTII students continue strike against chairman Gajendra ChauhanThe main demand of the FSA, supported by many members of the FTII alumni, is removal of Chauhan as chairman and reconstitution of the FTII ...
Government may either close FTII or transfer ownership to BollywoodThe report on the institute's future is being prepared even as efforts to bring about a negotiated end to the agitation continued.
I&B Ministry assures all help to resolve FTII issuesI&B ministry has assured all support to FTII as it tries to end the impasse at institute, where students are protesting against the appoint...
FTII row: Government refuses to reconsider Gajendra Chauhan's appointmentArun Jaitley, who met the students and Resul Pookutty and filmmaker Girish Kasaravalli of FTII-Pune, also asked them to "get back to class".
FTII students body alleges police high-handedness during Delhi protestMore than 100 activists and students were forcibly detained and lodged at Parliament Street police station, the statement said.
Adoor Gopalakrishnan on Gajendra Chauhan's appointment: The very existence of FTII is being threatened'It is not possible for the government to be knowledgeable about everything, so they should have a body of experts to advise them about spe...
FTII strike continues; removal of 5 members of Society also demandedOn warpath over appointment of Gajendra Chauhan students of premiere institute asserted that their seven-day old strike will continue till ...