Kumar Shahani

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Kumar Shahani is an Indian filmmaker and theorist known for his pioneering work in the Indian New Wave and his formally experimental, intellectually rigorous cinema.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indian New Wave filmmaker
film director
film theorist
person
screenwriter
activeIn Indian cinema
experimental film
awardReceived National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi
National Film Award for Best Documentary Film
surface form: National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film
countryOfCitizenship India
dateOfBirth 1940-12-07
directorOf Bhavantarana
Char Adhyay
Kasba
Khayal Gatha
Maya Darpan
Tarang
The Bamboo Flute
educatedAt Film and Television Institute of India
Institut des hautes études cinématographiques
surface form: Institute for Advanced Cinema Studies (IDHEC), Paris
genre art film
hasTaughtAt Film and Television Institute of India
influencedBy Bertolt Brecht
Indian classical aesthetics
Marxist theory
Ritwik Ghatak
knownFor formally experimental cinema
intellectually rigorous cinema
pioneering work in Indian New Wave
languageOfWorkOrName English
Hindi
movement Indian parallel cinema
surface form: Indian New Wave

Indian parallel cinema
surface form: Parallel Cinema (India)
name Kumar Shahani self-link
nationality Indian
notableWork Bhavantarana
Char Adhyay
Kasba
Khayal Gatha
Maya Darpan
Tarang
The Bamboo Flute
occupation film director
film theorist
screenwriter
teacher
placeOfBirth British India
Larkana
Sindh
studentOf Ritwik Ghatak
subjectOf critical studies on Indian New Wave cinema

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