Kashmirispotting: In which we scan the credits and screen for Kashmiri names and faces.
Exhibit : Kashmiri spotted in the wonderful credit track of Merchant Ivory’s year 1970 film Bombay Talkie (1970).
The man spotted here is this painted frame is Awtar Krishna Kaul. In 1973 Awatar Kaul went on to write and direct a film for NFDC called ‘27 Down‘. The film was shot in B&W and had Rakhee and M.K. Raina (his first major role) in lead. In 1974 the film won: National Award for Best Hindi Film and Best Cinematography; Ecumenical Award, Locarno Film Festival, Switzerland. Awtar Krishna Kaul died the same year in a drowning incident.
