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Kamal Swaroop
Swaroop was born in Kashmir, India. His father was a teacher and palmist, and his mother was a homemaker. The family moved to Ajmer in the Rajasthan state. There he studied biolog…
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Swaroop was born in Kashmir, India. His father was a teacher and palmist, and his mother was a homemaker. The family moved to Ajmer in the Rajasthan state. There he studied biology before moving to Pune in the Maharashtra state, where he studied film directing. He had a brief stint at the Indian Space Research Organisation, where he used Russian fairytales to teach science to children. Following this, he attended filmmaking classes in a remote village in Maharashtra. Swaroop is best known for directing Om-Dar-Ba-Dar (1988) and Rangbhoomi, for which he has received several awards. In 1974, Swaroop graduated from the Film and Television Institute of India. His student work met with unusual international acclaim. He continued with postgraduate studies at the Institute. Swaroop assisted the director Richard Attenborough in the filming of Gandhi (1982).
Filmography
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2021
AALO The Light
Movie Executive Producer
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2019
The Churning of the Ocean
Movie Director
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2017
Pushkar Puran
Movie Director
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2015
Battle of Banaras
Movie Director
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2013
Rangbhoomi
Movie Director
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2013
Tracing Phalke
Movie Director
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2012
Open Cafe v2.5
Movie
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2006
Bandish
Movie Director
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1997
Private Detective: Two Plus Two Plus One
Movie Dialogue
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1994
Phalke's Children
Movie Director
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1989
Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro
Movie Researcher
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1989
The Khayal Saga
Movie Dialogue
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1988
Om Dar-B-Dar
Movie Director
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1985
Mati Manas
Movie Writer
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1982
Gandhi
Movie Assistant Director
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1976
Ghashiram Kotwal
Movie Director
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1974
Columbus Chapter Five
Movie Writer
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Atul
Movie Director
