Kumar Shahani Indian Film Director
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| First Name |
Kumar
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| Last Name |
Shahani
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| Birthday |
7th December, 1940
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| Birthplace |
Larkana, Pakistan
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| Died |
24th February, 2024
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| Zodiac Sign |
Sagittarius
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| Nationality |
Indian
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| Occupation Text |
Film director, film academic, visual artist
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| Occupation |
Film Director
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Kumar Shahani (7 December 1940 – 24 February 2024) was an Indian film director and screenwriter, best known for his parallel cinema films Maya Darpan (1972), Tarang (1984), Khayal Gatha (1989) and Kasba (1990). His films won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Film in 1972, 1990 and 1991. Due to his dedication to formalism, and with the reputation of his first feature—Maya Darpan being considered among Indian cinema's first formalist films—critics and film enthusiasts often associated him with filmmakers such as Pier Paolo Pasolini, Andrei Tarkovsky and Jacques Rivette. He was also known as a teacher at his alma mater, the Film and Television Institute of India, and as a theorist of cinema. His book of 51 essays Kumar Shahani: The Shock of Desire and Other Essays, was edited by Ashish Rajadhyaksha and published by Tulika Books in 2015.
