Tyeb Mehta: From filmmaker to painter

<div class="section1"><div class="Normal">Tyeb Mehta was born in Kapavanj, a small town in Gujarat, in 1925. He spent his initial years working as a film editor but his interest in art took him to Sir J J School of Art, where he did a diploma in 1952. He went to the US on a Rockefeller Fellowship in 1968, and in 1970 wrote and directed <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Koodal</span>.The film won him the Filmfare Critic''s Award in 1970. He lives and works in Mumbai. </div> </div>