defending the appointment of tv actor gajendra chauhan as chairman of punebased ftiis governing council censor board chief pahlaj nihalani has accused the striking students of indulging in politics and advised them to start attending the classes the students of the film television institute of india have been opposing chauhans appointment alleging that he lacked the credentials and vision to head an institution such as ftii which is supposed to give direction to the indian cinemaread censor board controversieshow can the students demand that we want this teacher or we want this chairman at the ftii theyre trying to put politics in between i think they should go and do their work they have come to learn and let them learn what they want to nihalani told pti here for latest bollywood updates follow us on twitter toientertain allow chauhan to do some good work he is not going to take classes he said when asked about the allegations of lack of merit and cronyism which have sprung up following the appointment of bjps campaign filmmakers to such bodies nihalani retorted saying no one questioned the appointments done by the previous congress government for the latest in bollywood news like us on facebook toientertain i dont think this lack of merit is the right thing nobody has questioned why the congress nominees are on the board or as any other panel members he said students at the prestigious audiovisual institute in pune have been on strike for nearly a fortnight now ever since the appointment of chauhan as ftiis chairmanfor latest bollywood updates follow us on g the times of india entertainment the students say merit has been compromised in the appointment citing past chairmen like respected filmmaker adoor gopalakrishnan nihalani had an interesting take on the appointment of chauhan who had in the past played role of yudhishthir in the popular serial mahabharat saying the focus in entertainment is now shifting to television from filmsfor more interesting bollywood news and pictures follow us on pinterest timesofindia first we were thinking bollywood is a big brother now i think tv is the big brother and bollywood is the small brother he said meanwhile nihalani acknowledged that the ftii has delivered greats for the film and tv industry he referred to bjp leader shatrughan sinha film actors shakti kapoor and asha sachdev as among the talents who have passed out of the institute on the controversy within the central board for film certification cbfc where some members have openly protested against his chairmanship nihalani said he enjoys the confidence of the entire board but refused to elaboratewatch censor boards cuss word list put on hold toi