Five films from FTII alumni at IFFI

PANAJI: In the Golden Jubilee year of the FTII, five films by its former students, now eminent names to reckon with, are being featured in the Special Section.

The films are: 37 Down Manmad Passenger directed by Kumar Shahani; Awashesh directed by Girish Kasarvalli; Bodhvriksha directed by Rajan Khosa; Jee Karta Tha directed by Hansa Thapliyal; and Kramashad directed by Amit Dutta.

The institute that boasts of the who’s who and some of the best filmmakers that the country has produced, is featuring as many as 20 films made by its students in the Festival this year.

These have been included under various sections such as Indian Panorama, Special Section and Student Film Package – Film School and New Risk Takers.

While three student films, Motorbike (directed by Radhika Murthy), Surang (directed by Anurag Goswami) and Shyam Raat Seher (directed by Arunima Sharma) have been selected for the Indian Panorama, the New Risk Takers Package has 12 films.