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Resul to ask Rahul Gandhi to save the Institute

Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2010 11:36 pm
by Paramvir Singh
The Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) was set up with his great-grandfather's vision and I'm going to request Rahul Gandhi to save it," says Oscar winner Resul Pookutty.
While he's currently working on John Madden's Dev Patel starrer, "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel", in Rajasthan, Resul is anguished by the plight of his alma mater. "The government is trying to privatise the institute in the name of upgradation into a profit-making college," says Resul, "And we will not let anyone mess with its original vision. It's the only institute in Asia where ordinary students can study art as a faculty."


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