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'''Vishnu Mathur''' (1944<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Vishnu Mathur |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0558994/?ref_=tt_ov_dr |website=IMDb}}</ref>–2007{{Citation needed|reason=IMDb doesn't provide a date of death=April 2024}}) was an Indian film producer, cinematographer and director who had worked in North America, Europe, Middle East and South-East Asia. '''Vishnu Mathur''' (1944<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Vishnu Mathur |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0558994/?ref_=tt_ov_dr |website=IMDb}}</ref>–2007{{Citation needed|reason=IMDb doesn't provide a date of death=April 2024|date=April 2024}}) was an Indian film producer, cinematographer and director who had worked in North America, Europe, Middle East and South-East Asia.


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Vishnu Mathur (1944–2007) was an Indian film producer, cinematographer and director who had worked in North America, Europe, Middle East and South-East Asia.

He was born in Ahmedabad, India. He graduated from the Film and Television Institute of India in 1970. He assisted Mani Kaul and Mrinal Sen and was employed by Films Division (1975-1978) but resigned over directorial freedom.

He moved from New Delhi to Canada in 1976. There he worked in film and television his main occupation being a producer/director for David Suzuki's The Nature of Things for 15 years.

He worked as a cinematographer for The Courtesans of Bombay (Ismail Merchant, 1983).

His debut feature film was Pahala Adhyay (The First Chapter, 1981), an avant-garde work in which Ravi (Dinesh Shakul), a young student at Bombay University who finds himself unable to relate to life in the city. He finally explodes into a violent physical outburst and breakdown. The title refers to the first chapter of his History thesis from which he seems unable to proceed.

Filmography

  • Wardrobe (1969)
  • Film Gaze (1970)
  • In Panchgani (1970)
  • Drought in Maharashtra (1973)
  • President Nyerere's Visit to India (1973)
  • Small-Scale Industries of India (1973)
  • This Our Only Earth (1973)
  • Discipline on the Road (1975)
  • Sharing Experience (1976)
  • Sixth International Film Festival of India (1976)
  • Communication Security (1977)
  • Surdas (1978)
  • Pahala Adhyay (पहला अध्याय, The first Chapter, 1981)
  • Towards Zero Population Growth in Kerala (1983)
  • Through the Looking Glass (1985)
  • The Flying Bird (1989)
  • Mere Appa (1994)
  • India: The Lotus and the Cross (2004)

See also

References

  1. ^ "Vishnu Mathur". IMDb.
  2. "Vishnu Mathur". Festival des 3 Continents.
  3. "The Flying Bird". Indian Cinema.
  4. "Retiring to one's roots 'We feel renewed,' snowbirds say of sojourn to winter oasis:" Yelaja, Prithi.  Toronto Star; Toronto, Ont.. 13 Feb 2006: A16.
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