Pradip Krishen
Pradip Krishen ( Hindi प्रदीप कृष्ण Pradīp Kṛṣṇ ; * 1949 in New Delhi ) is an Indian film director , environmental activist and author .
Life
Pradip Krishen completed his education in Delhi at Mayo College and St. Stephen's College (1966–1969), then in Oxford at Balliol College (1969–1971). From 1971 to 1976 he taught history at Ramjas College in New Delhi. After buying a 16mm film camera from Bell & Howell in 1973 , he began a career in the film business. He was an assistant at Shyam Benegal and the French documentary filmmaker Georges Luneau, who worked in India . He then worked for the television company TVNF in Delhi and as a freelance documentary filmmaker. He produced 81 short science documentaries for TVNF, some of which he filmed and directed.
Krishen made his feature film debut in Hindi film with the multi-award-winning Massey Sahib (1985) - an NFDC production that was only completed after four years of production. The following two productions, In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones (1989) and Electric Moon (1991) were in English and aimed at an international audience. The gambling in Delhi college comedy In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones has been awarded two National Film Awards honored and promoted in India as a cult film as with the support of the British television station Channel 4 produced Electric Moon . In all three films, Krishen worked with his then-wife Arundhati Roy as a writer and actress.
In the 1990s, Krishen gave up filming and made a name for himself as an environmental activist. Since 1995 he has dealt intensively with the tree species in India and the trees in his hometown Delhi. Krishen surveyed the city's tree population and photographed the trees. He published the books "Trees of Delhi: A Field Guide" (2006) and "Jungle Trees of Central India" (2014). In addition, he is active as a consultant in several landscape design projects.
Filmography
- 1977: The Social Life of the Honey Bee
- 1977: Medicinal Drugs
- 1977: Reinventing the Wheel
- 1977: King Coal
- 1977: Reading the Moon Rocks
- 1978: The Birth of the Himalayas
- 1978: The Silicone Chip
- 1978: love songs
- 1978: Nestmates
- 1979: Glass
- 1979: Why Birds Sing
- 1979: The Age of the Earth
- 1981: By Word of Mouth
- 1985: Massey Sahib
- 1988: In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones
- 1991: Electric Moon
literature
- Entry to Pradip Krishen . In Ashish Rajadhyaksha, Paul Willemen: Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema , p. 127
Web links
- Pradip Krishen in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Interview with Rajya Sabha TV
- Talking trees with the treeman of Delhi
Individual evidence
- ^ Rajadhyaksha, Willemen: Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema, p. 127
- ↑ India's lost cult films in The Economic Times, May 24, 2008
- ↑ Goddess of Small Things in The Independent, April 9, 1997
- ↑ 'Studying trees began as a hobby' in The Times of India, June 15, 2006
- ↑ Over a hundred species of trees face the ax in Capital in The Hindu of March 25, 2007
- ^ Rajnish Wattas: Capital's green guide in The Sunday Tribune, July 2, 2006
- ↑ Jungle Books: A glimpse of India's wild in Hindustan Times, August 15, 2014
- ↑ Bark by bark in The Hindu of July 5, 2008
- ↑ It is critical to plant the right trees: Pradip Krishen
- ↑ Growing a Miracle in the Desert ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Krishen, Pradip |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Indian film director and environmental activist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New Delhi |