A Campus Film Society of the KIIT University, the first of its kind in eastern India, was inaugurated at the university campus here on Monday. Noted poet and filmmaker Buddhadev Dasgupta inaugurated the film society in the presence of general secretary of the Federation of Film Society of India Premendra Mazumder. Dasgupta said that students can make better film if they have a passion for the field. “Students have to watch more and more cinema, listen music and read story and poems. By watching more film, they can analyze the change of film making,” he added.
Focusing on the film societies of India, Mazumder said that there are more than 140 film societies in India, over 100 campus film societies and over 37 film societies in Maharashtra only. He also assured that the Federation of Film Societies of India will give all support to the KIIT campus film society.
Among others, Director of Student Services Dr Sucheta Priyabadini, CEO of the School of Film and Media Sciences Himanshu Khatua, Director of the School of Mass Communication Baikunthnath Panigrahi and Director of the School of Sculpture Adwaita Gadnaik were present.