A short note on ‘Mani Kaul’
Within the confines of the “temporal medium”, Mani Kaul drifts closer to film poetry with striking vigour. A child of Bresson and Ghatak, we see Kaul’s ardent dedication to his internalised philosophy of treating cinema as a temporal medium, while the vitals of cinema (image and sound) organically evolve into a sensuous interplay between each other.
This month, we dive deeper into Mani Kaul’s unparalleled career in cinema.
Uski Roti (1970):
The quintessential start of Mani Kaul’s filmography, Uski Roti is a story of an Indian woman awaiting her angered husband, for his meal. Kaul’s masterful cinematic gaze of the plight of a subdued woman begins here.
Who are The Parallel Cinema Club?
We are a community-run film society based out of Bangalore and Hyderabad. We are a group of film enthusiasts who meet up once a week to discuss the reel world, auteurs and themes, and occasionally host guest lectures.