Mani Kaul

Not to be confused with Mahesh Kaul (1911-1972), Bollywood film director.

Mani Kaul
Born
Rabindranath Kaul[1]

(1944-12-25)25 December 1944
Jodhpur, Rajputana Agency, British India
Died6 July 2011(2011-07-06) (aged 66)
Gurgaon, Haryana, India
NationalityIndian
Occupation(s)Film director, film academic
Known forUski Roti, Duvidha, Siddeshwari

Mani Kaul (25 December 1944 – 6 July 2011) was an Indian director of Hindi films and a figure in Indian parallel cinema.[1][2] 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.[3]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference guard was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Mukim, Mantra (September 2017). "Mani Kaul and the cinema to come". The Caravan. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Noted filmmaker Mani Kaul dead". CNN-IBN. 6 July 2011. Archived from the original on 8 July 2011.