Kantilal Rathod (12 December 1924 – 28 September 1988)
[Diary of Golden Days at Jharia – A Memoir & History of Gurjar Kashtriya Samaj of Kutch in Coalfields of Jharia – written by Natwarlal Devram Jethwa & Pawan Jethwa of Calcutta (1998).] was an Indian film maker, animator and painter chiefly known for his work in
Gujarati and
Hindi cinema
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. He directed the 1969 Gujarati film ''
Kanku'' which won
National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Gujarati at the
17th National Film Awards.
Biography
Born on 12 December 1924 in
Raipur
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,
India
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, His father Morarji Rathod belonged to
KGK community of
Kutch hailing from village
Khedoi[ Rathod later grew up in Bengali atmosphere. He studied Art at ]Shantiniketan
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, also studied art at Calcutta School of Art in Calcutta
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to get Bachelor of Fine Arts and went to America
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to study Animation and Cartoon film at Art Institute of Chicago
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. He taught documentary film making and editing at Circus University, America during 1954-56. He made a short film ''Cloven Horizon'' about children's paintings for the same institute. The film was distributed by Encyclopædia Britannica
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. He briefly worked with Scottish Canadians
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animator and director Norman McLaren
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. At Bombay he founded one of the first animation studio by the name "Aakar" in 1960.Bombay
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Filmography
*''Anjam'' (1940)
*''Mr. and Mrs. Peacock'' (1956)
*''Buddhu Aur DCM'' (1959) (Documentary)
*''Withering Flowers'' (1960) (Short film)
*''Cloven Horizon'' (1965) (Documentary)
*''Adventures of a Sugar Doll'' (1965)
*''The Parts That Build the Auto'' (1966) (Documentary)
*''Peace-Time Armada'' (1967) (Short film)
*''Pinjra'' (1968) (Short film)
*'' Kanku'' (1969)
*''Strife to Stability'' (1969) (Documentary)
*''Freedom Freedom'' (1971) (Documentary)
*''Tested Berries'' (1973) (Short film)
*''Short Cut'' (1973) (Short film)
*'' Parinay'' (1974) aka ''Espousal'' (1974)
*''Sardar Vallabhai Patel'' (1976) (Documentary)
*''Zangbo and the Zing Zing Bar'' (1977)
*''Ramnagari'' (1982)
*''The Choice Is Yours'' (1982) (Documentary)
*''Doongar Ro Bhed'' (1985)
*''Save Energy Through Efficient Motors'' (1989) (Documentary)
Accolades
His film ''Parinay'' won the 1974 (known as the "Rajat Kamal Special Award for the Best Feature Film on National Integration" at that time) presented by the Directorate of Film Festivals
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(DFF).National Film Award for Best Children's Film
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for ''The Adventures of Sugar Doll'' at 13th National Film Awards.
References
External links
* {{IMDb name, nm0711754
1924 births
1988 deaths
Gujarati-language film directors
Film directors from Gujarat
People from Raipur, Chhattisgarh
People from Kolkata
Film people from Mumbai
People from Kutch district
Indian painters
Indian animators
Hindi-language film directors
Kutchi people