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Indian film director

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Kumar Shahani was an Indian film director and screenwriter, best known for his parallel cinema films Maya Darpan (1972), Tarang (1984), Khayal Gatha (1989) and Kasba (1990). His films won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Film in 1972, 1990 and 1991.

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Filmography 23

Maya Darpan1972
Celluloid Man2012
The Khayal Saga1989
Kasba1991
Tarang1984
Char Adhyay1997
Immanence1991
A Ship Aground1988
Bamboo Flute2000
Object1971
A Memoir of the Future1983
Var Var Vari1986
The Glass Pane1966
As the Crow Flies2004
Montage1974
Priye Charushile2009
Fire in the Belly1973
A Certain Childhood1969
Rails for the World1970
Our Universe1976
37 Down Manmad Passenger1967
Chhapakhana2007
Rules of the Game1983

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Prince Claus Award

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Kumar Shahani was an Indian film director and screenwriter, best known for his parallel cinema films Maya Darpan (1972), Tarang (1984), Khayal Gatha (1989) and Kasba (1990). His films won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Film in 1972, 1990 and 1991. Due to his dedication to formalism, and with the reputation of his first feature - Maya Darpan being considered among Indian cinema's first formalist films - critics and film enthusiasts often associated him with filmmakers such as Pier Paolo Pasolini, Andrei Tarkovsky and Jacques Rivette. He was also known as a teacher at his alma mater, the Film and Television Institute of India, and as a theorist of cinema. His book of 51 essays Kumar Shahani: The Shock of Desire and Other Essays, was edited by Ashish Rajadhyaksha and published by Tulika Books in 2015.

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Country
India
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
deceased
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Lived 1940 to 2024 · aged 83
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