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Mani Kaul

मणि कौल

Mani Kaul is an actor, director and writer in Hindi and Marathi cinema, credited on Naukar Ki Kameez (1999).

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.

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Filmography.

YearFilmRoleLanguage
1999Naukar Ki KameezDirector · EditorHindi
1994The Cloud DoorWriter · DirectorHindi
1992IdiotDirectorHindi
1990NazarWriter · DirectorHindi
1989SiddheshwariWriter · DirectorHindi
1985The Mind of ClayDirectorHindi
1980Arising from the SurfaceWriter · DirectorHindi
1976Ghashiram KotwalDirectorMarathi
1973DuvidhaWriter · DirectorHindi
1971Ashadh Ka Ek DinDirectorHindi
1969Sara AkashActorHindi
1969Uski RotiWriter · DirectorHindi

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