R Madhavan is FTII President

• Renowned actor R Madhavan has been nominated as the new President of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune.

ABOUT FTII

• The Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) was set up by the Government of India in 1960, in the premises of the erstwhile Prabhat Studios in Pune.
• It was formerly known the ‘Film Institute of India’. In 1971, FTII came to be known as the ‘Film and Television Institute of India’ (FTII).
• FTII is an Autonomous Society under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, run by a Governing Council and its appointed Director.