Person Details

Birthday: 1944-12-25 06:17:30

Death: 2011-07-06 06:17:30

Aliases: منی کول , मणि कौल

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Jodhpur, Rajputana Agency, British India

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Movie Involvements: 38

TV Involvements: 4


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

The Cloud Door
Average
5

The Cloud Door

(1994) Screenplay
Duvidha
Average
7

Duvidha

(1973) Producer
Uski Roti
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6

Uski Roti

(1970) Screenplay
Arrival
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6

Arrival

(1980) Writer
One Day Before the Rainy Season
Average
7
During and After Air Raid
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5

During and After Air Raid

(1970) Director
Before My Eyes
Average
6

Before My Eyes

(1989) Director
Desert of a Thousand Lines
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0

Desert of a Thousand Lines

(1981) Director

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2011 Self
1989 Self - director
1969 Amar Thakur
Year Character Movie/Tv

Directing

Writing

Creator

Year Role Movie/Tv
1991 Creator
Year Role Movie/Tv

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
1973 Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

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