National award-winning director Dev Benegal said in Thiruvananthapuram on Monday that India had fallen behind in the ‘media revolution’ because of the lack of excellent film institutes.

Participating in a discussion on ‘Film Education’ organised in connection with the International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK), the director said that he was for formal education in film-making though he himself had no formal training.

“The government should not see expenditure on film institutes as a luxury; they should promote and fund them as much as they promote IITs or IIMs.”.........Click for more

Source Web Page: The Hindu