NEW DELHI: Oscar-winning British film director David Lean visited Pune’s FTII campus in the early 1960s, watched a bunch of short films made by the students and tersely told the teachers, “Something is wrong with your teaching,” reveals a new book brought out to celebrate 60 years of the institution.
The attention-grabbing nugget is part of an article written by Hindi film director Sriram Raghavan (Johnny Gaddar, Andhadhun) following a conversation with actor-director Asrani. Both are FTII graduates. Asrani, who belonged to the first batch, was in the campus when the Oscar-winning director made his visit.
Lean (Lawrence of Arabia) made his remark after noticing that the diploma films made by the students were derivative in nature. “I can tell you which shot is from which German or Czech or French film. You should watch the films of V Shantaram and Bimal Roy too,” he said, according to the article.
Anupam Kher is thrilled to be part of BAFTA Breakthrough India jury
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Anupam Kher joins BAFTA jury
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Anupam Kher joins BAFTA Breakthrough India jury ANI | Updated: Apr 19, 2021 23:43 IST
New Delhi [India], April 19 (ANI): Bollywood veteran actor Anupam Kher has joined the jury of BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) Breakthrough India, along with other Indian delegates including Grammy-award winning musician AR Rahman, who has been appointed as the ambassador of the initiative.
The former Chairman of Film and Television Institute of India, hopped on to his Instagram handle to announce the news on Monday. Thrilled to be a part of the inaugural @bafta Breakthrough India Jury! Can t wait for you to see the incredible talent we had the privilege of choosing who will be announced in early May. Breakthrough India is supported by @netflix! Jai Ho!, he wrote.
HarperCollins India to publish Girish Karnad s memoir, This Life At Play, on 19th May 2021
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