R Madhavan becomes new president of FTII, Union I&B minister Anurag Thakur congratulates him

R Madhavan has been nominated as President and chairman of the governing council of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) for a period of three years. Union I&B Minister Anurag Singh Thakur on Friday congratulated actor R Madhavan on being nominated as President of FTII. Filmmaker Shekhar Kapur was the last president of FTII. Actor Anupam Kher also served as the president for one year.

Anurag Thakur took to X (formerly Twitter) and wrote, “Heartiest congratulations to  @ActorMadhavan ji on being nominated as President of @FTIIOfficial and Chairman of the governing council. I’m sure that your vast experience & strong ethics will enrich this institute, bring positive changes, and take it to a higher level. My best wishes to you.”

Here's the tweet

Heartiest congratulations to @ActorMadhavan ji on being nominated as President of @FTIIOfficial and Chairman of the governing council.

I'm sure that your vast experience & strong ethics will enrich this institute, bring positive changes, & take it to a higher level. My best…

— Anurag Thakur (@ianuragthakur) September 1, 2023

To this, Madhavan replied, “Thank you so very much for the honour and kind wishes @ianuragthakur Ji. I will do my very best to live up to all the expectations.”

Here's R Madhavan's reply

Thank you so very much for the honor and kind wishes @ianuragthakur Ji. I will do my very best to live up to all the expectations.  https://t.co/OHCKDS9cqt

— Ranganathan Madhavan (@ActorMadhavan) September 1, 2023

Recently,  R Madhavan’s film Rocketry: The Nambi Effect won the award for Best Feature Film at the 69th National Film Awards. Rocketry: The Nambi Effect is a 2022 Indian biographical drama film written, produced and directed by R Madhavan in his directorial debut. The film is based on the life of Nambi Narayanan, played by Madhavan, a scientist at the Indian Space Research Organisation. Rocketry was released in six languages worldwide, including Hindi, English, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada.