Established in the year 1960 on the erstwhile Prabhat studio premises at Pune, the FTII campus is a melange of old and new buildings tucked away in a green expanse of 21 acres. The studios from the Prabhat era still continue to be in use by the students for their various exercises. These studios have been declared heritage sites by the Pune Municipal Corporation. The Institute has indeed come a long way from its humble beginnings. inheriting a rich legacy in quality Cinema, and has truly lived up to its avowed objective in the field of imparting training in film making and television programme production.
Today the FTII is considered as a Center of Excellence not only in India but also in Asia and Europe . The FTII is a member of CILECT an international association of film schools. Films made by the students of the Institute are entered in festivals both in India and abroad. Many of them have won National and International awards.
The alumni of the FTII have penetrated all corners of the Indian film and television industry and have excelled in all its fields. So for example, both Subhash Ghai, one of Bollywood's biggest guns and Mani Kaul, one of India 's leading art film makers are both alumni of this Institute.
The FTII is an autonomous body under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting of the Government of India. A governing council determines its policies. The latter appoints the director of the institute. The current director of the institute is Mr. Tripurari Sharan, IAS
During 1974, the scope of the Institute was enlarged to include the then rapidly developing field of television. The Television Wing, earlier located at the Mandi House, New Delhi, shifted to the Institute campus at Pune during the early seventies so as to bring together training in film and television under a common roof, thereby justifying the name of the Institute - the Film and Television Institute of India. |
