| 1 | '''Vishnu Mathur (b. 1944)''' |
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| 4 | Hindi director born in Ahmedabad. Graduated |
| 5 | from the FTII (1970). Assisted Mani Kaul and |
| 6 | Mrinal Sen. Employed by Films Division |
| 7 | (1975-8) but resigned over directorial freedom. |
| 8 | Feature début, Pehla Adhyay, pioneered a |
| 9 | complex and innovative approach to cinematic |
| 10 | space and rhythm, also in evidence in his |
| 11 | unconventional portrait of the Carnatic veenaplayer |
| 12 | Savithri Rajan (Flying Bird). Works in |
| 13 | collaboration with noted Tamil writer and |
| 14 | feminist intellectual C.S. Lakshmi (aka Ambai). |
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| 17 | '''FILMOGRAPHY:''' 1969: Wardrobe (Sh); 1970: |
| 18 | In Panchgani (Sh); Film Gaze (Doc); 1973: |
| 19 | This Our Only Earth (Doc); Small-Scale |
| 20 | Industries of India (Doc); Drought in |
| 21 | Maharashtra (Doc); President Nyerere’s Visit to |
| 22 | India (Doc); 1975: Discipline on the Road |
| 23 | (Doc); 1976: Sharing Experience (Doc); Sixth |
| 24 | International Film Festival of India (Doc); |
| 25 | 1977: Communication Security/Sanchar |
| 26 | Suraksha (Doc); 1978: Surdas (Sh); |
| 27 | 1981:Pehla Adhyay; 1983: Towards Zero |
| 28 | Population Growth in Kerala (Doc); |
| 29 | 1985:Through the Looking Glass (Doc); 1989: The |
| 30 | Flying Bird (Doc); 1994: Mere Appa (Sh). |
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