
Person
Mani Kaul
Directing · 1944–2011 · Jodhpur, Rajputana Agency, British India
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 contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for

The Story of Film: An Odyssey
Self

Idiot
Director

Ghashiram Kotwal
Director

The Cloud Door
Director

During and After Air Raid
Director

Desert of a Thousand Lines
Director

Duvidha
Producer

Nazar
Director

Mati Manas
Director

Siddheshwari
Writer
Filmography
- 2011The Story of Film: An OdysseySelf
- 2005A Monkey's RaincoatDirector
- 2002I Am No OtherDirector
- 2000BojhDirector
- 1999Naukar Ki KameezDirector
- 1996Danish Girls Show EverythingDirector
- 1994The Cloud DoorDirector
- 1994Erotic talesDirector
- 1991NazarDirector
- 1991IdiotDirector
- 1990SiddheshwariWriter
- 1989In Search of Guru DuttSelf - Director
- 1989Before My EyesDirector
- 1985Mati ManasDirector
- 1983DhrupadDirector
- 1981Desert of a Thousand LinesDirector
- 1980Satah Se Uthata AadmiDirector
- 1980AagamanDirector
- 1977ChitrakathiDirector
- 1976Ghashiram KotwalDirector
- 1975The Indian Woman - An Historical AssessmentDirector
- 1974Puppeteers of RajasthanDirector
- 1973DuvidhaProducer
- 1971One Day Before the Rainy SeasonDirector
- 1970Uski RotiDirector
- 1970During and After Air RaidDirector
- 1969Sara AkashAmar Thakur
- 1968Forms and DesignsDirector
- 1967Homage to the TeacherDirector
- 19676:40 PMDirector
- 1966Yatrik
- 1965In Search of God
- 1965LightRamesh
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