Filmmaker Shekhar Kapur has been appointed President of Pune based FTII Society, Kapur will hold the post till March 3, 2023. The ministry of information and broadcasting has also appointed Kapur as the chairperson of the FTII governing council. The tenure of the earlier members of the society had ended in March 2020. The other members of the governing council will be appointed soon, said sources.
Kapur will head the premier film school at a time when it is also grappling with the challenges posed by Covid-19. Shekhar Kapur is known for movies from the Indian superhero film ‘Mr India’ to ‘Bandit Queen’ based on the incidents in the life of Phoolan Devi and an acclaimed biopic on Queen Elizabeth, Shekhar Kapur directed the 1983 film Masoom starring Naseeruddin Shah, Shabana Azmi and Urmila Matondkar
The previous FTII chief was BP Singh known for his role as the lead actor in tele-serial CID. Singh was recently appointed by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) to its general assembly. The Film and Television Institute of India was set up by the Centre in 1960 in Pune. It conducts various film related courses including on acting, direction, sound recording, editing and cinematography.
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