Itanagar, Dec. 8 -- Students of Screen Acting and Documentary Cinema at the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Itanagar have refused to begin their second semester, citing severe infrastructural shortcomings and an academically unfit learning environment.
FTII Itanagar is India's third national film institute and was launched with the promise of world-class facilities. However, students allege that they were made to attend classes in an unfinished campus, lacking basic infrastructure such as functional studios, a preview theatre, a sound studio, adequate cameras, proper classrooms, and reliable medical support.
According to the students, multiple representations were submitted to Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRF...