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  • Pradip Krishen

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     1'''Pradip Krishen, (b. 1949)''' 
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     3Hindi and English director born in New Delhi. 
     4Educated at Mayo College and St. Stephen’s 
     5College (1966-9), then at Balliol, Oxford (1969- 
     671). Taught history at Ramjas College, New 
     7Delhi (1971-6). Started his film career when he 
     8bought a Bell & Howell 16mm camera (1973); 
     9briefly apprenticed to Shyam Benegal (1973). 
     10Assisted Georges Luneau (Ballade de Babuji, 
     111975); then worked with the private Delhibased 
     12TVNF company producing 81 popular 
     13sci-fi films of 15’ each, shooting and directing 
     14some of them himself. Freelance documentarist 
     15with Grapevine Media. Début feature in Hindi, 
     16Massey Sahib, which was four years in the 
     17making; next two films were in English, 
     18sponsored by TV and aimed at an international 
     19market. Edited a special issue of the India 
     20International Centre Quarterly (March 1980) 
     21on cinema. Electric Moon is a UK production, 
     22mainly for Channel 4 in London. 
     23''' 
     24 
     25FILMOGRAPHY:''' 1977: The Social Life of the 
     26Honey Bee; Medicinal Drugs; Reinventing the 
     27Wheel; King Coal; Reading the Moon Rocks; 
     281978: The Birth of the Himalayas; The Silicone 
     29Chip; Lovesongs; Nestmates; 1979: Glass; Why 
     30Birds Sing; The Age of the Earth; 1981: By 
     31Word of Mouth (all Sh); 1985: Massey Sahib; 
     321988: In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones 
     33(TV); 1991: Electric Moon (TV). 
     34 
     35[[Director]]