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Break from reviewing, off to FTII

20th May 2007 | posted in Announcements | | 1425 views

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About a month ago I heard that I got into the crash course on Film Appreciation conducted by National Film Archives of India (NFAI) - Yay! NFAI conducts this month-long course which starts on May 21, 2007 in collaboration with The Film and Television Institute of India (FTII). I feel privileged just to be in the same campus where Shabana Azmi, Naseeruddin Shah, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, to name a few, spent their learning days!!. Especially, since this is as good as a residential course. - Am so excited!!!

Okay, before I irritate the hell out of you with my exclamation marks, here’s what I really want to say. Since I am not sure whether I will be able to post here in the next four weeks and will be back only on the 16th of June, I have invited a couple guest bloggers to write hindi movie related articles for “Without Giving The Movie Away”. Meanwhile, I will also try my best to write about my experiences during the course.

Here’s to a “new and improved” meetu! Cheers!!

Update: I’ve posted my experiences about the course in a series of posts. The first part describes the overall experiences. The second one deals with the selection of movies, which ones I liked and the few I did not. The third part discusses the lectures.

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  1. 1 On May 30th, 2007, Deep Ganatra said:

    Hey all the best for the stuff.. work hard and be happy :)

  2. 2 On May 30th, 2007, meetu said:

    Thanks Deep! Nice to see you here.

  3. 3 On July 17th, 2007, Dr. Sunil Mehru said:

    Really excellent course in film appriciation, enjoyed the FTII and NFAI campus with fun, joy and lot lot lot more

  4. 4 On October 3rd, 2007, vishal said:

    can you please divulge on how to apply for this sort of course?

  5. 5 On October 3rd, 2007, meetu said:

    Hi vishal,

    You have to fill in an application form and submit it to the institute. The process starts around February-March each year. More details at http://www.nfaipune.gov.in/film_appreciation.htm If you have any more questions, let me know, I will try my best to answer.

  6. 6 On November 27th, 2007, Roshan said:

    Hey,
    I was actually interested in joining the discussed course.
    How was it..? Is it worth the money..?
    I am actually a student of mass communication and I hope the course is beyond basic stuff.
    Is it full time..?

  7. 7 On November 29th, 2007, meetu said:

    Hey Roshan, overall the course was good. The technical stuff that they taught was pretty basic. Since, I am new to all of this, I enjoyed learning the basics.

    It is a full-time course for 4 weeks. You can get some of the details http://withoutgivingthemovieaway.com/main/uncategorized/the-film-appreciation-course-2007-fa-part-1-the-experience/ and http://withoutgivingthemovieaway.com/main/uncategorized/the-film-appreciation-course-2007-fa-part-2-the-movies/

    And more information at the NFAI website - http://www.nfaipune.gov.in/film_appreciation.htm

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