Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTI) is a

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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

CILECT The International Association of Film and Television Schools (French: ''Centre international de liaison des écoles de cinéma et de télévision'', CILECT) is the association of the world's major film and television schools.Film and Television Institute of India The Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) is a film institute under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting of the Government of India and aided by the Central Government of India. It is situated on the premises of the erstwhile ...

(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

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, and is an autonomous society funded by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India. It has been named after acclaimed Indian

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...

, 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 Subrata Mitra (12 October 1930 – 7 December 2001) was an Indian cinematographer. Acclaimed for his work in ''The Apu Trilogy'' (1955–1959), Mitra often is considered one of the greatest Indian cinematographers. Early life and educati ...

Notable alumni

Direction & Screenplay Writing

Vipin Vijay Vipin Vijay (born 1977) is an Indian film director and screenwriter. He received his post-graduate degree in filmmaking from the Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute SRFTI, Calcutta. He received the Charles Wallace Arts Award for research ...

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Chitrasutram ''Chitrasutram (The Image Threads)'' is a 2010 Malayalam film, written & directed by Vipin Vijay, produced by Altaf Mazid, Zubeen Ahmad, Sushanta Roy under the banner of Unknown Films. The film was also supported by Hubert Bals Film Fund, Rotter ...

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

48th National Film Awards The 48th National Film Awards, presented by Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India to felicitate the best of Indian Cinema released in the year 2000. Ceremony took place on 12 ...

) *

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

('' 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, Padmap ...

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, Nadhiya ...

'') *

Sagar Ballary Sagar Ballary (born in 1975) is an Indian film director, most known for his films, like '' Bheja Fry'' (2007), ''Bheja Fry 2'' (2011) and ''Bhatukli'' (Marathi) (2014). Early life and career Born in Mumbai, India in 1975, Ballary was raised in ...

('' Bheja Fry'', ''

Hum Tum Shabana ''Hum Tum Shabana'' () is a 2011 Indian romantic comedy film. It stars Tusshar Kapoor, Shreyas Talpade & Minissha Lamba in lead roles. Plot ''Hum Tum Shabana'' is a comedy movie revolving around three characters, played by Tusshar Kapoor, Shreya ...

'') *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 The 57th National Film Awards, presented by Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India to felicitate the best of Indian Cinema released in the year 2009. Three different committee ...

) *

Haobam Paban Kumar Haobam Paban Kumar is an Indian filmmaker from state of Manipur. Kumar's films and documentaries have been screened in several places across the globe. Kumar's debut feature film ''Loktak Lairembee'' (Lady of the Lake) won the National Film Awa ...

(''AFSPA 1958 -'' Best Non-Feature Film at

56th National Film Awards The 56th National Film Awards, presented by Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in India to celebrate the best of Indian Cinema released in the year 2008. Three committees were ins ...

, ''Mr. India -'' Best Film on Social Issues at

) *Bishnu Dev Halder (''Bagher Bacha'' - Best Film on Social Issues at

55th National Film Awards The 55th National Film Awards, presented by Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India to felicitate the best of Indian Cinema released in the year 2007. Three different committee ...

) *

Kanu Behl Kanu Behl (born 1980) is an Indian film director and screenwriter. He is known for his work in Hindi cinema. He assisted director Dibaker Banerjee on the cult hit ''Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!'' and co-wrote ''LSD: Love Sex aur Dhokha''. His dire ...

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Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! ''Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! '' is a 2008 Indian comedy film starring Abhay Deol, Paresh Rawal, Neetu Chandra, Manu Rishi, Manjot Singh and Archana Puran Singh. It was directed by Dibakar Banerjee. The film won the National Film Award for Best Pop ...

, Love Sex Aur Dhokha, Titli'')

Cinematography

* Raktim Mondal (''

Cheeni Kum ''Cheeni Kum'' (Hindi for ''Less Sugar'') is a 2007 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film directed by R. Balki and starring Amitabh Bachchan, Tabu, Paresh Rawal, Zohra Sehgal and Swini Khara. ''Cheeni Kum'' premiered at the 2007 Cannes ...

