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At least 1500 mainstream films are released in India every year but recently, independent films have caught the people’s attention. With the advent of internet, more and more filmmakers are finding their audiences online. Indie films like Gandu by Qaushiq Mukherjee, popularly known as Q, and Sulemani Keeda by Amit Masurkar, have gained critical acclaim, inspiring a lot of people to pursue a career in film-making. But film-making is not just about handling the camera, there are nuances to it that need to be taught by professionals. India has great film-making schools, some of them established by the industry’s pioneers, with quality facilities and a variety of modules to offer.
I. Film and Television Institute of India (Pune)
Established in 1960, Film Television of India (FTII) lies on the premises of the historic Prabhat Studios, and is one of the top film schools in India. The college offers Postgraduate Diploma Courses and Postgraduate Certificate Courses on various fields of cinema, ranging from direction and screenwriting, to sound recording and TV engineering!
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II. Whistling Woods International (Mumbai)
Established in 2006 by Subhash Ghai, a renowned director in the Hindi film industry, Whistling Woods is a sprawling campus in Goregaon. It offers a multitude of courses in both design and filmmaking. The courses are diverse, including a Bachelor of Arts Certificate in Filmmaking along with certificate courses like animation and fashion.
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III. Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute of India (Kolkata)
Established in 1995 and named after the legendary Indian filmmaker Satyajit Ray, SRFTI is a prestigious film school in Kolkata. The courses offered here encompass workshops conducted by professionals from the film and television industry. Nearly every aspect of filmmaking is offered as a course in the college - from production and sound design, to animation.
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IV. Annapurna International School of Film and Media (Hyderabad)
Founded by the renowned actors and father-son duo, Akkineni Nagarjuna and Akkineni Nageshwara Rao, AISFM is a leading film school with many known faces forming part of it’s core team - Farah Khan, Mahesh Bhatt and Vikramaditya Motwane, to name a few - and offers students bachelor’s’ programmes, master’s and certificate courses.
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V. National Institute of Film and Fine Arts (Kolkata)
National Institute of Film and Fine Arts, known as NIFFA, was established in 1990 by Dhiresh Ghosh, former head of the Department of Direction at FTII. The courses offered here are all diploma certificate courses and include editing along with cinematography and directing.
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VI. L. V. Prasad Film & Television Institute (Chennai)
L. V. Prasad Film & Television Institute was established by the founder of the Prasads Group and one of the filmmaking pioneers of India, L. V. Prasad. One of the greatest contributors to Indian cinema, he received the Dadasaheb Phalke Award and also holds the unique position of having acted in the first talkies of three films of different languages - Alam Ara, Bhakta Prahlada & Kalidasa. The institute offers postgraduate diploma courses in cinematography, directing and sound design, as well as a short term course spread over 15 weekends on film and television direction.
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VII. Asian Academy of Film & Television (Delhi)
Affiliated with the International Film & Television Research Center, the AAFT is located in Noida. Within AAFT, various school of education are also present, including public relation and filmmaking and animation. The institute offers undergraduate, postgraduate and certificate courses.
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