Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of Pradip Krishen

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Jun 23, 2012, 2:32:53 PM (12 years ago)

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Trupti

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Pradip Krishen

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+'''Pradip Krishen, (b. 1949)'''
+
+Hindi and English director born in New Delhi.
+Educated at Mayo College and St. Stephen’s
+College (1966-9), then at Balliol, Oxford (1969-
+71). Taught history at Ramjas College, New
+Delhi (1971-6). Started his film career when he
+bought a Bell & Howell 16mm camera (1973);
+briefly apprenticed to Shyam Benegal (1973).
+Assisted Georges Luneau (Ballade de Babuji,
+1975); then worked with the private Delhibased
+TVNF company producing 81 popular
+sci-fi films of 15’ each, shooting and directing
+some of them himself. Freelance documentarist
+with Grapevine Media. Début feature in Hindi,
+Massey Sahib, which was four years in the
+making; next two films were in English,
+sponsored by TV and aimed at an international
+market. Edited a special issue of the India
+International Centre Quarterly (March 1980)
+on cinema. Electric Moon is a UK production,
+mainly for Channel 4 in London.
+'''
+
+FILMOGRAPHY:''' 1977: The Social Life of the
+Honey Bee; Medicinal Drugs; Reinventing the
+Wheel; King Coal; Reading the Moon Rocks;
+1978: The Birth of the Himalayas; The Silicone
+Chip; Lovesongs; Nestmates; 1979: Glass; Why
+Birds Sing; The Age of the Earth; 1981: By
+Word of Mouth (all Sh); 1985: Massey Sahib;
+1988: In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones
+(TV); 1991: Electric Moon (TV).
+
+[[Director]]