Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of GOVIND SARAIYA

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Jun 23, 2012, 12:41:57 PM (12 years ago)

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+GOVIND SARAIYA (B. 1929)
+Gujarati and Hindi director born in Nadiad,
+Gujarat. Graduated from Bombay University.
+Studied animation on UNESCO fellowship at
+Walt Disney Studios and at the National Film
+Board of Canada where he was briefly
+apprenticed to Norman MacLaren. Employed at
+Films Division, where he set up the
+animation lab before becoming independent
+film-maker. Feature films noted for their
+literary sources in Gujarati classics. Best-
+known film is his feature debut
+Saraswaticbandra which, along with its
+sequel Gunsundari No Ghar Sansar, is based
+on the epic novel of Govardhanwm Tripathi.
+Saraswatichandra became a commercial hit
+helped by Kalyanji-Anandji's music. Mansai
+Na Diva, written by Zaverchand Meghani, is a
+biographical based on a cult figure in Gujarat.
+Ravishankar Maharaj, who worked among the
+'criminal' tribes of Patanwadia and Baraiya,
+and later participated in Gandhi's Bardoli
+Satyagraha.
+
+FILMOGRAPHY: 1956: Electricity in the
+Service Of Man (Doc); Grml'ing Wings (Doc):
+1957: All About Teeth (Doc); Freedom on
+Wheels(Doc); Operation Sk}•(Doc); 1958: The
+Metric s:vstem (Doc); You and the Railways.·
+Footboard Travel(Doc); 1959: Banyan Deer
+(Doc); Notes that Matter(Doc); On Stamps and
+Stamping (Doc); 196o: A Great Problem (Doc);
+j.l:l!Jen Dreams Come True (Doc); 1961:
+Portrait of a Postman (Doc); Romance oft!Je
+Indian Coin (Doc); 1962: Dust the Killer
+(Doc); Metric i'vfeasures (Doc); 1963: A Man of
+Valour(Doc); Quickfire Plan (Doc); 1964 It
+Happened on a Saturday(Doc): Sterilisation of
+The Female(Doc); 1965: My wise Daddy
+(Doc); 1967: The Dreams ofMouji Ram (Doc);
+1968: Saraswaticbandra; 1969: Leela (Doc);
+1970: PriYa; 1971: Chain Reaction (Doc); The
+Cheats (Doc); 1972: Gunsundari No Ghar
+Sansar, 1975: A ngare}: 1976: Sajjo Rani;
+1977: Mansai Na Dim; 1980: Karo Kankutw:
+Four Faces (Doc); 1982: Tran Treniya Chha
+Chhabila Bahan·at(val Bachche Teen Aur
+Daku Chhe. 1984: Waqt Se Pehle; 1991:
+Saiyan Ke Gaon Mein (Doc).
+
+[[Director]]
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+[[Documentary]]
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