Film-making is her passion and she could not have asked for more when she got an invitation from world’s one of the best schools for film-making for pursuing four-year Undergraduate Course in Digital Film-making with full scholarship at Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota (Florida) in the U.S.
A student of United World College, Pune, Kolluru Puja Aparna has got a yearly scholarship of $56,000 and is the only one from India to get full scholarship to pursue the course. Daughter of a former photo journalist Kolluru Venkat from Vijayawada, she completed her International Baccalaureate at Pune and chose Film Studies as one of the electives.
Talking to The Hindu , Ms. Aparna said that she was interested in Cinematography and directing films and this had come as a God-sent opportunity for her as without this Rs.1.2 crore (in Indian currency) scholarship she could not have dreamt of entering such a college. What got her a seat in the college is her `Portfolio’ comprising photographs, short films and a 7-minute film Mad World. She had won an Rs.18 lakh scholarship even at the UWC Pune to pursue the Baccalaureate.
The scholarship amount comes from the UWC and U.S.-based Davis Scholarship. She got a seat also in the School of Art Institute, Chicago, considered the second best in the world for film-making, but got only part scholarship, so chose to join at Ringling from August 12.
