FILM DIRECTOR

Mani Kaul

1944 - 2011

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mani Kaul has received more than 319,903 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Mani Kaul is the 1,852nd most popular film director (down from 1,752nd in 2019), the 1,155th most popular biography from India (down from 1,041st in 2019) and the 42nd most popular Indian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Mani Kaul ranks 1,852 out of 2,041. Before him are Goutam Ghose, David Slade, Nicolette Krebitz, Rob Minkoff, Michelle MacLaren, and Danny Antonucci. After him are Harald Zwart, Corneliu Porumboiu, Ava DuVernay, Cate Shortland, Samuel Bayer, and Greig Fraser.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Mani Kaul ranks 736. Before him are Ed Rendell, Paul Scully-Power, Sherwood C. Spring, Anthea Stewart, Neroli Fairhall, and Richard Corliss. After him are Veronica Carlson, Sam Posey, Bob Brown, Padma Bandopadhyay, Willie Morgan, and Cyril Knowles. Among people deceased in 2011, Mani Kaul ranks 510. Before him are Mike Doyle, Karel Rachůnek, Saif al-Arab Gaddafi, Josef Vašíček, Phoebe Snow, and Ruslan Salei. After him are Walt Hazzard, Andy Rooney, Joseph Galibardy, Jan Marek, Shahbaz Bhatti, and Hira Devi Waiba.

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In India

Among people born in India, Mani Kaul ranks 1,155 out of 1,861. Before him are Dina Pathak (1922), Goutam Ghose (1950), Rupi Kaur (1992), Raman Parimala (1948), K. S. Chithra (1963), and Neena Gupta (1959). After him are Ram Swarup (1920), Moon Moon Sen (1954), Allu Arjun (1982), Alia Bhatt (1993), Vinod Khosla (1955), and Ram Gopal Varma (1962).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In India

Among film directors born in India, Mani Kaul ranks 42. Before him are Aishwarya R. Dhanush (1982), Deepak Tijori (1961), Muzaffar Ali (1944), Shakti Samanta (1926), S. S. Rajamouli (1973), and Goutam Ghose (1950). After him are Ram Gopal Varma (1962), Sooraj Barjatya (1965), Kiran Rao (1973), Rituparno Ghosh (1963), Sai Paranjpye (1938), and Prabhu Deva (1973).

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