FTII releases diamond jubilee book

Pune: The Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) has launched a book of essays, written by some of their famous alumni about their memories, experiences, and lessons on the campus, to mark its diamond jubilee.

The book, Being FTII, was launched in Mumbai by FTII director Bhupendra Kainthola, along with filmmakers Sriram Raghavan and Rajkumar Hirani, television showrunner and former FTII chairman B P Singh, and sound designer Bishwadeep Chatterjee.

The book has been edited and designed by FTII alumni Amit Tyagi and Vikram Varma. The union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MI&B) has published the book., Debjani Haldar, film research officer at FTII, coordinated the project. According to FTII officials, the book will go on general sale from mid-April.

The book includes first-person essays by the alumni, including Raghavan, Chatterjee, and Singh. The essays capture what the contributors learnt during their time at the campus, including methods of teaching, and experiences while studying and working on campus. Contributors also include filmmakers Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Jahnu Barua, and Subhash Ghai, actors Shabana Azmi, Shatrughan Sinha, Rajkummar Rao, among others.