Ami, Yasin Ar Amar Madhubala ''Ami, Yasin Ar Amar Madhubala'' ('Me, Yasin and my honeymoon') is a 2007 Indian Bengali film directed and written by Buddhadev Dasgupta. The film was screened at the Toronto International Film Festival. Plot When a Kolkata surveillance special ...

'') *Dipayan Chaudhuri ( ''Hoi Choi'', ''

Hawa Bodol ''Hawa Bodol'' is a 2013 Indian Bengali comedy film directed by Parambrata Chattopadhyay. The film revolves around two childhood friends, who met each other coincidentally after a long time, and somehow their lives swapped after a night of endl ...

'', '' Maach Misti & More'') *

Sivakumar Vijayan Sivakumar VijayanSatyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (born 17 May) is an Indian Cinematographer. Early life and education Sivakumar Vijayan was born in Chennai to a middle-class Tamil family and grew up in Chennai and Kolkata. He is a ...

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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 ''Irudhi Suttru'' () is a 2016 Indian sports drama film written and directed by Sudha Kongara. Filmed simultaneously in Tamil and Hindi, with the latter being titled as ''Saala Khadoos'' (), the film stars R. Madhavan as boxing coach who is ign ...

'') *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 tradition ...

)

Sound Recording & Design

*Subhadeep Sengupta (''

'' - Best Audiography (sound design) at 58th National Film Awards, ''

Chalo Let's Go ''Chalo Let's Go'' is a 2008 Indian movie in Bengali starring Ritwick Chakraborty, Rudranil Ghosh, Saswata Chatterjee and Parambrata Chatterjee, written and directed by Anjan Dutt. Plot This is a story about four friends, Hari, Shekhar, A ...

'') *Tapas Nayak (''

Bheja Fry 2 ''Bheja Fry 2'' () is an Indian comedy film released on 17 June 2011. It is the sequel to the 2007 low budget but successful film '' Bheja Fry'', and the second release of '' Bheja Fry series''. The film garnered negative to mixed reviews upon i ...

'', ''

Kachcha Limboo Kachcha Limboo is a 2017 Marathi language feature film directed by Prasad Oak and produced by Mandar Devasthali. The film was the recipient of the 2017 National Film Award in the Best Arts/Cultural Film category. Plot Shaila (Sonali Kulkarn ...

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

54th National Film Awards The 54th National Film Awards, presented by Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India to felicitate the best of Indian Cinema released in the year 2006. Three different committee ...

) *Sanjay Chaturvedi (''

Kai Po Che ''Kai Po Che!: Brothers... For Life'' () is a 2013 Indian Hindi-language buddy sports drama film directed by Abhishek Kapoor and produced by Ronnie Screwvala and Siddharth Roy Kapur under UTV Motion Pictures, marking the banner's first solo ...

'', '' Zindagai Na Milegi Dobara'') *Hitesh Chaurasia (''Gajaar: Journey of the Soul -''

V. Shantaram Shantaram Rajaram Vankudre (18 November 1901 – 30 October 1990), referred to as V. Shantaram or Shantaram Bapu, was an Indian filmmaker, film producer, and actor known for his work in Hindi and Marathi films. He is most known for films such ...

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 ''Monsoon Shootout'' is a 2013 Indian Hindi-language neo-noir action thriller film written and directed by Amit Kumar and produced by Guneet Monga, Trevor Ingma, Martijn de Grunt, and co-produced by Anurag Kashyap, and Vivek Rangachari, starri ...

'') *Tinni Mitra (''Germ'' - Best Non-Feature Film Editing at 58th National Film Awards) *

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 ...

'', ''

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 ...

, 2 States, Fan'')

Controversy

The institute has been in the news multiple times for unaddressed issues of

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. 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
{{DEFAULTSORT:Satyajit Ray Film And Television Institute Satyajit Ray Universities and colleges in Kolkata Film schools in India Educational institutions established in 1995 Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India) 1995 establishments in West Bengal

History

Administration

Notable faculty

Notable alumni

Direction & Screenplay Writing

Cinematography

Sound Recording & Design

Editing

Controversy

See also

References

External links