October 07, 2026 11:18 am (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
‘Crash axe’ blow fractured Smit Machchhar’s skull: Shocking details emerge from flydubai cockpit horror | ‘Vote thief’ Gyanesh Kumar: Rahul Gandhi climbs barricade, waves Tricolour during explosive INDIA bloc protest | ‘Crash axe’ blow fractured Smit Machchhar’s skull: Shocking details emerge from flydubai cockpit horror | ‘He should not have been flying’: JD Vance on Flydubai co-pilot | Israel was ready to shoot down Flydubai jet if it kept flying towards Tel Aviv: Reports | 'If law wasn't followed, we can undo it': Supreme Court's big warning on SIR process amid Gyanesh Kumar row | From TMC Rajya Sabha MP to BJP nominee in 6 months: Koel Mallick's stunning political U-turn | ‘Stomp on your head’: Omani flydubai co-pilot’s chilling posts on violence against women surface | Asian Games 2026: India beat Pakistan to clinch gold in men's cricket | flydubai cockpit attack: Deleted posts expose Omani co-pilot’s views on women, alleged extremist past
Image: Internet Wallpaer

Veteran actor Anupam Kher is the new FTII chairman

| @indiablooms | Oct 11, 2017, at 08:29 pm
Pune, Oct 11 (IBNS): Veteran actor Anupam Kher, on Wednesday, was appointed as the chairman of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), according to media reports.

He will replace Gajendra Chauhan, whose appointment has sparked off an intense controversy as well as protests by students of the institute.

Chauhan had shot to fame with his role as Yudhisthira in the TV epic serial Mahabharata.

According to media reports, Kher too had opposed Chauhan's appointment at that time.

Anupam Kher’s wife, Kirran thanked the Indian government, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union minister Smriti Irani for the appointment, reported while speaking to CNN-News 18.

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.