Mani Kaul

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Mani Kaul

Directing December 25, 1944

Jodhpur, Rajputana Agency, British India

Mani Kaul (25 December 1944 – 6 July 2011) was an Indian director of Hindi films and a figure in Indian parallel cinema. He graduated from the Film and Television Institute of Ind…

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The Story of Film: An Odyssey

The Story of Film: An Odyssey

7.7 2011 TV Show
Idiot

Idiot

7.0 1991 TV Show
Duvidha

Duvidha

7.0 1973 Movie
Uski Roti

Uski Roti

6.8 1970 Movie
The Cloud Door

The Cloud Door

5.1 1994 Movie
Nazar

Nazar

6.0 1991 Movie
Before My Eyes

Before My Eyes

6.2 1989 Movie
Siddheshwari

Siddheshwari

5.5 1990 Movie
Mati Manas

Mati Manas

6.0 1985 Movie
One Day Before the Rainy Season

One Day Before the Rainy Season

7.6 1971 Movie
Ghashiram Kotwal

Ghashiram Kotwal

6.8 1976 Movie
Danish Girls Show Everything

Danish Girls Show Everything

5.8 1996 Movie

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Mani Kaul (25 December 1944 – 6 July 2011) was an Indian director of Hindi films and a figure in Indian parallel cinema. He graduated from the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) where he was a student of Ritwik Ghatak and later became a teacher. Starting his career with Uski Roti (1969), which won him the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie, he went on to win four of them in all. He won the National Film Award for Best Direction in 1974 for Duvidha and later the National Film Award for his documentary film Siddheshwari in 1989. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mani Kaul, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2011
    The Story of Film: An Odyssey

    TV show Self

  2. 2005
    A Monkey's Raincoat

    Movie Director

  3. 2002
    I Am No Other

    Movie Director

  4. 2000
    Bojh

    Movie Director

  5. 1999
    Naukar Ki Kameez

    Movie Director

  6. 1996
    Danish Girls Show Everything

    Movie Director

  7. 1994
    The Cloud Door

    Movie Director

  8. 1994
    Erotic tales

    TV show Director

  9. 1991
    Nazar

    Movie Director

  10. 1991
    Idiot

    TV show Director

  11. 1990
    Siddheshwari

    Movie Writer

  12. 1989
    In Search of Guru Dutt

    Movie Self - Director

  13. 1989
    Before My Eyes

    Movie Director

  14. 1985
    Mati Manas

    Movie Director

  15. 1983
    Dhrupad

    Movie Director

  16. 1981
    Desert of a Thousand Lines

    Movie Director

More credits
  1. 1980
    Satah Se Uthata Aadmi

    Movie Director

  2. 1980
    Aagaman

    Movie Director

  3. 1977
    Chitrakathi

    Movie Director

  4. 1976
    Ghashiram Kotwal

    Movie Director

  5. 1975
    The Indian Woman - An Historical Assessment

    Movie Director

  6. 1974
    Puppeteers of Rajasthan

    Movie Director

  7. 1973
    Duvidha

    Movie Producer

  8. 1971
    One Day Before the Rainy Season

    Movie Director

  9. 1970
    Uski Roti

    Movie Director

  10. 1970
    During and After Air Raid

    Movie Director

  11. 1969
    Sara Akash

    Movie Amar Thakur

  12. 1968
    Forms and Designs

    Movie Director

  13. 1967
    Homage to the Teacher

    Movie Director

  14. 1967
    6:40 PM

    Movie Director

  15. 1966
    Yatrik

    Movie

  16. 1965
    In Search of God

    Movie

  17. 1965
    Light

    Movie Ramesh

  18. —
    Riyāz

    Movie