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Indian film director
Govind Nihalani
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19 December 1940
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Years active
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Govind Nihalani
(born 19 December 1940) is an
Indian film
director, cinematographer, screenwriter and producer, known for his works in
Hindi cinema
, particularly the movement of
parallel cinema
. He has been the recipient of six
National Film Awards
, and five
Filmfare Awards
.
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Early life
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Nihalani was born on 19 December 1940 in
Karachi
,
Sindh
province (now in
Pakistan
) and his family migrated to India during the
partition of 1947
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He graduated in cinematography from the Shree Jaya Chamrajendra polytechnic (the present
Government Film and Television Institute
)
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in Bangalore in 1962.
Career
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He started his career as an assistant cinematographer to
V. K. Murthy
, post which he made his debut as a
cinematographer
. He was associated with all the earlier films of
Shyam Benegal
and with the cinematography of
Richard Attenborough
's Oscar-winning period biographical drama
Gandhi
(1982). Nihalani and Benegal are well known for their socially relevant films.
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His first directorial venture was the legal drama
Aakrosh
, starring
Om Puri
,
Naseeruddin Shah
,
Smita Patil
and
Amrish Puri
in lead roles. The film was scripted by noted Marathi playwright
Vijay Tendulkar
. The film won the Golden Peacock for best film at the
International Film Festival of India
held in New Delhi in 1981.
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He then directed
Ardh Satya
, a 1983 film based on a story by S. D. Panwalkar.
In 1996, his script for
Drohkaal
was adapted by
Kamal Haasan
for its
Tamil
remake,
Kuruthipunal
, which subsequently became
India's official entry
for the
68th Academy Awards
Best Foreign Language Film
category.
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In 1997, he adapted Bengali novelist
Mahasweta Devi
's acclaimed novel by the same name to
Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa
.
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Literary works
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- Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema
, by Govind Nihalani, Saibal Chatterjee, Gulzar. Popular Prakashan, 2003.
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Awards
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- Civilian honor
- National Film Awards
- Filmfare Awards
Filmography
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1991?2010
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2011-present
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