Rajkumar hirani won’t replace gajendra chauhan as ftii chairperson


Rajkumar hirani won’t replace gajendra chauhan as ftii chairperson

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Casting aside rumours that have been making rounds, Rajkumar Hirani’s spokesperson has clarified that the filmmaker won’t be replacing Gajendra Chauhan as the chairperson of FTII’s governing


council. A message sent to the media said: > On behalf of Rajkumar Hirani, we clarify that he is not replacing > Gajendra Chauhan, who is heading the governing council of FTII. He


> has been asked to head the academic council but will not be able to > take it up as his film work keeps him occupied and he would not have > the bandwidth to handle FTII work. 


However, he will continue helping > from the outside to end this deadlock between the ministry and the > students. Rajkumar Hirani is an alumnus of FTII having studied the film editing


course at the institute. There were reports of Hirani having been chosen to replace Gajendra Chauhan as the chairperson of FTII, which prompted this clarification. Published: 08 Sep 2015,


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