I’m not a filmmaker but I adore the notion of the medium. And the theory behind the art form totally fascinates me. So, I’m amused and outraged in equal measure by the ongoing Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) madness. It’s playing out like a bad Hindi movie. I don’t know if the institute is still the force it was in the 1970s and ’80s. But it is still our most prestigious cinema school. And its Pune location makes it a little haven tucked away far, far from the maddening crowd of Bollywood.

Gajendra Chauhan