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	'''Pradip Krishen''' (b 1949), is an ~~[[India]]n~~ filmmaker and environmentalist. He 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. His 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.<ref>[http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Features/Business_of_Bollywood/Indias_lost_cult_films/rssarticleshow/3067501.cms India's lost cult films] ''[[The Economic Times]]'', 24 May 2008.</ref> He is married to [[Arundhati Roy]] who also acted in his films, they currently live separately from each other.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/09/magazine/arundhati-roy-the-not-so-reluctant-renegade.html\|archive-date=21 April 2016\|title=Arundhati Roy, the Not-So-Reluctant Renegade\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160421172502/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/09/magazine/arundhati-roy-the-not-so-reluctant-renegade.html}}</ref>		'''Pradip Krishen''' (b 1949), is an Indian filmmaker and environmentalist. He 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. His 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.<ref>[http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Features/Business_of_Bollywood/Indias_lost_cult_films/rssarticleshow/3067501.cms India's lost cult films] ''[[The Economic Times]]'', 24 May 2008.</ref> He is married to [[Arundhati Roy]] who also acted in his films, they currently live separately from each other.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/09/magazine/arundhati-roy-the-not-so-reluctant-renegade.html\|archive-date=21 April 2016\|title=Arundhati Roy, the Not-So-Reluctant Renegade\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160421172502/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/09/magazine/arundhati-roy-the-not-so-reluctant-renegade.html}}</ref>
	He subsequently gave up filmmaking, and since 1995, has worked as a [[naturalist]] and environmentalist.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20081012181331/http://www.hindu.com/2007/03/25/stories/2007032515700500.htm ..well-known environmentalist Pradip Krishen ..]. ''[[The Hindu]]'', 25 March 2007.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20061111204626/http://www.tehelka.com/story_main18.asp?filename=hub052006_I_m_a_plant.asp ‘I’m a plant man now’] ''[[Tehelka]]'', 20 May 2006.</ref>		He subsequently gave up filmmaking, and since 1995, has worked as a [[naturalist]] and environmentalist.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20081012181331/http://www.hindu.com/2007/03/25/stories/2007032515700500.htm ..well-known environmentalist Pradip Krishen ..]. ''[[The Hindu]]'', 25 March 2007.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20061111204626/http://www.tehelka.com/story_main18.asp?filename=hub052006_I_m_a_plant.asp ‘I’m a plant man now’] ''[[Tehelka]]'', 20 May 2006.</ref>

	==Education==		==Education==
	Pradip Krishen is born in New Delhi in 1949 and educated at [[Mayo College]] and [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi\|St. Stephen's College]], then at [[Balliol College, Oxford]]. He taught history at [[Ramjas College]] of [[University of Delhi]], New Delhi.<ref>[http://www.chaosmag.in/pradip.html Pradip Krishen] chaosmag.in. Retrieved 18 November 2012</ref>		Pradip Krishen is born in New Delhi in 1949 and educated at [[Mayo College]] and [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi\|St. Stephen's College]], then at [[Balliol College, Oxford]]. He taught history at [[Ramjas College]] of [[University of Delhi]], New Delhi.<ref>[http://www.chaosmag.in/pradip.html Pradip Krishen] chaosmag.in. Retrieved 18 November 2012</ref>

