Kumar Shahani

December 30, 2013 05:55 pm | Updated May 13, 2016 08:04 am IST - chennai:

Kumar Shahani. Photo: Roshan Shahani.

Kumar Shahani. Photo: Roshan Shahani.

Kumar Shahani is an award-winning filmmaker. After studying in Mumbai, Pune and finally Paris, Kumar returned to India to make his first film, Maya Darpan , in 1972. Today, it is considered as India’s first formalist film. Since then, he has produced many critically acclaimed feature-length and short films, including Tarang , Khayal Gatha , Kasba , Bhavantarana , Char Adhyaya , Bamboo Flute and As The Crow Flies . He is a three-time winner of the Filmfare Best Film (Critics’ Choice) Award, and received a Homi Baba fellowship that allowed him to research various subjects, including the Mahabharata , Buddhist iconography and the Bhakti movement. His writings can be found in the journal Framework .

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