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Profile of Kumar Shahani
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Kumar Shahani |
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7th December 1940 |
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| Place of Birth: |
Larkana, British India (now Pakistan) |
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Director |
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From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia
Kumar Shahani was born in Larkana in Pakistan and settled in India after partition, Kumar Shahani graduated from the University of Bombay and the FTII. He was a student under the historian D. D. Kosambi at the University and Ritwik Ghatak at the FTII. He further studied filmmaking in France and also assisted the legendary filmmaker Bresson on Une Femme Douce and also took part actively in the May 1968 movements in France. His first feature film Maya Darpan (1972) is considered as India's first formalist experiment.
Select Filmography:
- Maya Darpan (1972)
- Tarang (1984)
- Khayal Gatha (1988)
- Kasba (1990)
- Bhavantharana (1991)
- Char Adhyay (1997)
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