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Interview with Indian filmmaker Mani Kaul, conducted by Thomas Waugh, 1988. Dr. Waugh focuses on Kaul's documentary film work; the position of documentary in India; and the documentary-like aspects of
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Kaul's other feature film work.
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"Mani Kaul (25 December 1944 – 6 July 2011) was arguably the greatest Indian director of Hindi films and an influential 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." (wikipedia)
