Films lucrative career in the NE
Thursday,
July
27,
2006
Guwahati
(UNI):
The
film
industry
is
fast
emerging
as
a
lucrative
career
option
for
the
youths
of
North
East,
with
the
lone
institute
in
film
training
in
the
region
hard
pressed
to
meet
the
growing
demand.
The
Jyoti
Chitraban
Film
and
Television
Institute
(JCFTI)
in
Guwahati
has
recorded
cent
per
cent
placement
since
it
was
set
up
in
1999.
But
lack
of
government
initiative
in
developing
it
further
has
proved
to
be
a
hurdle.
Nodal
officer
of
the
institute,
Bimal
Krishna
Sharma
said,
''We
have
received
tremendous
response
from
the
students
since
the
institute
was
opened
seven
years
ago.''
The
institute
currently
offers
three
years
diploma
in
motion
picture
photography,
audiography
and
sound
engineering
and
film
and
video
editing.
It
also
has
a
one
year
certificate
course
in
applied
acting
(film
and
TV).
The
institute
takes
in
a
total
of
50
students
for
all
the
courses
with
specific
seats
reserved
for
Asom
and
the
other
NE
states,
including
Sikkim,
separately.
Mr Sharma said there was growing demand for increasing the number of seats. He said ''We receive more applications than we can accommodate. There has been a demand for more seat allocation from Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur.'' ''We are yet to get any student from Tripura, though some people from there had enquired about admission in the next session,'' he added. He informed that the JCFTI admits students from other seats only after proper verification from the concerned state. A student has to seat for a written test and face an interview board for admission into the institute. The entire process is done with the help of the Directorate of Technical Education.
The officer alleged lack of government support in developing the institute. He said the institute, set up under the Jyoti Chitraban Film Studio Society (JCFSS), was yet to receive independent recognition. He said the infrastructure for the institute is provided by the Society, but in absence of independent existence, the institute's future is in jeopardy. Mr Sharma informed that a memorandum submitted by prominent film personalities of the region to the Asom government for special emphasis on the JCFTI in April last year had been forwarded to the DoNER. Department of North Eastern Region (DoNER) Minister P R Kyndiah had shown a positive response and assured of development of the institute under his ministry.
Mr Sharma said the government had submitted a Rs 12.95 crore project to the DoNER for renovation of the institute. A portion of the 72 bigha land under the JCFSS would also be sanctioned for permanent premises of the institute. He said, ''The government has plans for its renovation but nothing for sustaining it.'' He said the JCFTI was facing growing demand for introduction of new courses in other branches of film making. With the government showing interest in the development of the institute in the last Assembly session, Mr Sharma hoped the JCFTI would get a new lease of life.
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