Mani Kaul Movies

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...

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

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...

A documentary on the role of women in India.

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

FTII Diploma film by Mani Kaul

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...

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

A literary film based on a play in three acts, Ashad Ka Ek Din portrays the love of Mallika and Kalidasa, the renowned Sanskrit poet and dramatist....

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

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

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

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

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

Documentary short about the nomadic puppeteers of Rajasthan.

A Monkey’s Raincoat is a personal documentary about young artists working at the ‘Rijksakademie’; an institute which offers...

A 'filmscape' on the Kashmir valley.

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

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...