New Delhi: After as many as five students of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) were arrested by the police, on charges of riot and other offences in connection with the gherao of director Prashant Pathrabe, Bollywood has come out in their support.
Bollywood celebrities Shekhar Kapur, Rajat Kapoor, Hansal Mehta and Resul Pookutty slammed the arrest and took to Twitter to vent out their anger against the move.
There was a time #FTII was considered one of the best film schools in Asia and produced some brilliant talent. What happened?
— Shekhar Kapur (@shekharkapur) August 18, 2015
Police arrive in the middle of the night at #FTII , arrest 40 students.So are they really anti nationals?!or are Police implementing orders
— resul pookutty (@resulp) August 18, 2015
Arrest?! In the middle of the night?! I do not think the police have followed the rules laid out by SC in making arrests! My debate is the..
— resul pookutty (@resulp) August 18, 2015
....couple of days.then why this arrest in the middle of the night...?! That too including girls?!
— resul pookutty (@resulp) August 18, 2015
Students are anti national is a word used by one of the selected society member.So I just repeated it.!Don't connect that with anything else
— resul pookutty (@resulp) August 18, 2015
Its shocking that the government can not find the right person with the right vision for FTII- they'd rather let it develop into this mess!
— Rajat Kapoor (@mrrajatkapoor) August 18, 2015
Never seen a govt. fall so low, so quick. Family-packs of lies being sold as achievements, while freedom is crushed daily. #JaiHind #FTII
— VISHAL DADLANI (@VishalDadlani) August 18, 2015
A Government that can't talk through a matter with 500 students (or less???) will resolve Border crisis and such??? #FTII
— Anubhav Sinha (@anubhavsinha) August 18, 2015
“Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.” ― Henry David Thoreau #FTII
— Hansal Mehta (@mehtahansal) August 19, 2015
Those who think absolute authority will quell the rebellion of a few students, beware. The oppressor will perish. The rebel will survive.
— Hansal Mehta (@mehtahansal) August 19, 2015
The gherao came amid now 71 days of protest against the appointment of BJP member and TV actor Gajendra Chauhan as chairman of Film and Television Institute of India.
(With PTI inputs)
