Screenplay: Mani Kaul

Direction Mani Kaul

Cast Robin Das · Aneeta Kanwar · Ashok Sharma

Plot Director Mani Kaul poetically observes the ancient art of pottery and its deep cultural significance.

Direction Mani Kaul

Direction Mani Kaul

Cast Mita Vasisht · Muhar Biswas · Ranjana Srivastava · Shravani Mukherjee

Plot An impressionistic biographical look at Siddheshwari Devi (1908-1977), the classical Indian singer whose voice was appreciated by the maharajas and public alike.

Direction Mani Kaul

Cast Garima · Gurdeep Singh · Savita Bajaj · Tripta Lakhanpal

Plot A woman waits for her truck driver husband, everyday, with his daily bread. Her concern for their dying relationship and her sister grows fast as she starts to doubt his...

Direction Mani Kaul

Cast Anu Agrawal · Murad Ali · Vasadeva Bhait · Shashi

Plot A very clever parrot lives in a Hindu palace, surrounded by many beautiful girls, but the parrot escapes, and is trapped far from the palace. One day, when its new...

Direction Mani Kaul

Cast Aruna Irani · Arun Khopkar · Rekha Sabnis · Om Shivpuri

Plot A literary film based on a play in three acts, Ashad Ka Ek Din portrays the love of Mallika and Kalidasa, the renowned Sanskrit poet and dramatist. Vilom, a friend...

Direction Mani Kaul

Direction Mani Kaul

Plot The precautions to be taken during and after an air-raid by the people, are shown in this film.

Direction Mani Kaul

Cast Bharath Gopi · Vibhuti Jha · Satyen Kumar · M.K. Raina

Plot Kaul’s film addresses the writings of Gajanan Madhav Muktibodh (1917-79), one of the main representatives of the Nai Kavita (New Poetry) movement in Hindi. Muktibodh also wrote several short stories,...

Direction Mani Kaul

Plot A documentary on the role of women in India.

Direction Mani Kaul

Direction Mani Kaul

Plot Mani Kaul's documentary on the disappearance of traditional art forms with the advent of industrialized production. Made before Uski Roti, this film certainly shows some trademark touches.Scripted in collaboration with...

Direction Mani Kaul

Plot A brief cinematographic report on the string puppets of Rajasthan,their traditional method of manipulation, changing idiom and theliving conditions of the puppeteers who live nomadic life. Thecirculation of films in...

Direction Mani Kaul

Plot This is a short documentary on the Chitrakathi caste of the Konkan coast in West India. It focuses on the rich and beautiful area of Vengurla. The Chitrakathi are a...

Direction Mani Kaul

Plot The film shows the role of school teachers and the importance thereof.

Direction Mani Kaul

Cast Irrfan Khan

Plot Mani Kaul's segment of the longer film 'Danish Girls Show Everything' (1996).

Direction Mani Kaul

Cast Shekhar Kapur · Shambhavi Kaul · Surekha Sikri · Asha Dandavate

Plot Based on F. Dostkeyfski's "The Meek One", this is the saga of a Bombay-based antique dealer-cum-money lender, who at the age of 40, marries a woman who is 17, and...

Direction Mani Kaul

Cast Mohan Rakesh · Rehana Sultan · Sahna Fazal · Jalal Agha

Direction Mani Kaul

Plot To the city come men, women, fruits, flowers, vegetables, goats and sheep – all ready for consumption. It is the process of consumption/exploitation that forms the core of the film.