Gajendra Chauhan must step down as FTII chairperson: Neeraj Ghaywan
Gajendra Chauhan must step down as FTII chairperson: Neeraj Ghaywan
FTII students have been agitating for the removal of Chauhan, a BJP member, for over a month now.

Bengaluru:  Actress Richa Chadha and  'Masaan' director Neeraj Ghaywan today said the ongoing agitation against Gajendra Chauhan as FTII chairman is not a battle of ideologies and the 'Mahabharat' actor should resign from the post.

"... if the protesting students don't want him, he should

resign. It is not Right versus the Left. The thing is people

are questioning the credibility of Gajendra Chauhan. They have

nothing against him personally," Richa told PTI in an

interview here.

Neeraj feels a chairman should be someone who inspires the

students.

"It is a clear, no-brainer that he should resign. It is

not about a certain ideology or a particular ideology or the

RSS. It is a simple fact that the students don't feel inspired

by him," said Neeraj, who is in the city to promote "Masaan".

Reacting to the agitation in the premier institute, an

article in RSS mouthpiece "Organiser" dubbed the protesting

students as "anti-Hindu" and smelt a "conspiracy" behind the

demonstrations.

Richa said a person who is holding FTII chairman's

post should have a good understanding of cinematic creativity.

"If somebody has been appointed, they must have a good

understanding of cinema, creativity, and not just ideology,"

she said.

"The government has good understanding of ideology,

not of cinema and aesthetics. So, many capable people who are

good actors, directors and cinematographers- all of others

who are capable should assume the mantle to take the

institution to the next level."

Neeraj said Chauhan does not inspire FTII students like

Adoor Gopalakrihnan, Shyam Benegal and Gulzar did as the

institute's chairmen.

"As a chairman one should inspire the way Adoor

Gopalkrishnan, Gulzar Sahab and Shyam Bengal did. With this

kind of repertoire I don't think it is inspiring enough to

have Chauhan as FTII Chairman... for me that is the only

reason," he said.

FTII students have been agitating for the removal of

Chauhan, a BJP member, for over a month now

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