In 2015, FTII was in a state of turmoil due to the appointment of Gajendra Chauhan, a BJP worker whose only claim to fame was that he played the role of Yudhishthir in the TV serial 'Mahabharata'.
Kapadia, who joined FTII in 2012 in her second attempt, was one of the leaders of the 131-day protest against Chouhan, which, incidentally, was opposed by many Bollywood celebrities from Rajkummar Rao and Nawazuddin Siddiqui to Anupam Kher. , and also by Soumitra Chatterjee and Jhanu Baruah.
As many reported on X after Kapadia's Grand Prix win, FTII initiated disciplinary action against him when he led a boycott of classes; later, FTII cut his grant.
The same year, Pune Police filed an FIR against 35 students, including Kapadia, after they held then FTII director Prashant Patharabe hostage in his office.They were protesting against his decision to go ahead with the evaluation of incomplete student projects of the 2008 batch.
Interestingly, FTII and Hindutva politics are the twin subjects of Kapadia's debut docu-feature, 'A Night of Knowing Nothing', which won the Golden Eye at Cannes 2021. The film is still to be released in India.
Recalling Kapadia's FTII days, she was creatively making her mark while cementing her reputation as a flamboyant student leader. His 13-minute film 'Afternoon Clouds' was the only Indian entry in a category at the Cannes Competition in 2017.16-film shortlist for the Cinefondation student film section.
FTII quietly decided to support the film, enabling Kapadia to walk the Cannes red carpet for the first time wearing a sari and not the designer gown that usually makes news.
He did not win any awards, but his film was one of just 16 to be selected from over 2,600 films submitted for consideration from around the world.
The Rishi Valley Kodaikanal alumnus, who studied economics from Mumbai's S. Must have felt it.
Kapadia, who joined FTII in 2012 in her second attempt, was one of the leaders of the 131-day protest against Chouhan, which, incidentally, was opposed by many Bollywood celebrities from Rajkummar Rao and Nawazuddin Siddiqui to Anupam Kher. , and also by Soumitra Chatterjee and Jhanu Baruah.
As many reported on X after Kapadia's Grand Prix win, FTII initiated disciplinary action against him when he led a boycott of classes; later, FTII cut his grant.
The same year, Pune Police filed an FIR against 35 students, including Kapadia, after they held then FTII director Prashant Patharabe hostage in his office.They were protesting against his decision to go ahead with the evaluation of incomplete student projects of the 2008 batch.
Interestingly, FTII and Hindutva politics are the twin subjects of Kapadia's debut docu-feature, 'A Night of Knowing Nothing', which won the Golden Eye at Cannes 2021. The film is still to be released in India.
Recalling Kapadia's FTII days, she was creatively making her mark while cementing her reputation as a flamboyant student leader. His 13-minute film 'Afternoon Clouds' was the only Indian entry in a category at the Cannes Competition in 2017.16-film shortlist for the Cinefondation student film section.
FTII quietly decided to support the film, enabling Kapadia to walk the Cannes red carpet for the first time wearing a sari and not the designer gown that usually makes news.
He did not win any awards, but his film was one of just 16 to be selected from over 2,600 films submitted for consideration from around the world.
The Rishi Valley Kodaikanal alumnus, who studied economics from Mumbai's S. Must have felt it.
