Movies: Mani Kaul

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

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 that musical tradition....

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

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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 village and introduces us to the family that has preserved this unique art for several centuries....

FTII Diploma film by Mani Kaul...

Mani Kaul's diploma film shot at Ajanta Caves...

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. Bollywood. Included are interactions with his family, his son the well known physicist Ribhu Kaul and with B...

A Monkey’s Raincoat is a personal documentary about young artists working at the ‘Rijksakademie’; an institute which offers residency to sixty talented artists from all over the world....