	==Career==		==Career==
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	*'''Massey Sahib''': 1985 [[Hindi]] movie of Francis Massey, who is the 'English Type Babu' at the Deputy Commissioner's office, in a small, tribal district town of Central India in 1929. This film won 'Best Actor' Award for Raghuvir Yadav at the [[11th International Film Festival of India\|Delhi International Film Festival]] (1986) and the film won a [[FIPRESCI]] prize at the [[Venice Film Festival]] 1987.		*'''Massey Sahib''': 1985 [[Hindi]] movie of Francis Massey, who is the 'English Type Babu' at the Deputy Commissioner's office, in a small, tribal district town of Central India in 1929. This film won 'Best Actor' Award for Raghuvir Yadav at the [[11th International Film Festival of India\|Delhi International Film Festival]] (1986) and the film won a [[FIPRESCI]] prize at the [[Venice Film Festival]] 1987.
	*'''In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones''': 1989 Indian English TV film, in which it captured the anguish among the students prevailing in professional institutions. <ref>[http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm36NFAAward.aspx?PdfName=36nfa.pdf 36th National Film Festival, 1989] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116101649/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm36NFAAward.aspx?PdfName=36nfa.pdf \|date=16 January 2013 }}. Directorate of Film Festival. Retrieved 7 November 2012</ref> It is based on the life of students of [[School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi\|School of Planning and Architecture]]<ref>[http://www.indianexpress.com/news/capitally-curious/960629/0 Capitally Curious]. ''The Indian Express''. Retrieved 16 November 2012</ref> At the [[36th National Film Awards\|1988]] [[National Film Award (India)\|National Film Award]] it won the award for [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in English\|Best Feature Film in English]] as well as [[National Film Award for Best Screenplay\|Best Screenplay]] for [[Arundhati Roy]].<ref name="36thaward">{{cite web\|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm36NFAAward.aspx\|title=36th National Film Awards\|publisher=[[International Film Festival of India]]\|access-date=18 November 2012\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140505173742/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm36NFAAward.aspx\|archive-date=5 May 2014\|url-status=dead\|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="36thawardPDF">{{cite web\|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/36nfa.pdf\|title=36th National Film Awards (PDF)\|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]}}</ref>		*'''In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones''': 1989 Indian English TV film, in which it captured the anguish among the students prevailing in professional institutions.<ref>[http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm36NFAAward.aspx?PdfName=36nfa.pdf 36th National Film Festival, 1989] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116101649/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm36NFAAward.aspx?PdfName=36nfa.pdf \|date=16 January 2013 }}. Directorate of Film Festival. Retrieved 7 November 2012</ref> It is based on the life of students of [[School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi\|School of Planning and Architecture]]<ref>[http://www.indianexpress.com/news/capitally-curious/960629/0 Capitally Curious]. ''The Indian Express''. Retrieved 16 November 2012</ref> At the [[36th National Film Awards\|1988]] [[National Film Award (India)\|National Film Award]] it won the award for [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in English\|Best Feature Film in English]] as well as [[National Film Award for Best Screenplay\|Best Screenplay]] for [[Arundhati Roy]].<ref name="36thaward">{{cite web\|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm36NFAAward.aspx\|title=36th National Film Awards\|publisher=[[International Film Festival of India]]\|access-date=18 November 2012\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140505173742/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm36NFAAward.aspx\|archive-date=5 May 2014\|url-status=dead\|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="36thawardPDF">{{cite web\|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/36nfa.pdf\|title=36th National Film Awards (PDF)\|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]}}</ref>
	*'''Electric Moon''': A 1992 [[Channel 4]] production, spoofed game-park tourists, erstwhile royals, social pretence, and ecology.<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/goddess-of-small-things-1266017.html Goddess of Small Things] ''The Independent''. Retrieved 18 November 2012</ref> At the [[40th National Film Awards]], the film won the award for [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in English\|Best Feature Film in English]].<ref name="40thaward">{{cite web\|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm40thNFAAward.aspx\|title=40th National Film Awards\|publisher=[[International Film Festival of India]]\|accessdate=March 2, 2012\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602174839/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm40thNFAAward.aspx\|archive-date=2 June 2016\|url-status=dead\|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="40thawardPDF">{{cite web\|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/40th_nff_1993.pdf\|title=40th National Film Awards (PDF)\|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]\|accessdate=March 2, 2012}}</ref>		*'''Electric Moon''': A 1992 [[Channel 4]] production, spoofed game-park tourists, erstwhile royals, social pretence, and ecology.<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/goddess-of-small-things-1266017.html Goddess of Small Things] ''The Independent''. Retrieved 18 November 2012</ref> At the [[40th National Film Awards]], the film won the award for [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in English\|Best Feature Film in English]].<ref name="40thaward">{{cite web\|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm40thNFAAward.aspx\|title=40th National Film Awards\|publisher=[[International Film Festival of India]]\|accessdate=March 2, 2012\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602174839/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm40thNFAAward.aspx\|archive-date=2 June 2016\|url-status=dead\|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="40thawardPDF">{{cite web\|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/40th_nff_1993.pdf\|title=40th National Film Awards (PDF)\|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]\|accessdate=March 2, 2012}}</ref>

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	===Environmental work===		===Environmental work===
	Starting in 1995, Krishen began studying trees<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121023155853/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-06-15/delhi/27804173_1_tamarind-tree-native-trees-pradip-krishen 'Studying trees began as a hobby'] ''[[The Times of India]]'', 15 June 2006.</ref> and spending time in the jungles of [[Panchmarhi]] in Madhya Pradesh, with the help of a forester friend.<ref>[http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=14126329 Romancing Delhi’s trees]{{dead link\|date=April 2021\|bot=medic}}{{cbignore\|bot=medic}} [[Sify.com]], Rashme Sehgal, 24 January 2006.</ref> Krishen taught himself field botany and began identifying and photographing Delhi's trees, extensively exploring the city's green habitat. In the course of his work, Krishen led numerous public "tree-walks" on Sunday mornings<ref>		Starting in 1995, Krishen began studying trees<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121023155853/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-06-15/delhi/27804173_1_tamarind-tree-native-trees-pradip-krishen 'Studying trees began as a hobby'] ''[[The Times of India]]'', 15 June 2006.</ref> and spending time in the jungles of [[Panchmarhi]] in Madhya Pradesh, with the help of a forester friend.<ref>[http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=14126329 Romancing Delhi’s trees]{{dead link\|date=April 2021\|bot=medic}}{{cbignore\|bot=medic}} [[Sify.com]], Rashme Sehgal, 24 January 2006.</ref> Krishen taught himself field botany and began identifying and photographing Delhi's trees, extensively exploring the city's green habitat. In the course of his work, Krishen led numerous public "tree-walks" on Sunday mornings<ref>

