Mumbai:
Several Bollywood personalitiesexpressed grief over the death of noted film-maker Mani Kaul,who passed away today after a prolonged illness.
Kaul (66) was considered one of the pioneers of newIndian cinema.
"Mani Kaul was one of the pioneer of new wave cinema inIndia. And a great conversationalist. Will miss his persona.RIP," Veteran actor Anupam Kher said on micro-blogging sitetwitter.
Filmmaker Shekar Kapur said, "The passing away of friendsreminds you of the value of this moment. RIP Mani Kaul.Friend, Director, A life passionately dedicated to exploringthe outer edges of the art of film Will be missed."
Recollecting his meeting with Kaul, Filmmaker Onirtweeted, "Remember meeting Mani Kaul last to show him I AMat Anurag's office and he told me warmly that he was happy tosee a few of us making diff films."
"...Remember the first time he called me I was in berlin.I was so excited and nervous that I couldn't talk," Onir said.
"RIP Mani Kaul. A little known fact ,Amol Palekardirected, Shahrukh Khan starrer PAHELI was a remake of ManiKaul's 1973 film DUVIDHA," Director Shirish Kunder said.
On hearing the news of Kaul's demise, veteran actressShabana Azmi tweeted, "oh no. How? When? Is there a condolencemeeting?". Filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar and actor Ranvir Shorey,said, "Mani Kaul - RIP".
Kaul (66) was considered one of the pioneers of newIndian cinema.
"Mani Kaul was one of the pioneer of new wave cinema inIndia. And a great conversationalist. Will miss his persona.RIP," Veteran actor Anupam Kher said on micro-blogging sitetwitter.
Filmmaker Shekar Kapur said, "The passing away of friendsreminds you of the value of this moment. RIP Mani Kaul.Friend, Director, A life passionately dedicated to exploringthe outer edges of the art of film Will be missed."
Recollecting his meeting with Kaul, Filmmaker Onirtweeted, "Remember meeting Mani Kaul last to show him I AMat Anurag's office and he told me warmly that he was happy tosee a few of us making diff films."
"...Remember the first time he called me I was in berlin.I was so excited and nervous that I couldn't talk," Onir said.
"RIP Mani Kaul. A little known fact ,Amol Palekardirected, Shahrukh Khan starrer PAHELI was a remake of ManiKaul's 1973 film DUVIDHA," Director Shirish Kunder said.
On hearing the news of Kaul's demise, veteran actressShabana Azmi tweeted, "oh no. How? When? Is there a condolencemeeting?". Filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar and actor Ranvir Shorey,said, "Mani Kaul - RIP".
