Army in collaboration with FTII has zeroed in on three courses — Screen Acting, Smartphone Film Making and Screenplay Writing — to churn-out budding filmmakers in the border district of Baramulla.
The Indian Army has embarked on a new mission to realise the acting dreams of Kashmiri boys and girls.
The Army has roped in Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune, to teach acting to the young boys and girls in North Kashmir's Baramulla district, in order to help them to make it to the entertainment industry of the country.
Army in collaboration with FTII has zeroed in on three courses — Screen Acting, Smartphone Film Making and Screenplay Writing — to churn-out budding filmmakers in the border district of Baramulla.
"The first in the series of courses is the Screen Acting Course. The course commenced on June 25 in Baramulla. Thirty youth (26 boys and four girls) from Baramulla, who have a flair for acting, are participating in the course," said an Army spokesman.
The Screen Acting Course will end on July 14 and the authorities are contemplating to invite a renowned director or actor to Kashmir to gauge the acting skills of the students and if possible select any of them for any impeding projects.
"Who knows, maybe one of the students will make the cut. We went from school to school, village to village and informed the people about the courses. Later, 30 youth were selected for the first course. Two other courses will begin after July 14," said an Army officer involved with the project.
Conceived in April this year, the Army under the aegis of 79 Mountain Brigade approached the FTII and sought their help to start some courses to hone the skills of local youth in Baramulla.
"Since everyone cannot go to Pune to learn acting, we convinced FTII to start a course here. We have even brought the FTII faculty to teach the students here," said the officer.
Normally, the course fee is Rs 25,000, but the Army has selected most of the youth from lower middle-class families. "We have subsidised the fee. We have reduced it Rs 2,000, of which Rs 1,000 will be paid by the Army," said the officer.
Major General GC Rawat, General Officer Commanding (GOC) of Baramulla-based Dagger Division, emphasised the Army's continued efforts towards nurturing the cultural heritage and identifying the young talent from the Valley. "Such events provide good employment opportunities to the youth, and we appreciate the efforts of FTII for their initiative," he said.
FTII Director Bhupendra Kainthola said that the Institute had recently conducted Film and Television Courses in Srinagar and the response from the students was overwhelming. He hoped for an even better response from the youth of Baramulla for these courses.
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