PUNE: The Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) on Monday felicitated a group of war veterans, gallantry awardees and a Veer Nari as part of the Swarnim Vijay Varsh celebration, which is the 50th anniversary of India’s victory in the 1971 war.
The victory flame arrived on the campus at 5pm. Actor-filmmaker Nana Patekar and FTII director Bhupendra Kainthola received the flame.
Patekar felicitated war veterans Wing Commander Suresh Damodar Karnik, Vir Chakra awardee of the 1971 Indo-Pak war; war veteran Commodore Ravinder Kumar Narad; Major Uday Parshuram Sathe, Vir Chakra awardee of the 1971 war; Brigadier Ajit Apte, who was present on behalf of his brother of Flt Lt Pradeep Vinayak Apte, Vir Chakra; and Veer Nari Sunita, wife of Naik Baban Ramchandra Chavan.
Patekar said, “ We ought to remember the sacrifice of our soldiers all the time. Whatever we do for the Army can never make up for all that they do for the country.”
Kainthola said, “The institute has conducted several short courses for the Indian Armed forces in the border areas. The institute is always ready to help the Armed forces in their projects.”
