Pune: FTII to mark Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s birth anniversary

FTII Director Bhupendra Kainthola said, “Smarananajali is the FTII’s way of remembering the departed icons of Indian cinema, who have have left indelible impressions in the collective memory of the film community. In April, we remembered legendary cinematographer V K Murthy. Now, the institute’s editing department took the initiative to reveal the best known and lesser known aspects of Hrishi da’s life and work, as an editor and filmmaker.”

On the first day, the inauguration ceremony will be followed by a panel discussion on ‘Hrishi da and FTII’.  At 2 pm, his film Satyakaam (1969) will be screened, followed by a panel discussion on ‘Comedy Films of Hrishikesh Mukherjee’. The day will end with the screening of Chupke Chupke (1975) at 6.45 pm.

The second day will commence with a session on ‘Academic Perspective on Films of Hrishikesh Mukherjee’, followed by a presentation by FTII students on ‘Editing of Anand’. A panel discussion on ‘The Hrishi da We Knew’ would be held next. The day would culminate with a closing ceremony, to be addressed by Bachchan.

A notification issued by the FTII stated that while the event will conclude on Sunday, screenings of Mukherjee’s films would continue in FTII’s main theatre till October 6. The event and the screenings are open to the public on a ‘first come, first serve’ basis due to limited number of seats, it added.