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Line 20: \| homepage = }} '''Govind Nihalani''' (born 19 December 1940) is an [[Indian film]] director, cinematographer, screenwriter and producer, known for his works in [[Hindi cinema]], particularly the movement of [[parallel cinema]]. He has been the recipient of six [[National Film Awards]], and five ~~Bollywood~~ [[Filmfare Awards]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/govindnihalani/profile.shtml \|title=Govind Nihalani interview \|work=Hindustan Times \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060614073551/http://www.hindustantimes.com/govindnihalani/profile.shtml \|archive-date=14 June 2006 \|df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.rediff.com/entertai/1999/dec/01nihal.htm\|title=Rediff On The NeT, Movies: The Govind Nihalani interview\|website=www.rediff.com~~}}</ref> In 1996, his script for ''[[Drohkaal]]'' was adapted by [[Kamal Haasan]] for its [[Tamil cinema~~\|Tamil]] remake, ''[[Kuruthipunal (film)\|Kuruthipunal]]'', which subsequently became [[List of Indian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film\|India's official entry]] for the [[68th Academy Awards]] [[Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film\|Best Foreign Language Film]] category.<ref>{{cite web \|urlaccess-date=~~https://imsports.rediff.com/style/apr/03sriram.htm~~28 ~~\|title=Rediff on the Net, Life/Style: The silence that speaks~~August 2022\|~~website=imsports.rediff.com \|access~~archive-date=1428 ~~January~~August 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/~~20171009093138~~20220828040814/https://~~imsports~~www.rediff.com/~~style~~entertai/~~apr~~1999/~~03sriram~~dec/01nihal.htm ~~\|archive-date=9 October 2017~~ \|url-status=~~dead~~live}}</ref> ==Early life ~~and career~~ ==▼ His first directorial venture was [[Aakrosh (1980 film)\|''Aakrosh'']], starring [[Om Puri]], [[Naseeruddin Shah]], [[Smita Patil]] and [[Amrish Puri]]. The film was scripted by noted Marathi playwright [[Vijay Tendulkar]]. The film shared the Golden Peacock for best film at the [[International Film Festival of India]] held in New Delhi in 1981.▼ <ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2005/09/06/stories/2005090601730100.htm\|title=The Hindu : Metro Plus Bangalore : 'Digital video is liberating'\|access-date=29 March 2006\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311034644/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2005/09/06/stories/2005090601730100.htm\|archive-date=11 March 2007\|url-status=usurped}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.indiafm.com/features/2004/6/9/217/index.html \|title=Govind Nihalani on Dev \|work=India FM \|access-date=2006-03-29 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060110020959/http://www.indiafm.com/features/2004/6/9/217/index.html \|archive-date=10 January 2006 \|df=dmy-all }}</ref> He then directed ''[[Ardh Satya]]'', based on a story by S. D. Panwalkar. The film has received critical reception for depicting the police-politician-criminal nexus. In 1997, he adapted Bengali novelist [[Mahasweta Devi]]'s acclaimed novel by the same name to ''[[Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa]]''.<ref>[http://www.rediff.com/news/jul/28maha.htm Through her writing, you get to hear the voice of a community that is otherwise voiceless'] ''[[Rediff.com]]''.</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/govindnihalani/interview.shtml \|title=A film must appeal to all people \|work=Hindustan Times \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050301091624/http://www.hindustantimes.com/govindnihalani/interview.shtml \|archive-date=1 March 2005 \|df=dmy-all }}</ref>▼ ▲==Early life and career == Nihalani was born on 19 December 1940 in [[Karachi]], [[Sindh]] province (now in [[Pakistan]]) and his family migrated to India during the [[partition of India\|partition of 1947]]. He graduated in cinematography from the Shree Jaya Chamrajendra polytechnic (the present [[Government Film and Television Institute]]) ~~and started his career as a [[cinematographer]].~~<ref>{{cite web\|title=GFTI alumni\|url=http://www.filminstitutebangalore.com/index.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140821235404/http://www.filminstitutebangalore.com/index.htm\|archive-date=21 August 2014\|df=dmy-all}}</ref> in Bangalore in 1962. ==Career== He ~~was~~started anhis ~~Assistant~~career ~~Cinematographer~~as toan ~~the~~assistant ~~legendary~~cinematographer to [[V. K. Murthy]], post which he made his debut as a [[cinematographer]]. He was associated with all the earlier films of [[Shyam Benegal]] and with the cinematography of [[Richard Attenborough]]'s Oscar-winning ~~epic~~period biographical drama [[Gandhi (film)\|''Gandhi'']] (1982). Nihalani and Benegal are well known for their socially relevant films.