Jamia Millia Islamia
, which already has a Mass
Communication Research Centre
(MCRC), recently launched its first Film Club.
Bollywood
actress and the former chairperson of the Central Board of Film Certification,
Sharmila Tagore, inaugurated the club.
"Film Club is a necessity in any big university, as it provides a platform and a forum where you can exchange ideas, critique and appreciate historical, classics and contemporary films. It is a great medium for communication and nowadays, more films are used to depict issues, which can be done so well through this medium. This is the time for students to be image and media literate. You can’t be a passive recipient of images, you have to engage with images and read their subtexts. These are critical things that will be taught to the students by a film club," the actress said.
(L-R) Amit Khanna, Rajbir Singh, director, Consortium for Educational Communication and Kiran Karnik, former president, NASSCOM (BCCL)
(L-R) Amit Khanna, Rajbir Singh, director,
Consortium for Educational Communication
and Kiran Karnik, former president,
NASSCOM
(BCCL)
Iftekhar Ahmed, director, Anwar Jamal Kidwai Mass Communication Research Centre, (AJKMCRC), who initiated the launch of the club, added, "This club is open for all those who are a part of Jamia. We have a minimal fee of `50 for anyone who wants to join the club. Through this club, we wish to discuss about world cinema and our own films. The purpose of having a film club is to engage not only those who are interested in this medium but involve others too."