Mumbai: Actor Gajendra Chauhan, former chairman of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), will soon be seen as a demon on TV. Gajendra, best known for playing Yudhishthir in B.R. Chopra’s “Mahabharat”, will essay the role of Dambhasura in Sony Entertainment Television show “Vighnaharta Ganesh”, read a statement. “I[Read More…]
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Veteran actor Anupam Kher replaces Gajendra Chauhan as FTII chairman
Veteran Bollywood actor, Anupam Kher has been appointed as the new chairman of the Film and Television Institute of India in Pune. The announcement was made on Wednesday. Kher has acted in more than 500 films including, Saaransh, Daddy and A Wednesday. He has also worked in international films like[Read More…]
Government to corporatise autonomous universities; IIMC to merge with JNU or Jamia
The state-owned institutes such as the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), the Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute and the Delhi Public Library, are on the verge of being corporatised. While the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) will be merging with either the Jawaharlal Nehru University or[Read More…]
Before the latest ad pull, Pepsi mocked FTII students and got away with it
Soft drink giant, PepsiCo, recently withdrew its latest advertisement campaign, “Live for Now Moments” after huge social media backlash. The ad was criticized for co-opting protest movements and appropriating an iconic photograph from the Black Lives Matter movement. It’s a shocker at least for the Indian audience. In October 2015,[Read More…]