Mani Kaul

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Mani Kaul was an influential Indian filmmaker and key figure of the Indian New Wave, known for his experimental, avant-garde approach to cinema.

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instanceOf Indian New Wave filmmaker
documentary filmmaker
film director
person
screenwriter
almaMater Film and Television Institute of India
awardReceived National Film Award for Best Direction
National Film Award for Best Documentary Film
basedOn Bertolt Brecht (for film "Nazar")
birthName Rabindranath Kaul
countryOfCitizenship India
dateOfBirth 1944-12-25
dateOfDeath 2011-07-06
directed Ashad Ka Ek Din
Duvidha
Nazar
Siddheshwari
Uski Roti
directorialDebut Uski Roti
genre art film
documentary film
influencedBy Ritwik Ghatak
Robert Bresson
knownFor avant-garde filmmaking
experimental cinema
non-narrative film style
languageOfWork Hindi
Rajasthani
movement Indian parallel cinema
surface form: Indian New Wave

Indian parallel cinema
surface form: Parallel cinema (India)
name Mani Kaul self-link
nationality Indian
notableWork Ashad Ka Ek Din
Duvidha
Nazar
Siddheshwari
Uski Roti
occupation documentary filmmaker
film director
film educator
screenwriter
placeOfBirth Jodhpur
surface form: Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
placeOfDeath Gurugram
surface form: Gurgaon, Haryana, India
studentOf Ritwik Ghatak
style fragmented narrative
minimalist mise-en-scène
non-professional actors
use of long takes
subjectOf retrospectives at international film festivals
taughtAt Film and Television Institute of India
Harvard University
University of California, Los Angeles

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