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Popular Courses At Film And Television Institute of India, Pune

Atul AdeUpdated on 20 Feb 2023, 03:30 PM IST

The Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) was established in 1960 by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting of the Government of India. Aided by the Central Government of India and it is located in the premises of the erstwhile Prabhat Studios in Pune.

Popular Courses At Film And Television Institute of India, Pune
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The institute is well-known as one of the best film institutes in India as well as a centre for excellence in audio visual media across the world. The FTII alumni network is one of the best and very well spread across the globe as they work across the world. The alumni have also won various prestigious national and international film awards like Oscars, Dada Saheb Phalke award, and India’s highest civilian honours of Padma Awards.

During its early days, the institute offered its original five courses. Over the years, they expanded their expertise and today, it offers 11 full-time courses in various disciplines of film and television. They also have several short term courses.

Careers360 finds its source of information from the official website of Film and Television Institute of India, Pune. On analysing the data, it was found that the three year post graduate diplomas with a variety of specialisations offered by the Flim Wing of the institute are a popular choice among students.

Here’s a detailed report on course-wise enrollment over the last four years, quota-wise seat distribution, and the course fees in the FTII.

Course Wise Enrollment

The number of enrollment has increased by just three seats in four years for the three-year postgraduate diploma course offered by the film wing. While other new courses started during the period.

Total Number Of Students Course-wise

Batch

Three year post graduate diploma courses in film in different specialization

Two year post graduate diploma course in acting

One year post graduate certificate course in television

One year post graduate certificate course in feature film screen play writing

Two year post graduate diploma course in screenwriting (film, tv & web series)

Total number of students on roll

2017

46

-

-

-

-

46

2018

43

10

-

-

-

53

2019

47

10

39

11

-

107

2020

49

10

39

-

12

110

Total

185

30

78

11

12

316

Reservation For Courses

Below is the category wise distribution of the number of seats at the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII). All the seats are reserved as per the reservation criteria of the Government of India. If we generalise all the courses, about 50 per cent seats are open or for General (Gen) admission, 30 per cent of the seats are for Other Backward Class (OBC), and the remaining seats are for the Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST).

Category wise distribution of seats in 2020

2020 data

Total

Gen

OBC

SC

ST

Three year post graduate diploma course in film in different specialization

49

25

15

5

4

Two year post graduate diploma course in screen acting

10

5

3

1

1

Two year post graduate diploma course in screenwriting (film, tv & webseries)

12

6

3

3

1

One year post graduate certificate course in television

39

24

8

3

4

Admission Process

The admission is allotted in the FTII on the basis of nationally administered Joint Entrance Test (JET) and subsequent rounds of orientation and interview, which is conducted by the institute.

Courses and Fees : FTII

FTII also offers the limited various scholarships of state and central governments to the deserving candidates. Along with this, there are various memorial awards instituted by individuals or trusts. Also few individuals and production houses offer scholarships to deserving students. Students should check the scholarship page of FTII Pune to know in detail about these opportunities

FTII: Course, Duration, Fees and Seats

Course Name

Duration In Years

Total Fees In Lakhs

Seats

PGD in Feature Film Screenplay Writing

2

1.6

12

PGD in Cinematography

3

2.3

10

PGD in Sound Recording and Sound Design

3

2.3

10

PGD in Art Direction and Production Design

3

2.3

10

PGD in Direction and Screenplay Writing

3

2.3

10

PGD in Editing

3

2.3

10

PGD in Screen Acting

3

2.3

10

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Notable Alumni

FTII has produced many celebrities who work across the globe and earned prestigious name and fame in the film and television industry. Some of them are Naseeruddin Shah, Om Puri, Jaya Bachchan, Shabana Azmi, Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Girish Kasaravalli, Rajkumar Hirani, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Resul Pookutty, Rajkummar Rao, David Dhawan, Shatrughan Sinha and many more.

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