Mani Kaul — Director (7)
Danish Girls Show Everything (1996) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Danske piger viser alt
director: David Blair / Susanna Edwards actor: Judi Martin Clark / Lis Dam
other title: Danske piger viser alt
Despite its suggestive title, this multi-part Danish omnibus film is not a work of exploitation. Instead, it presents 20 different short films (back-to-back) on the general theme of Danish women, directed by filmmakers including Krzysztof Zanussi, Monika Treut, Gustav Hamos, David Blair, Vibeke Vogel, Dusan Makavejev, Morten Skallerud and Lars Norgaard. Some dramatic vignettes mix with other comedic ones, but all are offbeat and experimental. The picture includes one animated sequence (by Norgaard).
One Day Before the Rainy Season (1971) [Movie] WikiData IMDb Douban TMDB
Ashad Ka Ek Din
director: Mani Kaul actor: Arun Khopkar / Rekha Sabnis
other title: Ashad Ka Ek Din / 雨季来临前的一天
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. Vilom, a friend to both and interested in Mallika, is a passive onlooker for the first two acts. Kalidasa leaves his verdant mountain valley home for the splendour of far off Ujjain, where he wins fame. The action of the film is rooted in the village to which Kalidasa returns years later and finds Mallika married to Vilom and the mother of his child. Mallika sacrificed her love so that the poet could pursue his muse.
Siddeshwari (1989) [Movie] Douban IMDb WikiData TMDB
Siddeshwari
director: Mani Kaul actor: Malviya / Muhar Biswas
other title: 希德什瓦里 / 斯德许瓦里
An impressionistic biographical look at Siddheshwari Devi (1908–1977), the classical Indian singer whose voice was appreciated by the maharajas and public alike.
The cloud door (1994) [Movie] WikiData Douban IMDb TMDB
the cloud door
director: Mani Kaul actor: 阿努·阿格拉瓦 / Murad Ali
other title: 云之门 / बादल द्वार
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 day, when its new owner is sleeping, the bird convinces a young boy to open the cage door. In return, it shows the boy a secret passage to get into the palace.