About us

Be it the dreamy world of Apu from the Pather Panchali by connoisseur of films, Satyajit Ray, be it the depth of divine despair of the hapless Vijay from the movie Pyasa by legendary Guru Dutt or be it the old Isak Borg in Wild Strawberries by iconic Ingmer Bergman, all demonstrate the fact that the camera is more than just a recorder, it is a microscope. It penetrates past the superficial, turning the unseen into the seen and the insentient into a deeper feeling. University Film Club was established by some enthusiastic faculty members back in 1974 with the aim to promote the cinematic culture among the students of AMU and to encourage a milieu where 'poetry in motion' becomes one of the great sources for their aesthetic and academic excellence. From Kanan Devi to Nasiruddin Shah, K A Abbas to Javed Akhtar, Shakil Badauni to Kaifi Azmi, the list of AMU alumni is endless who left their mark in the film fraternity in terms of direction, screenplay, lyrics, music etc. We not only bask in the glory of our past but University Film Club also always strives to motivate the students towards the creative world of films by organizing film festivals, workshops, lecture series and other various programmes. Cinema is the expressionistic child of our times and we can rightly feel proud of what cinema has done , barely seventy years from its rudimentary beginning. From the Oscar winning documentary An Inconvenient Truth to our very own Rang De Basanti, all have left an indelible mark on the common perspective of civil activism on various emerging issues. Apart from academics, it is essential that every student has the opportunity to explore the creative world. Keeping this in mind, the University Film Club serves as the platform to provide these opportunities and has studiously undertaken the task of blending conventional education with a sense of aesthetics.