Archive · 17 Dec 2025
FTII Students Embrace Diverse Languages in Cinema
At a school in Pune called FTII, students are making movies in many different languages.
In 2023, out of 10 student films, only one was in Hindi.
The others were in languages like Marathi, Malayalam, Gujarati, and even some lesser-known languages like Mizo and Nagamese.
This shows that students are using their own languages to tell stories, which is a good thing because it makes movies more interesting and diverse.
It's like when you tell a story in your own words instead of using someone else's.
This can make movies more special and unique.
In 2023, out of 10 student films at FTII, only one was entirely in Hindi.
Three films were in Marathi, and one each in Malayalam, Gujarati, Haryanvi, and Santali.
One film combined English, Marathi, and Hindi, while another mixed English, Hindi, Mizo, and Nagamese.
This shift reflects a two-decade-long trend at FTII towards using diverse languages in cinema.
Students are drawing from their own languages to tell unique stories, offering a reminder of creative resilience in Indian cinema.
- Who
- Students at the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune
- What
- A shift towards using diverse languages in student films
- When
- 2023
- Where
- Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune
- Why
- To draw from the sounds and rhythms of their own languages and tell unique stories
- Institute
- Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune
- Year
- 2023
- Total Films
- 10
- Hindi Films
- 1
- Marathi Films
- 3
- Other Languages
- Malayalam, Gujarati, Haryanvi, Santali, English, Mizo, Nagamese