Satish Shah, critic Somaaya among 3 nominated to FTII society

November 13, 2015 20:01

Actor Satish Shah, film critic Bhawana Somaaya and director-producer B P Singh of 'CID' fame have been nominated by government as members of Film and Television Institute of India Society, which has been hit by a row over appointment of Gajendra Chauhan as President.

Official sources said that while Shah and Somaaya have been nominated by Information and Broadcasting Ministry as members of the FTII society in category of persons of eminence, connected with films, TV, journalism, literature, fine arts, dramatics etc, Singh has been nominated in the category of FTII alumni.

The I&B ministry had earlier reconstituted the FTII society in June this year and actor Gajendra Chauhan was nominated as its President and Chairman of its Governing Council. However, there were protests by students over Chauhan's appointment and FTII Society members Jahnu Barua, cinematographer Santosh Sivan and actor Pallavi Joshi had quit. The students had ended their 139-day strike last month but vowed to continue their protest.

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