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Film Fraternity Condemns Violence at Kolkata’s SRFTI Campus
A fight happened at a film school in Kolkata called SRFTI.
Students and members of the Akhil Bharatiya Grahak Panchayat were involved.
Several people were injured.
Many filmmakers and actors said the violence was unacceptable.
They asked the police and institute authorities to investigate.
Some also demanded punishment for the people responsible.
Anurag Kashyap criticized the Bharatiya Janata Party while sharing the students’ statement.
Riddhi Sen questioned why more members of the film industry had not spoken out.
One director shared a photograph that he said showed the letters RSS written in students’ blood.
A clash between SRFTI students and Akhil Bharatiya Grahak Panchayat members injured several people.
Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap shared the students’ union statement and criticized the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Srijit Mukherji, Sudeshna Roy and Subrata Sen demanded investigations and punishment for those responsible.
Ritwick Chakraborty and Kamaleswar Mukherjee criticized the alleged campus entry and programme.
Riddhi Sen criticized film-industry colleagues who did not publicly protest the reported student assault.
- Who
- SRFTI students and members of the Akhil Bharatiya Grahak Panchayat were involved; several film-industry figures publicly responded.
- What
- A campus clash caused several injuries and prompted condemnation, calls for investigation, and demands for punishment.
- Where
- The Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute campus in Kolkata.
- When
- Sunday; the article does not provide a specific date.
- Why
- The article links the confrontation to an ABGP programme on campus but does not establish a definitive cause for the clash.
Key facts
- Institution
- Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTI)
- Location
- Kolkata
- Incident
- A clash between students and ABGP members
- Injuries
- Several people were injured
- Public response
- Film-industry figures condemned the violence and called for an investigation
- Political reference
- Anurag Kashyap criticized the Bharatiya Janata Party
- Accountability demands
- Several filmmakers and actors called for punishment of those responsible
Quotes
Srijit Mukherji
National Award-winning filmmaker
“Words fail to express the condemnation for what happened at SRFTI. Everyone associated with the film, television, and audiovisual industry must step forward, protest, and demand punishment for the culprits.”
telegraphindia.com
“Strongly condemn the violence and mayhem inside the SRFTI campus. The Police and administration must bring the perpetrators to book ASAP”
telegraphindia.com
Sources
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