Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of Govind Nihalani

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Jun 28, 2012, 3:57:52 PM (12 years ago)

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Trupti

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Govind Nihalani

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+'''Govind Nihalani (b. 1940)'''
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+
+Hindi director born in Karachi (now Pakistan)
+into a merchant family. During Partition, his
+family fled to Udaipur (1947) and then to Delhi.
+Studied cinematography at S.J. Polytechnic,
+Bangalore (1959-62). Assisted cameraman V.K.
+Murthy in Bombay (1962-71). An early and
+influential colleague was Bombay-based
+playwright and theatre director Satyadev
+Dubey, whose Shantata! Court Chalu Aahe
+(1971) was Nihalani’s first feature as
+cameraman. Shot over 200 advertising films
+and documentaries, directing 100 more for
+Krishna Movies in Bombay. Also shot
+Benegal’s early films. Turned director in 1980.
+Made Tendulkar-scripted political films
+dealing with urban crime and official
+corruption. Did 2nd unit work for
+Attenborough’s Gandhi (1982). His box-office
+hit Ardh Satya, used a Dirty Harry plot which
+was familiar in Hindi and regional commercial
+cinemas (e.g. Prakash Mehra’s Zanjeer,
+1973, in Hindi, and S.V. Rajendra Singh’s
+Antha, 1981, in Kannada). Ardh Satya itself
+was adapted into Tamil by K. Vijayan (Kaval,
+1985). Takes politically sensational topics and
+turns them into individual moral dilemmas,
+usually enacted by Om Puri. His TV serial
+Tamas, set during Partition, proved
+controversial and resulted in a court ruling
+asserting the right to freedom of expression on
+TV. Recent work mainly adaptations of stage
+plays to TV (Ibsen, Strindberg and Lorca). A
+book-length interview with Nihalani was
+published in 1992 (ed. Samik Bandyopadhyay).
+
+
+'''FILMOGRAPHY:''' 1980: Aakrosh; 1982:
+Vijeta; 1983: Ardh Satya; 1984: Party; 1985:
+Aaghat; 1986: Tamas (TV); 1989: Jazeerey
+(TV); 1990: Drishti; 1991: Pita; Rukmavati Ki
+Haveli.
+
+[[Director]]