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'''Kantilal Rathod''' (12 December 1924 – 28 September 1988)<ref name=c>Diary of Golden Days at Jharia – A Memoir & History of Gurjar Kashtriya Samaj of Kutch in Coalfields of Jharia – written by Natwarlal Devram Jethwa & Pawan Jethwa of Calcutta (1998).</ref> was an Indian film maker, animator and painter chiefly known for his work in [[Gujarati cinema|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]].<ref name=":0">{{cite magazine |last=Shukla |first=Bansidhar |date=September 2004 |title=Kanku filmna sarjak Shri Kantilal Rathod |url=https://abhiyaanmagazine.com/ |magazine=Abhiyaan |location=Ahmedabad |publisher=Sambhav House |access-date=2020-11-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.arthousecinema.in/people/kantilal-rathod/ | title=Kantilal Rathod &#124; Art House Cinema | date=10 June 2021 }}</ref><br />
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==Biography==<br />
Born on 12 December 1924 in [[Raipur]], [[India]], His father Morarji Rathod belonged to [[Kutch Gurjar Kshatriya|KGK community]] of [[Kutch]] hailing from village [[Khedoi]]<ref name=c/> 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.<ref name=c/><ref>{{cite book |last1=Cowie |first1=Peter |title=International Film Guide |date=1967 |publisher=Tantivy Press |pages=203 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HftkAAAAMAAJ&q=kantilal+rathod+government+of+india |access-date=26 December 2024 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=International Film Guide |date=1967 |publisher=Tantivy Press |pages=200–201 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C-tkAAAAMAAJ&q=kantilal+rathod+aakar |access-date=26 December 2024 |language=en}}</ref> He died on 28 September 1988 at [[Bombay]].<ref name=":0"/><ref name=c/><br />
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==Filmography==<br />
*''Anjam'' (1940)<br />
*''Mr. and Mrs. Peacock'' (1956)<br />
*''Buddhu Aur DCM'' (1959) (Documentary)<br />
*''Withering Flowers'' (1960) (Short film)<br />
*''Cloven Horizon'' (1965) (Documentary)<br />
*''Adventures of a Sugar Doll'' (1965)<br />
*''The Parts That Build the Auto'' (1966) (Documentary)<br />
*''Peace-Time Armada'' (1967) (Short film)<br />
*''Pinjra'' (1968) (Short film)<br />
*''[[Kanku]]'' (1969)<br />
*''Strife to Stability'' (1969) (Documentary)<br />
*''Freedom Freedom'' (1971) (Documentary)<br />
*''Tested Berries'' (1973) (Short film)<br />
*''Short Cut'' (1973) (Short film)<br />
*''[[Parinay]]'' (1974) aka ''Espousal'' (1974)<br />
*''Sardar Vallabhai Patel'' (1976) (Documentary)<br />
*''Zangbo and the Zing Zing Bar'' (1977)<br />
*''Ramnagari'' (1982)<br />
*''The Choice Is Yours'' (1982) (Documentary)<br />
*''Doongar Ro Bhed'' (1985)<br />
*''Save Energy Through Efficient Motors'' (1989) (Documentary)<br />
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==Accolades==<br />
His film ''Parinay'' won the 1974 [[Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration]] (known as the "Rajat Kamal Special Award for the Best Feature Film on National Integration" at that time) presented by the [[Directorate of Film Festivals]] (DFF).<ref name="award">{{cite web|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm22ndNFAAward.aspx|title=22nd National Film Awards|publisher=[[International Film Festival of India]]|accessdate=24 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140505171751/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm22ndNFAAward.aspx|archive-date=5 May 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> The DFF also gave Samantar Chitra Private Limited a ''Rajat Kamal'' (Silver Lotus), {{INRConvert|30|k|year=1974}}, and a certificate; Rathod got a ''Rajat Kamal'', {{INRConvert|10|k|year=1974}}, and a certificate. Rathod's film ''Cloven Horizon'' won the best documentary film in 1965. The same year he won the [[National Film Award for Best Children's Film]] for ''The Adventures of Sugar Doll'' at [[13th National Film Awards]].<ref name="award"/><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb name|nm0711754}}<br />
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[[Category:1924 births]]<br />
[[Category:1988 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Gujarati-language film directors]]<br />
[[Category:Film directors from Gujarat]]<br />
[[Category:People from Raipur]]<br />
[[Category:People from Kolkata]]<br />
[[Category:Film people from Mumbai]]<br />
[[Category:People from Kutch district]]<br />
[[Category:Indian painters]]<br />
[[Category:Indian animators]]<br />
[[Category:Hindi-language film directors]]<br />
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