with cancer. He is survived by two sons and two daughters. Tribute According to a tribute from Prabha Mahajan on the Indian documentary film discussion network Docuwallahs2 , Mani Kaul's significant body of work included both feature films and documentaries. In an interview Mani stated: "The dividing line from my films and documentaries is thin. Some of my films like Siddheshwari are like poetic documentaries." Mani Kaul's fellow alumni from FTII intend to put together a collective tribute to Mani Kaul and his work, and interested persons were invited to send in their thoughts on Mani as a film maker, teacher/ mentor, colleague, and as a person. Indian film critic Khalid Mohamed commented, "As a film director, he discussed the status of women (Uski Roti, Duvidha), crafted visually seductive documentaries (Arrival, Before My Eyes, A Desert of a Thousand Lines) and went through a spell of interpreting Fyodor Dostoevsky’s masterworks. The Russian writer’s short story A Gentle Creature inspired Nazar, shot in low, chiaroscuro lighting." Filmmaker Sameer Wadhwa, in his obituary of Mani Kaul published in Hindustan Times writes: “Mani Kaul had perfected the art of deeply moving his audience cerebrally by meticulous philosophical exposition. His films effortlessly employed temporality to create a deep spatial landscape in which human emotions oscillated with an incendiary provocation. This cinematic gesture was so subtle that if one were not attentive the meaning would be lost.” Filmography Uski Roti (1969) Sara Aakash (1969) Ashadh Ka Ek Din (1971) Duvidha (1973) Puppeteers of Rajasthan (Documentary) (1974) A Historical Sketch of Indian Women (Documentary) (1975) Ghashiram Kotwal (1976) Chitrakathi (Documentary) (1977) Arrival (Documentary) (1980) Satah Se Uthata Admi (1980) Dhrupad (1982) Mati Manas (Documentary) (1984) A Desert of a Thousand Lines (Documentary) (1986) Before My Eyes (Documentary)(1989) Siddheshwari (Documentary) (1989) Nazar (1991) Idiot (1992) The Cloud Door (1995) Naukar Ki Kameez (The Servant's Shirt) (1999) Bojh (Burden) (2000) Ik Ben Geen Ander (I Am No Other) (Netherlands) (2002) A Monkey's Raincoat (Netherlands) (2005) Signature Film (for Osian's Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema) (2006) Awards National Film Awards 1974: Best Direction: Duvidha 1989: Best Documentary Film: Siddheshwari Filmfare Awards Mani Kaul won Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie four times. 1971: Uski Roti (1970) 1972: Ashad Ka Ek Din (1971) 1974: Duvidha (1973) 1993: Idiot (1992) References External links Mani Kaul at Avijit Ghosh, "He was, by far, our most original filmmaker" The Times of