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Filmmaker Backs Students Facing Rustication
4 Nov
Summary
- Anuparna Roy supports students protesting rustication orders.
- Students were attacked for questioning an ABVP campus meeting.
- Concerns rise over alleged lack of transparency in student notices.
Award-winning director Anuparna Roy has voiced strong support for students protesting their rustication from the SRFTI film institute. In a video message released Tuesday, Roy demanded that the rustication orders for six students be revoked and called for the resignation of Vice Chancellor Santosh Ajmera.
Roy stated that a film school should be a space for questioning authority, referencing incidents of violence on campus on September 27 and October 4. She pointed out that students who questioned the presence of the right-wing group ABVP on campus faced repercussions, with six students receiving rustication notices and one facing an FIR, while their alleged attackers remained unpunished.
In solidarity, students have announced independent film-making workshops and screenings under the banner 'Cinema as a Weapon of Resistance.' This initiative draws inspiration from the 1995 Danish Dogme 95 movement. Students have submitted 15 questions to the administration, citing a lack of transparency in the issuance of show-cause and rustication notices.
