Kamal Swaroop
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Kamal Swaroop is an Indian
The restored version of Om-Dar-Ba-Dar was released on 17 January 2014.
Filmography
Directing
Swaroop is best known for directing
Early life
Swaroop was born in
In 1974, Swaroop graduated from the Film and Television Institute of India. His student work met with unusual international acclaim. He continued with postgraduate studies at the Institute.
Swaroop assisted the director Richard Attenborough in the filming of Gandhi (1982).
Career
Rangbhoomi
On a grant from the India Foundation for the Arts (IFA), Swaroop began tracing the life of
Rangbhoomi premiered at the Rome Film Festival in the official competition section. It later won the National Award (Golden Lotus) for best non-feature film, the second national award won by Swaroop.
Om Dar Ba Dar
The idea of Om Dar-Ba-Dar occurred to Swaroop on the sets of Gandhi. Commenting, he said, "I managed the crowds and told stories to keep them entertained. One of them was about a boy who skips school and runs away from home when the results are due. He then discovers that he can make a living by holding his breath for a really long time, just like the frogs".[1]
Om Dar-Ba-Dar is set in a mythical small town in
Many of Om's fantasies about
Made in 1988 with the help of National Film Development Corporation of India, Om Dar-Ba-Dar made it to the festival circuit and then shuffled out into obscurity.[2] This film was a major attraction in the festival circuit and premiered at the Berlin Film Festival. But it never got a theatrical release in the country.[3]
As director
- Pushkar Puran (2017)
- Battle For Benaras (2014)
- Rangbhoomi (2013)
- Bandish (2007)
- When the Image Meets the Shadow (2004)
- Om-Dar-B-Dar (1988)
- Ghashiram Kotwal (1976)
- Dorothy (1974)
As writer
- Tracing Phalke (2013) [1]
- Private Detective: Two Plus Two Plus One (1997) (dialogues)
- Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro (1989) (researcher, script consultant)
- Salaam Bombay (dialogues)
As production designer
- Siddeshwari (1989)
As assistant director
- Gandhi (1982)
References
- ^ a b "Richard Attenborough: 'I never wanted to make an Amitabh Bachchan-starrer' | Hindi Movie News". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 18 January 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ^ "Rushes: Pink wink". The Hindu. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ^ "dearcinema.com/news/pvr-release-om-dar-ba-dar/3004". dearcinema.com. Archived from the original on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ^ "Kamal Swaroop - IMDb". imdb.com. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ^ bgsug (16 November 2004). "Metro Plus Bangalore / Entertainment : Subversion on the screen – Kamal Swaroop interview". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 23 November 2004. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ^ "Kamal Swaroop interview". indianauteur.com. Retrieved 24 February 2017.