Mani Kaul

This documentary is a three-part tribute to director Guru Dutt, who died in 1964 at the age of 39. The work traces Guru Dutt's personal story through...

Samar wants to be successful in life but his parents force him to get married. His wife is shy and reserved and Samar does not like this. The other...

A newly-married merchant’s son is sent away for business. A ghost, who laid eyes on the bride, falls madly in love with her and takes the form...

A newly-married merchant’s son is sent away for business. A ghost, who laid eyes on the bride, falls madly in love with her and takes the form...

The film depicts the life of a truck driver Sucha Singh and his wife Balo. Balo has to get Sucha Singh's food ready every day, walk a long distance...

The film depicts the life of a truck driver Sucha Singh and his wife Balo. Balo has to get Sucha Singh's food ready every day, walk a long distance...

An impressionistic biographical look at Siddheshwari Devi (1908–1977), the classical Indian singer whose voice was appreciated by the maharajas...

An impressionistic biographical look at Siddheshwari Devi (1908–1977), the classical Indian singer whose voice was appreciated by the maharajas...

A documentary story told through images, poetry and the Dhrupad, a vocal genre in Hindustani classical music, said to be the oldest still in use in...

A documentary on the role of women in India.

In a poetic hour and a half, director Mani Kaul looks at the ancient art of making pottery from a wide variety of perspectives.

This film suggests a network of hierarchical relations between people through sometimes subtle and at other times blunt illustrations.

To the city come men, women, fruits, flowers, vegetables, goats and sheep – all ready for consumption. It is the process of...

Chitrakathi is about the folk artists of western India who narrate with the help of leather puppets. Mani takes us to the sleepy Konkan coastal...

Taking an experimental approach to the relationship between the written text and moving image, Mani Kaul has a series of texts read aloud in...

A Monkey’s Raincoat is a personal documentary about young artists working at the ‘Rijksakademie’; an institute which offers...

A middle-aged antique dealer and money lender recollects his marriage to a 17-year-old orphan girl.

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...

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

Documentary short about the nomadic puppeteers of Rajasthan.

A short film that sets up an opposition between functional forms of industrial age and decorative ones from Indian tradition.

A stylized version of Vijay Tendulkar’s radical Marathi play chronicling the Peshwa regime in western India, a collective effort of direction...

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....

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

Despite its suggestive title, this multi-part Danish omnibus film is not a work of exploitation. Instead, it presents 20 different short films...

A 'filmscape' on the Kashmir valley.

FTII Diploma film by Mani Kaul

Mani Kaul's last film documents his days in Holland and his engagement in India with that form of cinema which for him was the Big Other i.e....

A middle-aged antique dealer and money lender recollects his marriage to a 17-year-old orphan girl.

In a poetic hour and a half, director Mani Kaul looks at the ancient art of making pottery from a wide variety of perspectives.

Taking an experimental approach to the relationship between the written text and moving image, Mani Kaul has a series of texts read aloud in...

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....

To the city come men, women, fruits, flowers, vegetables, goats and sheep – all ready for consumption. It is the process of...

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...

A short film that sets up an opposition between functional forms of industrial age and decorative ones from Indian tradition.

Mani Kaul's diploma film shot at Ajanta Caves

Based on the text written by Vijaydan Detha and Kamal Kothari, the film is set in the arid desert of Rajasthan, a setting similar to Duvidha, where...