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Following filmmaker Payal Kapadia's significant victory at the Cannes Film Festival, Bollywood actor Vijay Varma responded to the recent remarks made by former FTII chairman Gajendra Chauhan in a lighthearted way.
Nearly two decades after Panaji became the permanent venue of International Film Festival of India, the high-profile event continues to be plagued by controversies.
However, unrelenting in their opposition to his appointment, the students of the Pune-based institution today said they will protest peacefully when he assumes charge.
This is the fourth time that the two sides are sitting together in Mumbai after the students and the Ministry decided to renew their dialogue to resolve the over 100-day deadlock.
Yet another marathon meeting between agitating FTII students and the I&B Ministry officials today failed to break the deadlock over the appointment of Gajendra Chouhan as chairman of the institute with the students sticking to their demand for his removal.
The best way to fix FTII is to yank the central funding to it and force the students and faculty to focus on what they really want from the institution. If they want their politics, let them find the right patrons for it. Let them find the money to pay for their politics.
Murthy, who took Infosys to great heights in his over three-decade long association with the company, said institutes like the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) need to be strengthened to match with the best internationally.
Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) Director D J Narain told PTI on Monday that the tentative date suggested for a dialogue with the agitating students is July 3, which has been conveyed to the the FTII Students' Association, spearheading the strike, which has entered the 17th day.
