Kishore Dang is an Indian

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. He has a long career in TV shows, production and filmmaking. Dang was a member of the Jury of the

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. Dang has been associated with foreign films such as ''Gandhi'', ''The Far Pavilions'', ''Kim'', ''Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy'', ''The Deceivers'', ''

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. His television shows include ''Maila Aanchal'', ''Nooriee'', ''Uttarkatha'', ''Humsafar The Train'', ''Detective Karan'' and '' Faujji...The Iron Man''. He directed documentary film ''Kab Tak'' that participated in Mumbai International Film Festival 2012. Other films include ''Aakhri Dastak'' - a film made for the

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Early life

Dang left home at age 19. He met producer Suresh Jindal (producer of ''Rajnigandha'', ''Katha'' and ''Shatranj Ke Khiladi'' and other works). He introduced Dang to Charles Torbett who made him the assistant of Tony Teiger (stand-by prop man of ''Gandhi'').

Career

Major work

Dang became a director. He started out by contributing to foreign films. Then, he began producing TV shows. His first, ''Maila Aanchal,'' aired on DD National in 1990. He directed many other serials. He acted in a serial, ''Space City Sigma''. Dang also made

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s. Some of those are: Sugalis/Lambadis, The Yaravas Of Coorg and Kab-Tak. Kab-Tak (35mm Cinemascope Duration 2 Minutes) is a short, competition film, that participated in The Mumbai International Film Festival 2012. Dang directed a short movie called ''Aakhri Dastak'' for the Indian Army.

Filmography

TV serials

* ''Maila Aanchal'' * ''Abhimaan'' * ''Station Master'' * ''The Living Traditions (Jeeti Jaagti Paramparain)'' * ''Daastan'' * ''Ek Gulab Ka Khoon'' * ''Humsafar - The Train'' * ''Jehara'' * ''Subahah'' * ''Detective Karan'' * ''Detective Jai'' * ''Karan The Detective'' * '' Faujji...The Iron Man'' * ''Uttar Katha'' * ''Nooriee'' * ''Rukhsana'' * ''Parag Goswami - The Detective'' * ''Zara Thehro'' * ''Praarabdh'' * ''Maare Gaye Gulfaam'' * ''Bazm-E-Charaghan''

Documentaries

* ''Sugalis / Lambadis'' * ''The Yaravas Of Coorg'' * ''Fun-Flying'' * ''Showcase India'' * ''Slum Sanitation''

Associated with foreign feature films

* ''Gandhi'' Indo British Films Limited, London (UK) * ''Bengal Lancers'' Stephen Weeks Company, (UK) * ''Kim'' London Films International Limited, London (UK) * ''Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy'' George Walker Productions Ltd., Middlesex (UK) * ''The Deceivers'' Merchant Ivory Production (US) * ''The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones'' Worldwide Productions Ltd., California (US) * ''The Jungle Book'' (Live) Baloo Productions Inc., Middlesex (UK) * ''The Far Pavilions'' Geoff Reeve & Associates Ltd., London (UK) * ''In Custody'' Merchant Ivory Productions (US) * ''Kasmir'' Short Cut Films (Germany) * ''West Myth'' Nitrate Films (Germany) * ''AT&T'' Emerald Films, New York (US)

Short films

* ''Aakhri Dastak'' a film on HIV/AIDS for Ministry of Defence. * ''Kab-Tak'' a film on child labour for Films Division

Recognition

* NIFA Award for the Best Show from The Honourable Union Minister of Information & Broadcasting for ''Maila Aanchal''. * Best TV. Show, Karan The Detective, in 2005 and in 2007, respectively.

References

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