Kumar Shahani is a director, writer and actor in Hindi cinema, credited on Celluloid Man (2012).
Kumar Shahani (7 December 1940 – 24 February 2024) 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.
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Filmography.
| Year | Film | Role | Language |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Celluloid Man | Actor | Hindi |
| 1997 | Char Adhyay | Director · Writer | Hindi |
| 1991 | Kasba | Actor · Director · Writer | Hindi |
| 1989 | Khayal Gatha | Director · Writer | Hindi |
| 1984 | Tarang | Director · Writer | Hindi |
| 1972 | Maya Darpan | Director · Writer | Hindi |
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