1944 - 2011
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 301,451 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Mani Kaul is the 1,759th most popular film director, the 1,045th most popular biography from India and the 37th most popular Indian Film Director.
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Among film directors, Mani Kaul ranks 1,759 out of 1,581. Before him are Virgil Widrich, Fede Álvarez, Ángeles González-Sinde, Mark Neveldine, Prabhu Deva, and Vidhu Vinod Chopra. After him are Goutam Ghose, Gareth Evans, Prakash Jha, Adam Wingard, Farhan Akhtar, and Alain Gomis.
1967 - Present
HPI: 31.88
Rank: 1,753
1978 - Present
HPI: 31.75
Rank: 1,754
1965 - Present
HPI: 31.71
Rank: 1,755
1973 - Present
HPI: 31.71
Rank: 1,756
1973 - Present
HPI: 31.50
Rank: 1,757
1952 - Present
HPI: 31.43
Rank: 1,758
1944 - 2011
HPI: 31.43
Rank: 1,759
1950 - Present
HPI: 31.43
Rank: 1,760
1980 - Present
HPI: 31.26
Rank: 1,761
1952 - Present
HPI: 31.00
Rank: 1,762
1982 - Present
HPI: 30.99
Rank: 1,763
1974 - Present
HPI: 30.99
Rank: 1,764
1972 - Present
HPI: 30.98
Rank: 1,765
Among people born in 1944, Mani Kaul ranks 643. Before him are Doris Matsui, Ed Rendell, Sherwood C. Spring, Mike Oxley, Paul Scully-Power, and Willie Morgan. After him are Cyril Knowles, Emanuel Cleaver, Roscoe Orman, Peter T. King, Jim Gibbons, and Jan Schakowsky. Among people deceased in 2011, Mani Kaul ranks 480. Before him are Mario Miranda, Jimmy Adamson, Mark Hatfield, Masanori Sanada, Uche Okafor, and Claudia Heill. After him are Tim Hetherington, Sunday Bada, Theyab Awana, Olubayo Adefemi, Mohammed Nabbous, and Death of Hamza Ali Al-Khateeb.
1944 - Present
HPI: 33.92
Rank: 637
1944 - Present
HPI: 33.90
Rank: 638
1944 - Present
HPI: 33.49
Rank: 639
1944 - 2016
HPI: 33.12
Rank: 640
1944 - Present
HPI: 32.39
Rank: 641
1944 - Present
HPI: 31.50
Rank: 642
1944 - 2011
HPI: 31.43
Rank: 643
1944 - 1991
HPI: 31.09
Rank: 644
1944 - Present
HPI: 30.00
Rank: 645
1944 - Present
HPI: 29.68
Rank: 646
1944 - Present
HPI: 29.18
Rank: 647
1944 - Present
HPI: 29.16
Rank: 648
1944 - Present
HPI: 28.85
Rank: 649
1926 - 2011
HPI: 33.29
Rank: 474
1929 - 2011
HPI: 32.62
Rank: 475
1922 - 2011
HPI: 32.54
Rank: 476
1968 - 2011
HPI: 32.53
Rank: 477
1967 - 2011
HPI: 32.23
Rank: 478
1982 - 2011
HPI: 32.07
Rank: 479
1944 - 2011
HPI: 31.43
Rank: 480
1970 - 2011
HPI: 28.63
Rank: 481
1969 - 2011
HPI: 27.45
Rank: 482
1990 - 2011
HPI: 27.29
Rank: 483
1985 - 2011
HPI: 26.37
Rank: 484
1983 - 2011
HPI: 26.30
Rank: 485
1997 - 2011
HPI: 26.26
Rank: 486
Among people born in India, Mani Kaul ranks 1,045 out of 1,493. Before him are Ahmed Rushdi (1934), Sabeer Bhatia (1968), Hariharan (1955), Irom Chanu Sharmila (1972), Prabhu Deva (1973), and Mohammad Azharuddin (1963). After him are Goutam Ghose (1950), Ramya Krishnan (1970), Venkatesh (1960), Bhavana (1986), Emraan Hashmi (1979), and Anju Bobby George (1977).
1934 - 1983
HPI: 31.72
Rank: 1,039
1968 - Present
HPI: 31.65
Rank: 1,040
1955 - Present
HPI: 31.56
Rank: 1,041
1972 - Present
HPI: 31.56
Rank: 1,042
1973 - Present
HPI: 31.50
Rank: 1,043
1963 - Present
HPI: 31.47
Rank: 1,044
1944 - 2011
HPI: 31.43
Rank: 1,045
1950 - Present
HPI: 31.43
Rank: 1,046
1970 - Present
HPI: 31.43
Rank: 1,047
1960 - Present
HPI: 31.40
Rank: 1,048
1986 - Present
HPI: 31.31
Rank: 1,049
1979 - Present
HPI: 31.27
Rank: 1,050
1977 - Present
HPI: 31.27
Rank: 1,051
Among film directors born in India, Mani Kaul ranks 37. Before him are David Dhawan (1955), Basu Chatterjee (1930), Kiran Rao (1973), Rituparno Ghosh (1963), Ram Gopal Varma (1962), and Prabhu Deva (1973). After him are Goutam Ghose (1950), Prakash Jha (1952), Farhan Akhtar (1974), S. S. Rajamouli (1973), S. Shankar (1963), and Ashutosh Gowariker (1964).
1955 - Present
HPI: 34.72
Rank: 31
1930 - 2020
HPI: 34.48
Rank: 32
1973 - Present
HPI: 33.45
Rank: 33
1963 - 2013
HPI: 32.60
Rank: 34
1962 - Present
HPI: 32.38
Rank: 35
1973 - Present
HPI: 31.50
Rank: 36
1944 - 2011
HPI: 31.43
Rank: 37
1950 - Present
HPI: 31.43
Rank: 38
1952 - Present
HPI: 31.00
Rank: 39
1974 - Present
HPI: 30.99
Rank: 40
1973 - Present
HPI: 30.29
Rank: 41
1963 - Present
HPI: 29.88
Rank: 42
1964 - Present
HPI: 28.20
Rank: 43