Actor

Mani Kaul

Directing

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Movies: 27Series: 2Crew credits: 24

TMDB ID: 1087762

IMDb ID: nm0002411

Known for: Directing

Born: December 25, 1944

Died: July 6, 2011

Age: 66

Place of birth: Jodhpur, Rajputana Agency, British India

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1965 - 2011

Years active: 47

Average TMDB rating: 7.35

Wikidata: Q1887901

Also known as

منی کول • मणि कौल

Other jobs

Director (22)Producer (1)Writer (1)

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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.