Mani Kaul Movies

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

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...

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

Mani Kaul's diploma film shot at Ajanta Caves

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

A personal video diary film using an audio recording of filmmaker Mani Kaul giving a Dhrupad lesson to poet Udayan Vajpeyi.

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

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 literary film based on a play in three acts, One Day Before the Rainy Season (Ashad Ka Ek Din) portrays the love of Mallika and Kalidasa, the...

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

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

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