As he praised director Payal Kapadia for profitable the Grand Prix on the Cannes Movie Pageant on Tuesday, Congress chief Shashi Tharoor poked enjoyable at Prime Minister Narendra Modi by questioning why, if India is happy with her, his authorities should not instantly drop the “circumstances” in opposition to her and different FTII college students. Final week, Kapadia made historical past as the primary Indian director when her Malayalam-Hindi characteristic movie “All We Think about As Gentle” took house the Grand Prix, the 77th Cannes Movie Pageant’s second-highest honour.
Following the victory, PM Modi had stated the nation is happy with her. As a way to protest the appointment of actor-politician Gajendra Chauhan because the chairperson of the Pune-based FTII, Kapadia was one of many protesting college students again in 2015.
Taking to X (previously Twitter), Tharoor stated, “Modi ji, if India is happy with her, ought to your authorities not instantly #WithdrawTheCases in opposition to her and fellow FTII college students protesting in opposition to your authorities’s arbitrary appointment of an unqualified Chairman?”
Modi ji, if India is happy with her, ought to your authorities not instantly #WithdrawTheCases in opposition to her and fellow FTII college students protesting in opposition to your authorities’s arbitrary appointment of an unqualified Chairman? https://t.co/BmZNifLLj9 pic.twitter.com/psZMwSADnn
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) Might 28, 2024
Tharoor’s remarks got here in response to Modi’s submit on X on Might 26 through which he wrote, “India is happy with Payal Kapadia for her historic feat of profitable the Grand Prix on the 77th Cannes Movie Pageant for her work ‘All We Think about as Gentle’. An alumnus of FTII, her outstanding expertise continues to shine on the worldwide stage, giving a glimpse of the wealthy creativity in India. This prestigious accolade not solely honours her distinctive expertise but additionally evokes a brand new technology of Indian filmmakers.”
India is happy with Payal Kapadia for her historic feat of profitable the Grand Prix on the 77th Cannes Movie Pageant for her work ‘All We Think about as Gentle’. An alumnus of FTII, her outstanding expertise continues to shine on the worldwide stage, giving a glimpse of the wealthy creativity in… pic.twitter.com/aMJbsbmNoE
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) Might 26, 2024
Protesting college students in 2015 stated that Chauhan’s appointment appeared “politically colored” and that he lacked the imaginative and prescient and stature of earlier FTII governing council chairs. Prashant Pathrabe, the previous director of the FTII, was purportedly gheraoed and imprisoned in his workplace by the scholars in the course of the 139-day strike attributable to unresolved educational issues. Consequently, the police broke into the campus and took a number of of the demonstrators into custody.
