| Author | Message | ||
Awara1984 Side Hero Username: Awara1984 Post Number: 4158 Registered: 12-2010 Posted From: 183.83.91.175 Rating: N/A |
The last film person who headed the FTII as Director was Mohan Agashe, but he was hounded out for trying to change the syllabus. So, the fact that the place has gone on strike because Gajendra Chauhan, a relatively obscure saffron Yudhisthir from the TV serial Mahabharata, who does actually have some experience in running film-world associations, is not surprising. But, can he do any worse than his predecessors of recent decades? At least the man wants the job badly. | ||
Awara1984 Side Hero Username: Awara1984 Post Number: 4157 Registered: 12-2010 Posted From: 183.83.91.175 Rating: N/A |
To wit, the I&B Ministry hired management consultant Hewitt, which put out a report in 2010, suggesting a public-private partnership and expensive/ profitable short courses to bring in the money. This did not find favour for its utilitarian bluntness, its attempt to professionalise artistic endeavour, nor its thrust towards a perceived elitism. | ||
Awara1984 Side Hero Username: Awara1984 Post Number: 4156 Registered: 12-2010 Posted From: 183.83.91.175 Rating: N/A |
The FTII has, indeed, been in a steep decline for ages. Today it is an administrative and political morass with dire need of sweeping reform and great strides in efficiency. The last happy convocation of graduating students held, graced by thespian Dilip Kumar, was in 1997, and the one before that was in 1989! The clock seems to have stopped for the FTII in 1997. It is now a place where the last diploma certificate was also handed out in 1997. | ||
Awara1984 Side Hero Username: Awara1984 Post Number: 4155 Registered: 12-2010 Posted From: 183.83.91.175 Rating: N/A |
http://swarajyamag.com/ideas/the-ftii-solution/ |