R Madhavan to be next President of FTII, India’s premier film institute
Updated: Sep 1st, 2023
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R Madhavan, whose film ‘Rocketry: The Nambi Effect’ just won the National Award for the Best Feature Film, has been nominated president of the film and television institute of india (FTII).
He takes over from renowned filmmaker Shekhar Kapur, who was president from Sept 30, 2020.
Union minister for information and broadcasting, Anurag Thakur, took to his X account to make the announcement and extended his best wishes to the National award-winning actor.
On the work front, Madhavan has come on board the biopic of inventor Gopalswamy Doraisamy Naidu, who is also known as the ‘Edison of India’. The film, helmed by Mithran R Jawahar, will have Punnagai Poo Gheetha as the female lead.
(Source: IANS)
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