India, Nov. 14 -- The Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTI) in Kolkata has come under criticism from its students after the students' union alleged that Emmy-nominated filmmaker Ronny Sen was harassed by security personnel when he arrived at the institute to conduct a workshop. The administration, however, claimed that Sen had entered the campus without authorisation by scaling its boundary wall.

In a statement issued on Friday, the SRFTI Students' Union said it had invited Sen to conduct a workshop titled "Cinema as a Weapon of Resistance" in collaboration with the Blue Banyan Collective.

The workshop was part of a series of sessions organised by the students' union in response to what it described as attempts by the admin...