Mani Kaul Movies

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 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...

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

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

A documentary on the role of women in India.

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...

Documentary short about the nomadic puppeteers of Rajasthan.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

A 'filmscape' on the Kashmir valley.

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

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