Mumbai: Addressing concerns of conflict of
interest in his appointment as chairperson of FTII while also
running an acting school, actor Anupam Kher today said that he
had informed Union Minister Smriti Irani about the institute
before taking up the new role.
The 62-year-old actor was appointed chairman of the Film
and Television Institute of India (FTII) on October 11,
succeeding Gajendra Chauhan who had a controversial tenure as
the head of the Pune-based institute.