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[Bhushan Nagpal reports on the Mani Kaul Memorial Meeting held in New Delhi on July 9, 2011. The meeting was attended by his family, friends and members of the film fraternity]
It was a sombre occasion, a memorial meeting to remember a veteran filmmaker who was no more. And yet, speaker after speaker made references to the sense of humour that Mani Kaul possessed, and related jokes he used to tell, sometimes at his own expense.
And quite unlike a memorial meeting, it did spark some laughter now and then as jokes or anecdotes were told about the man who was vibrant and lively all his life despite his illness.
The memorial meeting was organized on July 9 by the Osian’s Connoisseurs of Art, where he had served as Director of the Osian’s Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema in 2009 and was Creative Director of its Film House.
The noted filmmaker, who was considered one of the pioneers of new Indian cinema that emerged in the late sixties and early seventies, died early in the...
[Bhushan Nagpal reports on the Mani Kaul Memorial Meeting held in New Delhi on July 9, 2011. The meeting was attended by his family, friends and members of the film fraternity]
It was a sombre occasion, a memorial meeting to remember a veteran filmmaker who was no more. And yet, speaker after speaker made references to the sense of humour that Mani Kaul possessed, and related jokes he used to tell, sometimes at his own expense.
And quite unlike a memorial meeting, it did spark some laughter now and then as jokes or anecdotes were told about the man who was vibrant and lively all his life despite his illness.
The memorial meeting was organized on July 9 by the Osian’s Connoisseurs of Art, where he had served as Director of the Osian’s Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema in 2009 and was Creative Director of its Film House.
The noted filmmaker, who was considered one of the pioneers of new Indian cinema that emerged in the late sixties and early seventies, died early in the...
- 7/11/2011
- by Bhushan Nagpal
- DearCinema.com
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