Welcome to Roopkala Kendro
Roopkala Kendro, a premier Film and Social Communication Institute was conceptualized as an Institute which will produce socially relevant films meant for education and information of marginal people and will also impart training to young people for professional production of such films. In light of the above, Roopkala Kendro was set up as a Registered Society under the administrative control of Department of Information and Cultural Affairs, Government of West Bengal in April 2000 under West Bengal Societies Act 1961.
Roopkala Kendro is an autonomous body under the Information and Cultural Affairs, Govt. of West Bengal. The Executive Council and the Governing Council of the Society have important personalities from administration, academics, film and social communication studies and television production and planning. The Academic Council of the society advises it on important matters of academic decision making and consists of filmmakers, television production personalities and academicians of repute.
The Director and CEO of the Institute is the Secretary of the Society and is also the Chief Executive Officer of the Kendro.
The two main pillars of the Institute are the Training Wing and the Production Wing. Roopkala Kendro offers a 2-year Post Graduate Diploma in 6 streams of Development Communication, Direction, Motion Picture Photography, Editing, Sound Design, and Animation Creation & Direction.
The uniqueness of the course is that students are trained through a learning by-doing method, and there is immense scope for hands-on skills building.
Roopkala Kendro is a social communication film institute where students are trained to conceptualize ideas, write scripts, and execute the methods properly to transcribe their ideas into audio-visual events to be experienced on screen.
The methodology of training that is being followed here is one to one basis, and language never becomes a barrier. We consider each student as a unique character having a unique history and outlook toward every sphere of life, and try to impart the idea of art and craft and teach them how to express themselves using the most modern technology.
We believe that the idea of art is not constant and has been changing over time, and to create art, one should not forget his or her roots and should speak of it, exploiting the language of cinematic art. That is why we always inspire students to tell his or her own story and not to get into the practice of a lifeless art form.
We do not provide a hostel for the students, and that way during the training period, they do not feel isolated from society, and along with developing sensibility, they interpret society in their way, which gets reflected in their project work.
It is often felt that in order to practice cinematic art, exposure to other art forms necessary, and that is why we have developed our library, where books on various art forms are available, as well as numerous books on modern technology and methods.
Roopkala Kendro has created a long heritage of students who are continuously contributing to the fabric of Bengali Cinema as well as Indian Cinema. Those who are willing to take admission here will get the chance to be a part of this long and glorious heritage.
