[Pune]Police arrest FTII”s Five Rioter Students:FIR has been lodged against 15 Rioting students
In a midnight crackdown, police arrested five students of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) from its campus on charges of rioting.
The arrests come after a group of striking students had on Monday gheraoed the institute director, Prashant Pathrabe, protesting against “irrational and unjustified” assessment of the incomplete diploma projects.
Acting on a complaint filed by Pathrabe, police lodged an FIR against 15 students. Of them, five were arrested on charges of rioting under Section 353 of the IPC, police said.
The arrested students have been taken to the Deccan police station.
The gherao came amid now 71 days of protest against the appointment of BJP member and TV actor Gajendra Chauhan as chairman of FTII
Tag: Film and Television Institute of India (FTII)
Police Arrest FTII”s Five Rioter Students
Under Attack “FTII” Seeks Police Protection after Vandalising Incident
[Pune]Under Attack, “FTII” Seeks Police Protection after Vandalising Incident. FTII Students are Opposing Appointment of Gajendra Chouhan as Chairman .In teir Support few Bollywood Celebrities [With Vested Interests] Also Criticized Chouhan After Which Now Vandalising Incident Is Registered
The Film and Television Institute of India [FTII] administration has sought police “protection” for the campus following an incident in which a symbolic protest installation put up by the agitating students was vandalised outside the main gate.
Prashant Pathrabe, the newly appointed director of Film and Television Institute of India that is hit by a strike by students demanding removal of TV actor Gajendra Chauhan as chairman, today said a symbolic formation of a big “question mark” installed by the students in front of the gate was found vandalised on Sunday night.
Pathrabe, currently director of Press Information Bureau (PIB) Pune division, took additional charge as director of FTII last week after expiry of the term of his predecessor D J Narain.
Meanwhile, right wing group Patit-Pawan Sanghatana (PPS) yesterday staged a demonstration in front of the FTII main gate, raising slogans supporting Chauhan and calling the agitating students “Naxalites”.
However, several Bollywood celebrities have backed the students’s demand to the government for revoking the appointment of Chauhan.
National Award winning director Aparna Sen and other Bengali filmmakers yesterday supported the students, saying the appointment of BJP member and TV actor Gajendra Chauhan as FTTI Chairman could be seen as attempts at “saffronising” the institution.
Sen said the chairman should be someone who could inspire students and they would be able to look up to him with respect.
The institute has served an ultimatum on the striking students to return to academic work or face the risk of rustication from the institute.
Bajarangi Bhaijaan Salman Khan Also Support Striking FTII Students
[Mumbai] Bajarangi Bhaijaan Salman Khan Also Support Striking FTII Students Against Gajendra [Yudhisthir]Chouhan
Gajendra [Yudhisthir]Chouhan’s Chairmanship Of FTII Got Major Blow From Superstar Salman Khan
This Dabang Star today joined the league of top Bollywood celebrities in supporting the striking FTII students who are facing rustication for opposing the appointment of TV +film actor Gajendra Chauhan as the chairman of the institute.
Salman said the “Mahabharat” star should pay heed to the students and resign from the post. The Bollywood heart-throb’s support came a day after the institute warned the agitating students to end the strike or face “strong administrative action which may include rustication”.
The students have been agitating for last more than a month following the appointment of Chauhan, alleging that he lacks “vision and stature” to head the prestigious FTII.
The issue has snowballed into a big controversy with several Bollywood celebrities batting for the students and asking the government to reconsider Chauhan’s appointment.
Well-known celebrities like Rishi Kapoor, son Ranbir Kapoor, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Anupam Kher, filmmakers Kundan Shah, Aziz Mirza, Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Kiran Rao, Rajkummar Rao, Sudhir Mishra, Sayeed Mirza, Resul Pookutty and Piyush Mishra have voiced their reservation.
Cinematographer Santhosh Sivan, actress Pallavi Joshi and National Award-winning filmmaker Jahnu Barua resigned as members of the FTII Society in support of the striking students.
Meanwhile, FTII authorities yesterday served an ultimatum to the agitating students asking them to call off their 34-day strike or face the risk of rustication.
Director D J Narian served a notice to the students, asking them to terminate the protest immediately or face “strong” administrative action which may include rustication”.
After Son Ranbir Now Father Rishi Kapoor Also Demands Gajendra Chauhan To Vacate FTII
[Mumbai] After Son Ranbir Now Father Rishi Kapoor Also Demands Gajendra Chauhan To Vacate FTII
Rishi [Bobby]Kapoor Also Demands Gajendra[Yudhisthir] Chauhan To Vacate Chair Of FTII
After son Ranbir Kapoor Now His Father Rishi Kapoor Also Demanded Gajendra Chauhan’s Resignation
Veteran actor Rishi Kapoor has joined in the debate over the appointment of Gajendra Chauhan as the chairman of FTII, saying he should retire voluntarily.
Chauhan, best known for playing Yudhisthira on TV epic “Mahabharata”, took over as the chairman of the Pune-based institute’s governing council last month.
“Advice. After all the protests and controversy, Gajendra Chauhan,the FTII Chairman should voluntarily retire. Will do good to the students,” Rishi, [62],posted on twitter.
Chauhan’s appointment was heavily criticised by current and former students of the institute. They have been boycotting classes, abandoning academic work in protest against the appointment of Chauhan, who they allege lacks “stature and vision” to head the institution.
Earlier, Rishi’s son Ranbir Kapoor has come out in support of the agitating students.
“I don’t think what the students are asking for is illogical, all they are asking for is to give them a fair chance a fair opportunity, correct faculty, correct syllabus.
The actor said.
I really do pray that an institute that we all are so proud of and seen such great personalties emerge from… Shouldn’t be a disappointment for student and future students,”
FTII Students Narrowing Their Chakravyuh Against Chairman Gajendra[Yudhishtir]Chauhan
[Pune]FTII Students Narrowing Their Chakravyuh Against Chairman Gajendra [Yudhishtir]Chauhan
The Modi government came under fresh attack today over the appointment of TV actor and BJP member Gajendra Chauhan as chairman of FTTI’s governing council with the decision that has led to a strike by its students dubbed as an “assault” on one of the country’s finest institutions.
As students of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) remained unrelenting in their demand for removal of the actor from the post, Chauhan, best known for his portrayal of Yudhishtir in mega TV serial Mahabharat, alleged that the protests were “politically motivated” and whipped up by someone for his own personal interest.
With the strike by the students entering the fourth day today, the FTII students association was still awaiting the response from the Information and Broadcasting ministry.
Chauhan said he was against the protest by the students and regretted that questions were being raised about his capabilities without knowing him. The actor said he was willing to discuss the issue with the striking students.
‘Swaraj Abhiyan’ leader Yogendra Yadav, who was here to address a farmers’ meeting against the land bill, also visited the institute to support the students “just demands”.
former AAP leader said.”It is not mere a question of saffronisation, the real question is of degradation of all institutions where people without necessary qualification are being appointed,”
This is an assault on the finest institution of the country which is not in the interest of the nation, he said.
Yadav said the earlier government also did the same thing, but the present government has “hit the rock bottom.”
The FTII students’ association has alleged that Chauhan does not have “vision and stature” of his eminent predecessors to merit his posting by the government.
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