Logo

11 Facts About Pradip Krishen

1.

Pradip Krishen was born on 1949 and is an Indian filmmaker, naturalist and environmentalist.

2.

Pradip Krishen has directed three films, Massey Sahib in 1985, In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones in 1989 and Electric Moon for Channel 4, UK in 1991.

3.

Pradip Krishen's films have won significant Indian and international awards, and In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones acquired cult status in the years after it was made.

4.

Pradip Krishen is married to Arundhati Roy who acted in his films but they currently live separately from each other.

5.

Pradip Krishen subsequently gave up filmmaking, and since 1995, has worked as a naturalist and environmentalist.

6.

Pradip Krishen is born in New Delhi in 1949 and educated at Mayo College and St Stephen's College, then at Balliol College, Oxford.

7.

Pradip Krishen taught history at Ramjas College of University of Delhi, New Delhi.

Related searches
Arundhati Roy
8.

Pradip Krishen taught himself field botany and began identifying and photographing Delhi's trees, extensively exploring the city's green habitat.

9.

Pradip Krishen has created "native-plant" gardens in Delhi, west Rajasthan, and Garhwal, and is currently working on a large rewilding scheme at Rao Jodha Desert Rock Park near Mehrangarh fort in Jodhpur, Rajasthan.

10.

Pradip Krishen was briefly associated with the Aga Khan Trust in an eco-initiative in the Sunder Nursery in New Delhi.

11.

In 2014, Pradip Krishen began work on a new gardening initiative at Abha Mahal in Nagaur Fort, Rajasthan.