Danny Denzongpa talks about how he joined film institute, in Sikkim

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Danny Denzongpa says "Film institute is a wonderful place to lear really. I mean you can take my example I belong to a place called Yuksom in Sikkim and I had to walk for three days to catch the bus to my boarding school. I have come from that place, I knew nothing about the films I knew nothing about acting and I wanted to join the army generally. You know usually, people join the army from these places you know as my dream was to be an army officer." They are speaking about the Film and Television Institute of India or the FTII. From essaying Kaancha Cheena in Agneepath (1990) to Bakhtawar in Hum (1991), Danny Denzongpa was the stylish and suave villain of the 80s and 90s. Always picky about the kind of roles he was to portray, Danny, in a career span of more than 40 years, only did arou