FTII students plan protest for Gajendra Chauhan’s Day 1
FTII students plan protest for Gajendra Chauhan’s Day 1
New Delhi,6 January: As Gajendra Chauhan gets ready to take charge as Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) chairman on Thursday, its students are planning a protest at the campus here. The actor and BJP member says he only wants to focus on doing his “job”. On Thursday, Chauhan will chair his first FTII Society meeting. Chauhan, best known for essaying the role of ‘Yudhishthir’ in BR Chopra’s “Mahabharat” and has also featured in small roles in various films like “Tumko Na Bhool Paayenge” and “Baghban”, was appointed as FTII chairman on June 9, 2015. His appointment was followed by a series of protests by students and celebrated alumni of the Pune-based premier film institute. Students had even gone on an indefinite strike on June 12 as they questioned his professional credibility to lead the institute due to lack of “stature” and “vision”. The students withdrew the strike in October after 139 days. Now Chauhan is joining office after seven months of his appointment. For his first day in office, the students are once again planning protests. FTII Students’ Association president Harishankar Nachimuthu said: “He (Chauhan) is coming… that is confirmed, but we have not got any official intimation. There will be protests obviously, but we have not decided other things. There will be some protest at the campus on Thursday.
