| 1 | '''Mahesh Kaul (1911-72)''' |
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| 4 | Hindi director born in Lahore. Educated at |
| 5 | Moni College, Nagpur, and worked as a |
| 6 | journalist and as branch manager of a bank. |
| 7 | Entered films as lyricist and dialogue writer. |
| 8 | Début as actor in Abbas-scripted Naya |
| 9 | Sansar. Played Dronacharya in Altekar’s |
| 10 | mythological, Mahatma Vidur. Also |
| 11 | produced his third film as director, Gopinath, |
| 12 | featuring Raj Kapoor in one of his first major |
| 13 | roles alongside IPTA actress Tripti Mitra. The |
| 14 | film presents an influential version of a starkly |
| 15 | realist acting idiom in 40s Hindi political |
| 16 | melodrama. Worked briefly in Filmistan in |
| 17 | mid-50s. Directed Guru Dutt in Sautela Bhai |
| 18 | and played the crusty colonial father-in-law in |
| 19 | Kaagaz Ke Phool. Scripted Daryani’s Dukh |
| 20 | Sukh (1974). Uncle of Mani Kaul. |
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| 23 | '''FILMOGRAPHY''' (* act only): 1941: Naya |
| 24 | Sansar*; 1942: Apna Ghar/Aple Ghar*; |
| 25 | 1943: Mahatma Vidur*; Angoori; 1944: |
| 26 | Paristan; 1948: Gopinath; 1951: Naujawan; |
| 27 | 1953: Jeevan Jyoti; 1957: Abhimaan; 1958: |
| 28 | Aakhri Dao; Talaaq; 1959: Kaagaz Ke |
| 29 | Phool*; 1961: Pyar Ki Pyaas; 1962: Sautela |
| 30 | Bhai; 1967: Diwana; Palki; 1968: Sapnon Ka |
| 31 | Saudagar; 1969: Raakhi Raakhi; 1971: Tere |
| 32 | Mere Sapne*; 1973: Agni Rekha. |
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