R. Madhavan To Be Next President of FTII

PUNE (IANS) – R. Madhavan, whose film ‘Rocketry: The Nambi Effect’ just won the National Award for Best Feature Film, has been nominated President of the Film and Television Institute of India.

He takes over from renowned filmmaker Shekhar Kapur, who was president from September 30, 2020.

Madhavan has come on board the biopic of inventor Gopalswamy Doraisamy Naidu, who is also known as the ‘Edison of India’. The film, helmed by Mithran R. Jawahar, will have Punnagai Poo Gheetha as the female lead.