A key meeting will be held on Tuesday between the government and the agitating FTII students in a fresh bid to end the four-month-long strike at the Pune-based institute.
The veteran filmmaker talks about how he got his first break, and why formal training can give you an edge.
The second International Press Institute India Award for 'Outstanding Work in Journalism 2004' has been awarded to New Delhi Television channel for its investigative journalism work during the year 2003.
At the helm of the Film and Television Institute of India, the government wants someone who could devote more time
Under Urjit Patel, the then RBI Governor, the central bank had a habit of making complete about-turns on various issues, including electoral bonds and digital payments, former finance secretary Subash Chandra Garg said in his book titled 'We Also Make Policy: An Insider's Account of How the Finance Ministry Functions.' Citing some instances of about-turns by the then RBI Governor Patel, Garg in his book said, RBI had done so on the electoral bond issue and it had so in case of setting up of Payments Regulatory Board (PRB). RBI also made unilateral decisions like ordering complete data localization for participation in the payment system, Garg wrote in the book which will hit the stands on October 1.
At a time when many women were forbidden by their caste-conscious families from taking up acting assignments in an industry not deemed respectable, Phalke wanted to cast his wife as the female lead in Raja Harishchandra.
Sagar Ballary tells Patcy N what to expect from Kachcha Limboo, his next film after Bheja Fry.
The National Film Archives of India and the Film & Television Institute of India invite you to attend the four-week full-time summer course in Film Appreciation at Pune.
Marathi actress Sonalee Kulkarni talks about her latest film, directed by Nitin Desai.
The Union home ministry has sought a report from the Maharashtra government over the deportation of a Nepalese student at the Film and Television Institute of India for alleged 'anti-India activities.'
Despite their opposition based on ideology, both the political Right and the political Left possess similar behaviour, observes Shyam G Menon.
Showing respect to the Indian flag, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday immediately picked up the tricolour placed on stage at a BRICS meeting here to mark the standing place of every leader so as not to step on it.
Celebrities like veteran Bengali actor and chairman of the Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute Ranjit Mullick and percussionist Tanmoy Bose want Mamata's promise to be viewed not in its face value but in its spirit.
"Looking at the films come to life on set was a lot of fun. The lensing, the art direction and Prakash Sir's detailed eye. It felt like something special was brewing," says Naina Bhan.
'Pollution acts as an endocrine disruptor.' 'When it acts as an endocrine disruptor it has an effect on the endocrine system of the human body and the effect on the pancreas is an important one.' 'The way you get type two diabetes is due to two defects.' 'One is the pancreas doesn't produce enough insulin.' 'The other physiological defect is insulin resistance.'
Nirma's tryst with the pharmaceutical space started in 2006 when it acquired the ailing Core Healthcare in a deal reported to be worth Rs 300 crore. The Ahmedabad-based manufacturer of intravenous fluids was subsequently renamed Nirlife. Pharma industry insiders say Nirma, which broke open the detergent market in the 1990s with low prices and massive advertising, tried an encore of the low-price strategy in pharma, but with mixed results.
Meanwhile, the three-member committee constituted by the information and broadcasting ministry to examine the "ground situation" at Film and Television Institute of India submitted its report.
Unfazed by warning of disciplinary action and rustication, the striking students of Film and Television Institute of India on Thursday said the protest, now on for 35 days, will continue till the government responds to their demands, including removal of TV actor Gajendra Chauhan as its chairman.
The incident took place after some slogans were raised after the match on Sunday night.
The actor talks about his debut Malayalam movie The King And The Commissioner
Here's paying a tribute to the legendary filmmaker who passed away into the ages today.
Asked about action taken against those spreading fake news, and publishers of anti-national material, he said more than 60 accounts have been blocked including those on YouTube, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
Unfazed by protests against his appointment as Film and Television Institute of India chairman and demands of resignation, Gajendra Chauhan on Friday said he will not quit from his post as he was selected by the government.
Bollywood lost the affable looking actor on March 19. Rediff.com pays a tribute to the veteran by listing some of the highlights of his career.
Dhobi Ghat cinematographer Tushar Kanti Ray catches the city in all its beauty, and tells us how he did it.
Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute, Kolkata, invites applications for admission to its three-year, full-time post-graduate diploma course for the session 2007-2010.
A three-member team of I&B ministry officials is expected to visit the crisis-hit FTII soon to find a solution to the 70-day-old strike by the students
Director Senthil Kumar talks about his movie which became the highest grosser in Telugu cinema.
Resul Pookutty spoke to Aseem Chhabra about his favorite directors and the reasons why he would work with them again.
Bheja Fry director Sagar Ballary spoke to Nithya Ramani about the past, present, and the future.
Gajendra Chauhan is just one the many troubles that ail the national film institute. But all may not be lost yet.
The Malayalam actor has signed on to star in Abhay Simha's Kannada film Shikari. Talks are on to rope in Konkana Sen Sharma as the female lead.
Driven by the winds of globalisation, people are moving towards a global culture which is emerging as a threat to local cultural symbols and identities, even as social media, television and pop culture glamorise a particular way of life that the people are sadly "blindly aping", Chief Justice of India N V Ramana said on Friday.
A local court on Wednesday granted bail to all the five students of Film and Television Institute of India, arrested for "gherao" and alleged illegal confinement of director Prashant Pathrabe on Monday evening.
'What a tragic loss for cinema, for India.'
The news of his passing is sad and sudden but the body of work he leaves behind will neither fade nor be forgotten.
Reema Kaur is one of the students on strike for nearly three months at the FTII. The Delhi resident feels the campus that had been a cocoon for her in the last three years has turned into a revolution ground demanding change -- and she is happy to be a part of it.
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