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Kanku
''Kanku'' is a 1969 Gujarati social drama film, starring Kishore Bhatt, Kishore Jariwala, Pallavi Mehta, directed by Kantilal Rathod. The film was adapted from Pannalal Patel's short story of the same name. The film won National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Gujarati at the 17th National Film Awards. Plot The film deals with struggles of a widow, Kanku (Pallavi Mehta). Production Gujarati writer Pannalal Patel had written a 20-pages long short story ''Kanku'' in 1936 for Diwali Special edition of ''Nav-Saurashtra'' magazine. Kantilal Rathod contacted him and convinced him to adapt it into film. Patel also helped him writing script and dialogues of the film. Soundtrack Release The film was released in theatres in 1969. The film was released on Home Video DVD by Moser Baer. It has shorter cut of 136 minutes, 12 minutes less than the original. Reception The film was commercially successful and was critically acclaimed. Film critic Amrit Gangar considered ''Kanku'' as th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kantilal Rathod
Kantilal Rathod was an Indian film maker known for his work in Gujarati and Hindi cinema. 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, India, Rathod grew up in Bengali atmosphere. He studied Art at Shantiniketan, and went to America to study Animation and Cartoon film at Art Institute of Chicago. 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. He briefly worked with Scottish Canadians animator and director Norman McLaren. He died on 28 September 1988. Filmography *''Anjam'' (1940) *''Mr. and Mrs. Peacock'' (1956) *''Buddhu Aur DCM'' (1959) (Documentary) *''Withering Flowers'' (1960) (Short film) *''Cloven Horizon'' (1965) (Documentary) *''Adventures ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |