Actor Mukesh Khanna, who is well known all over India as the country’s first Superhero, Shaktimaan, has been appointed as the new chairperson of the Children’s Film Society of India (CFSI). He has taken over the charge from actor-director Amole Gupte, who resigned in June 2014. Mukesh played the dual role of Shaktimaan and Gangadhar in the 1990s Shaktimaan series and also played a role of Bhishma in “Mahabharat”.

Tidbits

1. Mukesh Khanna was born on 23 June 1958 in Mumbai, India.
2. He came into the film industry in 1982 after graduating from Film and Television Institute of India.
3. He attended the school with fellow Indian actors Naseeruddin Shah and Shakti Kapoor.
4. Children’s Film Society of India (CFSI) is a nodal organisation of GOI that produces children’s films and various TV programs in various Indian languages.
5. CFSI was established in 1955 and its headquarters is in Mumbai.
6. CFSI functions come under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
7. In the last 52 years, CFSI has made 114 feature films, 45 short animations, 9 puppet films, as well as 52 short documentaries and news magazines.
8. CFSI also organises international Children’s Film Festival held every alternate year in India.
9. The films produced by CFSI have participated in many film festivals all over the world and have won many awards.