Kantilal Rathod
Kantilal Rathod was an Indian film maker, animator and painter chiefly known for his work in Gujarati and Hindi cinema. He directed the 1969 Gujarati film Kanku which won National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Gujarati at the 17th National Film Awards.
Biography
Born on 12 December 1924 in Raipur, India, His father Morarji Rathod belonged to KGK community of Kutch hailing from village Khedoi Rathod later grew up in Bengali atmosphere. He studied Art at Shantiniketan, also studied art at Calcutta School of Art in Calcutta to get Bachelor of Fine Arts and went to America to study Animation and Cartoon film at Art Institute of Chicago. He taught documentary film making and editing at Circus University, America during 1954-56. He made a short film Cloven Horizon about children's paintings for the same institute. The film was distributed by Encyclopædia Britannica. He briefly worked with Scottish Canadians animator and director Norman McLaren. At Bombay he founded one of the first animation studio by the name "Aakar" in 1960. He died on 28 September 1988 at Bombay.Filmography
- Anjam
- Mr. and Mrs. Peacock
- Buddhu Aur DCM
- Withering Flowers
- Cloven Horizon
- Adventures of a Sugar Doll
- The Parts That Build the Auto
- Peace-Time Armada
- Pinjra
- Kanku
- Strife to Stability
- Freedom Freedom
- Tested Berries
- Short Cut
- Parinay aka Espousal
- Sardar Vallabhai Patel
- Zangbo and the Zing Zing Bar
- Ramnagari
- The Choice Is Yours
- Doongar Ro Bhed
- ''Save Energy Through Efficient Motors''