Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTI) is a film and television institute located in

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. Named after Indian

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, the institute provides higher and professional education and technical expertise in the art and technique of film-making and television production. Established in 1995, the institute is an autonomous society funded by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting,

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. A member of

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(FTII) and the National School of Drama, New Delhi by the ''CEOWorld Magazine''.

History

The SRFTI was established in 1995, and registered as a Society on 18 August 1995 under the West Bengal Societies Registration Act, 1961, and is an autonomous society funded by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India. It has been named after acclaimed Indian

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, Satyajit Ray. The first session began on September 1, 1996, while Dr Debasish Majumdar joined as the institute's first director in 1997. SRFTI_garden

Administration

The institute is governed by an autonomous body with Governing Council, Standing Finance Committee and an Academic Council. The institute is under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting of the Government of India. It has the following departments in the Film Wing: * Department of Direction & Screenplay Writing * Department of Sound Recording and Design * Department of Editing * Department of Cinematography * Department of Producing for Film & Television * Department of Animation Cinema and the following departments in the Electronic & Digital Media Wing : * Department of Electronic and Digital Media Management * Department of Writing for Electronic and Digital Media * Department of Direction & Producing for Electronic and Digital Media * Department of Cinematography for Electronic and Digital Media * Department of Editing for Electronic and Digital Media * Department of Sound for Electronic and Digital Media

Notable faculty

* Subrata Mitra

Notable alumni

Direction & Screenplay Writing

* Vipin Vijay ('' Chitrasutram'') *Anjalika Sharma (''Meena Jha'' - Best First Non-Feature Film of a Director at

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) *

Amal Neerad Amal Neerad (born on 7 October 1976) is an Indian film director, cinematographer and producer who mainly works in Malayalam Cinema. He attended the Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute, Kolkata (first batch). He was awarded the National F ...

('' Big B'', ''

Iyobinte Pusthakam ''Iyobinte Pusthakam'' () is a 2014 Indian Malayalam-language period thriller film directed by Amal Neerad. It stars an ensemble cast including Fahadh Faasil, Lal, Jayasurya, Isha Sharvani, Jinu Joseph, Chemban Vinod Jose, Vinayakan, Pa ...

Bheeshma Parvam ''Bheeshma Parvam'' () is a 2022 Indian Malayalam-language action thriller film produced and directed by Amal Neerad, the film stars Mammootty in lead role alongside an ensemble supporting cast including Soubin Shahir, Sreenath Bhasi, Nadhi ...

'') * Sagar Ballary ('' Bheja Fry'', '' Hum Tum Shabana'') *Tridib Poddar (''Khoj'' - official selection in competition in the Cinefoundation section at Cannes Film Festival, 2002) *Anirban Dutta (''In For Motion'' - Best Environment/Conservation/Preservation Film and Best Agriculture Film at 57th National Film Awards) * Haobam Paban Kumar (''AFSPA 1958 -'' Best Non-Feature Film at

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, ''Mr. India -'' Best Film on Social Issues at 57th National Film Awards) *Bishnu Dev Halder (''Bagher Bacha'' - Best Film on Social Issues at

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) * Kanu Behl ('' Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!, Love Sex Aur Dhokha, Titli'')

Cinematography

* Raktim Mondal ('' Cheeni Kum, Ami, Yasin Ar Amar Madhubala'') *Dipayan Chaudhuri ( ''Hoi Choi'', ''

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'', '' Maach Misti & More'') * Sivakumar Vijayan (''

Vidiyum Munn ''Vidiyum Munn'' (''Before Dawn'') is a 2013 Indian Tamil thriller film directed by Balaji K. Kumar. The film stars Pooja Umashankar as Rekha, a prostitute trying to rescue a 12-year-old girl, played by Malavika Manikuttan, from the clutches of ...

'', '' Saala Khadoos'') *Siddharth Diwan ( Titli,

Bulbbul ''Bulbbul'' is a 2020 Indian Hindi-language supernatural thriller, written and directed by Anvita Dutt. It was produced by Anushka Sharma and Karnesh Ssharma under Clean Slate Filmz and starred Tripti Dimri in the lead role alongside Avina ...

Jayeshbhai Jordaar ''Jayeshbhai Jordaar'' is a 2022 Indian comedy-drama film written and directed by Divyang Thakkar, and produced by Aditya Chopra and Maneesh Sharma under Yash Raj Films. The film stars Ranveer Singh in the titular role as the son of a traditio ...

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Sound Recording & Design

*Subhadeep Sengupta ('' Chitrasutram'' - Best Audiography (sound design) at

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, '' Chalo Let's Go'') *Tapas Nayak ('' Bheja Fry 2'', '' Kachcha Limboo'', ''

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'') *Partha Barman (''Bishar Blues'' - Best Non-Feature Film Audiography at

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) *Sanjay Chaturvedi ('' Kai Po Che'', '' Zindagai Na Milegi Dobara'') *Hitesh Chaurasia (''Gajaar: Journey of the Soul -'' V. Shantaram Best Sound Award 2012) *Pritam Das ('' Love Sex Aur Dhokha,

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'', '' Ladies vs. Ricky Bahl'')

Editing

*Saikat S. Ray (''Hope Dies Last in War'' - Best Non-Feature Film Editing at

) *Atanu Mukherjee ('' Monsoon Shootout'') *Tinni Mitra (''Germ'' - Best Non-Feature Film Editing at

) *

Namrata Rao Namrata Rao (born 17 June 1981) is an Indian film editor, who works in Hindi cinema, where starting with '' Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!'' (2008), she edited films like ''Ishqiya'' (2010), ''Band Baaja Baaraat'' (2010), ''Ladies vs Ricky Bahl'' (2011) ...

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Ishqiya ''Ishqiya'' () is a 2010 Indian black comedy film starring Vidya Balan, Naseeruddin Shah, Arshad Warsi and Salman Shahid. It was directed by Abhishek Chaubey in his directorial debut, cinematography by Mohana Krishna, and was produced by Raman ...

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Band Baaja Baaraat ''Band Baaja Baaraat'' (; also known as ''Wedding Planners'') is a 2010 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film directed by Maneesh Sharma in his directorial debut from a screenplay by Habib Faisal, and produced by Aditya Chopra for Yash Ra ...

Kahaani ''Kahaani'' (; ) is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language thriller film co-written, co-produced and directed by Sujoy Ghosh. It stars Vidya Balan as Vidya Bagchi, a pregnant woman looking for her missing husband in Kolkata during the festival of Durga ...

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Controversy

The institute has been in the news multiple times for unaddressed issues of sexual harassment. The first noted instance was in 2015 where a student allegedly tried to commit suicide after a professor allegedly raped her. In 2017 students protested en masse alleging harassment and " moral policing". In 2018, another student complained about sexual harassment and media reported mismanagement of the case.

References

External links

Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute Official Website
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