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.chowk.com/show_article.cgi?aid=00001910&channel=leafyglade%20inn \|title=An interview with Govind Nihalani \|work=Chowk \|access-date=27 March 2006 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070607035637/http://www.chowk.com/show_article.cgi?aid=00001910&channel=leafyglade%20inn \|archive-date=7 June 2007 \|url-status=dead \|df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.screenindia.com/20020503/fcover.html\|title = Entertainment News: Latest Bollywood & Hollywood News, Today's Entertainment News Headlines\|access-date=29 March 2006\|archive-date=16 May 2007\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20070516034902/http://www.screenindia.com/20020503/fcover.html\|url-status=dead}}</ref> ▲His first directorial venture was the legal drama [[Aakrosh (1980 film)\|''Aakrosh'']], starring [[Om Puri]], [[Naseeruddin Shah]], [[Smita Patil]] and [[Amrish Puri]] in lead roles. The film was scripted by noted Marathi playwright [[Vijay Tendulkar]]. The film ~~shared~~won the Golden Peacock for best film at the [[International Film Festival of India]] held in New Delhi in 1981. ▲<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2005/09/06/stories/2005090601730100.htm\|title=The Hindu : Metro Plus Bangalore : 'Digital video is liberating'\|access-date=29 March 2006\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311034644/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2005/09/06/stories/2005090601730100.htm\|archive-date=11 March 2007\|url-status=usurped}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.indiafm.com/features/2004/6/9/217/index.html \|title=Govind Nihalani on Dev \|work=India FM \|access-date=2006-03-29 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060110020959/http://www.indiafm.com/features/2004/6/9/217/index.html \|archive-date=10 January 2006 \|df=dmy-all }}</ref> He then directed ''{{Lang\|hi-latn\|[[Ardh Satya]]''}}, a 1983 film based on a story by S. D. Panwalkar. The film has received critical reception for depicting the police-politician-criminal nexus. In 1997, he adapted Bengali novelist [[Mahasweta Devi]]'s acclaimed novel by the same name to ''[[Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa]]''.<ref>[http://www.rediff.com/news/jul/28maha.htm Through her writing, you get to hear the voice of a community that is otherwise voiceless'] ''[[Rediff.com]]''.</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/govindnihalani/interview.shtml \|title=A film must appeal to all people \|work=Hindustan Times \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050301091624/http://www.hindustantimes.com/govindnihalani/interview.shtml \|archive-date=1 March 2005 \|df=dmy-all }}</ref> In 1996, his script for ''[[Drohkaal]]'' was adapted by [[Kamal Haasan]] for its [[Tamil cinema\|Tamil]] remake, ''[[Kuruthipunal (film)\|Kuruthipunal]]'', which subsequently became [[List of Indian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film\|India's official entry]] for the [[68th Academy Awards]] [[Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film\|Best Foreign Language Film]] category.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://imsports.rediff.com/style/apr/03sriram.htm \|title=Rediff on the Net, Life/Style: The silence that speaks \|website=imsports.rediff.com \|access-date=14 January 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171009093138/https://imsports.rediff.com/style/apr/03sriram.htm \|archive-date=9 October 2017 \|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1997, he adapted Bengali novelist [[Mahasweta Devi]]'s acclaimed novel by the same name to ''[[Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa]]''.<ref>[http://www.rediff.com/news/jul/28maha.htm Through her writing, you get to hear the voice of a community that is otherwise voiceless'] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061231150134/http://www.rediff.com/news/jul/28maha.htm \|date=31 December 2006 }} ''[[Rediff.com]]''.</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/govindnihalani/interview.shtml \|title=A film must appeal to all people \|work=Hindustan Times \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050301091624/http://www.hindustantimes.com/govindnihalani/interview.shtml \|archive-date=1 March 2005 \|df=dmy-all }}</ref> ==Literary works== * ''Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema'', by Govind Nihalani, Saibal Chatterjee, Gulzar. Popular Prakashan, 2003.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.vedamsbooks.com/no31144.htm\|title=Vedams eBooks\|website=www.vedamsbooks.com\|access-date=29 March 2006\|archive-date=19 March 2006\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060319200909/https://www.vedamsbooks.com/no31144.htm\|url-status=live}}</ref> ==Awards== Line 146 ⟶ 153: \|- \|1983 \|''{{Lang\|hi-latn\|[[Ardh Satya]]''}} \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} Line 279 ⟶ 286: \| {{yes}} \| Marathi language film \|<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://scroll.in/reel/845396/govind-nihalani-on-his-first-marathi-movie-ti-ani-itar-its-about-living-between-guilt-and-fear\|title=Govind Nihalani on his first Marathi movie 'Ti Ani Itar': 'It's about living between guilt and fear'\|first=Deepa\|last=Gahlot\|website=Scroll.in\|date=29 July 2017\|access-date=28 August 2022\|archive-date=28 August 2022\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220828040231/https://scroll.in/reel/845396/govind-nihalani-on-his-first-marathi-movie-ti-ani-itar-its-about-living-between-guilt-and-fear\|url-status=live}}</ref> \|- \|2019 Line 286 ⟶ 293: \| {{no}} \| {{no}} \|Direct-to-video ~~\|Animated film~~ \| \|- \|} Line 315 ⟶ 321: [[Category:Best Cinematography National Film Award winners]] [[Category:Recipients of the Padma Shri in arts]] [[Category:~~People~~Film directors from Karachi]] [[Category:Indian Sindhi people]] [[Category:~~20th-century~~Sindhi ~~Indian film directors~~filmmakers]] [[Category:20th-century Indian people]] [[Category:Indian male screenwriters]] [[Category:Directors who won the Best Film on National Integration National Film Award]] [[Category:Sindhi male writers]]