Mani Kaul, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Mani Kaul

Indian Kashmiri Pandit film director of Hindi films

Date of Birth: 25-Dec-1944

Place of Birth: Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India

Date of Death: 06-Jul-2011

Profession: screenwriter, university teacher, film director, film producer

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Mani Kaul (25 December 1944 – 6 July 2011) was an Indian director of Hindi films and a 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.