Episode 15
Still from Explorer, Pramod Pati, 1968, Films Division.
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PTI, 'Actors, Filmmakers Write to I&B Ministry Against Merger of Films Division, NFAI With NFDC', The Wire, 22 Dec. 2021.
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Jehangir Shapurji 'Jean' Bhownagary, 1921-2004, Chief Advisor (Films), Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India (1965-1967).
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Pramod Pati, 1932-197, head of the Cartoon Film Unit (1959-1975?)
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Peter Sutoris, 'How Jehangir Bhownagary transformed the Films Division and the Indian documentary', Scroll.in, 2 Aug 2016.
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Pramod Pati, Explorer, 1968, Films Division.
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Pramod Pati, Claxplosion, 1968, Films Division.
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Pramod Pati, Udaan/ Trip, 1968, Films Division.
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Santosh Gour, Oral History of Pramod Pati Part 3, 2017, Films Division.
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Vijay Raghava Rao, 1925-2011.
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Still from Explorer, Pramod Pati, 1968, Films Division.
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Don Siegel, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, 1956, Walter Wanger Productions.
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Rod Serling, The Twilight Zone, 1959-1964, Cayuga Productions Inc., CBS Productions.
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Still from Explorer, Pramod Pati, 1968, Films Division.
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Still from Explorer, Pramod Pati, 1968, Films Division.
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Still from Explorer, Pramod Pati, 1968, Films Division.
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Still from Explorer, Pramod Pati, 1968, Films Division.
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Still from Explorer, Pramod Pati, 1968, Films Division.
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Stills from Claxplosion, Pramod Pati, 1968, Films Division.
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Jirí Trnka, 1913-1969.
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Jan Švankmajer, (b. 1934).
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Jirí Trnka, Kybernetická babička /The Cybernetic Grandmother, 1962, Krátký Film Praha.
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Jan Švankmajer, Byt /The Flat, 1968, Krátký Film Praha.
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Jan Švankmajer, Rakvičkárna/Punch and Judy/ Coffin Factory, 1966, Krátký Film Praha.
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Stills from Udaan/Trip, Pramod Pati, 1970, Films Division.
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Still from Udaan/Trip, Pramod Pati, 1970, Films Division.
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ORIGINAL SOURCE
Sharma, K. (2015 [2014]), ‘Archeology of an experiment: The science-fiction
cinema of Pramod Pati’, Studies in South Asian Film & Media 6: 2,
pp. 147–164, doi: 10.1386/safm.6.2.147_1.
REFERENCES
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