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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
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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
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,
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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
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, also studied art at Calcutta School of Art in
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to get Bachelor of Fine Arts and went to
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to study Animation and Cartoon film at
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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
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. He briefly worked with
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animator and director
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. At Bombay he founded one of the first animation studio by the name "Aakar" in 1960. He died on 28 September 1988 at
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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
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(known as the "Rajat Kamal Special Award for the Best Feature Film on National Integration" at that time) presented by the
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(DFF). The DFF also gave Samantar Chitra Private Limited a ''Rajat Kamal'' (Silver Lotus), , and a certificate; Rathod got a ''Rajat Kamal'', , and a certificate. Rathod's film ''Cloven Horizon'' won the best documentary film in 1965. The same year he won the
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for ''The Adventures of Sugar Doll'' at 13th National Film Awards.


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* {{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