Mani Kaul

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1944-12-25 (67 years old)

Deathday

2011-07-06

Place of Birth

Jodhpur, Rajputana Agency, British India

Mani Kaul

Biography

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 contribu...

Acting

1989

In Search of Guru Dutt

as Self - Director

1969

Sara Akash

as Amar Thakur

1965

Light

as Ramesh

Production

1973

Duvidha

as Producer

1973

Duvidha

as Director

1970

Uski Roti

as Director

1970

Uski Roti

as Screenplay

1990

Siddheshwari

as Writer

1990

Siddheshwari

as Director

1983

Dhrupad

as Director

1985

Mind of Clay

as Director

1999

1980

Arrival

as Director

1977

Chitrakathi

as Director

2005

1991

Nazar

as Director

1994

The Cloud Door

as Director

1967

1968

1976

Ghashiram Kotwal

as Director

2000

Bojh

as Director

1989

Before My Eyes

as Director

1967

6:40 PM

as Director

2002

I Am No Other

as Director

1991

Nazar

as Writer

1985

Mind of Clay

as Writer

1980

Arrival

as Writer

1994

The Cloud Door

as Screenplay

1968

1966

The Traveller

as Director

1999

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