Kantilal Rathod was an Indian film maker known for his work in

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and Hindi cinema. He directed the 1969 Gujarati film ''

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 ...

'' which won National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Gujarati at the

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Biography

Born on 12 December 1924 in

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, Rathod grew up in Bengali atmosphere. He studied Art at

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, 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

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. He briefly worked with

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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 of a Sugar Doll'' (1965) *''The Parts That Build the Auto'' (1966) (Documentary) *''Peace-Time Armada'' (1967) (Short film) *''Pinjra'' (1968) (Short film) *''

'' (1969) *''Strife to Stability'' (1969) (Documentary) *''Freedom Freedom'' (1971) (Documentary) *''Tested Berries'' (1973) (Short film) *''Short Cut'' (1973) (Short film) *''

Parinay ''Parinay'' (literally ''Espousal'') is a 1974 Indian Hindi-language film directed by Kantilal Rathod and produced by Samantar Chitra. The film starred Romesh Sharma and Shabana Azmi, with Asha Sachdev, Dinesh Thakur, Priti Ganguly and T.P. ...

'' (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

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References

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* {{IMDb name, nm0711754 Gujarati-language film directors Film directors from Gujarat