	[http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Whistle-blows-fun-ride-on-track/268426/ “tree walk”, to be conducted on Sunday morning by Krishen, eco-botanist and author..] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203011754/http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Whistle-blows-fun-ride-on-track/268426/ \|date=3 December 2008 }} ''[[The Indian Express]]'', 3 February 2008.</ref> and became a keen ecological gardener. 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. He was briefly associated with the [[Aga Khan Trust]] in an eco-initiative in the [[Sunder Nursery]] in New Delhi.<ref>{{cite web \| title = Sunder Nursery, city's new oasis\|publisher= Indian Express \| url = http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/sunder-nursery-city-s-new-oasis/632296/0 \|date=Jun 11, 2010\|accessdate = 2014-01-16 }}</ref> In 2014, Krishen began work on a new gardening initiative at Abha Mahal in [[Nagaur]] Fort, Rajasthan. The following year, he took over as Project Director of the gardens of the [[Calico Museum]] in Ahmedabad, and most recently, leads a team of horticulturists and landscape architects to restore an extensive set of sand dunes in Jaipur city, Rajasthan.		[http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Whistle-blows-fun-ride-on-track/268426/ “tree walk”, to be conducted on Sunday morning by Krishen, eco-botanist and author..] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203011754/http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Whistle-blows-fun-ride-on-track/268426/ \|date=3 December 2008 }} ''[[The Indian Express]]'', 3 February 2008.</ref> and became a keen ecological gardener. 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. He was briefly associated with the [[Aga Khan Trust]] in an eco-initiative in the [[Sunder Nursery]] in New Delhi.<ref>{{cite web \| title = Sunder Nursery, city's new oasis\|publisher= Indian Express \| url = http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/sunder-nursery-city-s-new-oasis/632296/0 \|date=Jun 11, 2010\|accessdate = 2014-01-16 }}</ref> In 2014, Krishen began work on a new gardening initiative at Abha Mahal in [[Nagaur]] Fort, Rajasthan. The following year, he took over as Project Director of the gardens of the [[Calico Museum]] in Ahmedabad, and most recently, leads a team of horticulturists and landscape architects to restore an extensive set of sand dunes in Jaipur city, Rajasthan.

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	'''Pradip Krishen''' (b 1949), is an [[India]]n filmmaker and environmentalist. He 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. His 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.<ref>[http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Features/Business_of_Bollywood/Indias_lost_cult_films/rssarticleshow/3067501.cms India's lost cult films] ''[[The Economic Times]]'', 24 May 2008.</ref> He ~~was~~ married to [[Arundhati Roy]] who also acted in his films.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/09/magazine/arundhati-roy-the-not-so-reluctant-renegade.html\|archive-date=21 April 2016\|title=Arundhati Roy, the Not-So-Reluctant Renegade\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160421172502/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/09/magazine/arundhati-roy-the-not-so-reluctant-renegade.html}}</ref>		'''Pradip Krishen''' (b 1949), is an [[India]]n filmmaker and environmentalist. He 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. His 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.<ref>[http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Features/Business_of_Bollywood/Indias_lost_cult_films/rssarticleshow/3067501.cms India's lost cult films] ''[[The Economic Times]]'', 24 May 2008.</ref> He is married to [[Arundhati Roy]] who also acted in his films, they currently live separately from each other.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/09/magazine/arundhati-roy-the-not-so-reluctant-renegade.html\|archive-date=21 April 2016\|title=Arundhati Roy, the Not-So-Reluctant Renegade\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160421172502/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/09/magazine/arundhati-roy-the-not-so-reluctant-renegade.html}}</ref>
	He subsequently gave up filmmaking, and since 1995, has worked as a [[naturalist]] and environmentalist.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20081012181331/http://www.hindu.com/2007/03/25/stories/2007032515700500.htm ..well-known environmentalist Pradip Krishen ..]. ''[[The Hindu]]'', 25 March 2007.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20061111204626/http://www.tehelka.com/story_main18.asp?filename=hub052006_I_m_a_plant.asp ‘I’m a plant man now’] ''[[Tehelka]]'', 20 May 2006.</ref>		He subsequently gave up filmmaking, and since 1995, has worked as a [[naturalist]] and environmentalist.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20081012181331/http://www.hindu.com/2007/03/25/stories/2007032515700500.htm ..well-known environmentalist Pradip Krishen ..]. ''[[The Hindu]]'', 25 March 2007.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20061111204626/http://www.tehelka.com/story_main18.asp?filename=hub052006_I_m_a_plant.asp ‘I’m a plant man now’] ''[[Tehelka]]'', 20 May 2006.</ref>

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'''Pradip Krishen''' (b 1949), is an [[India]]n filmmaker and environmentalist. He 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. His 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.<ref>[http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Features/Business_of_Bollywood/Indias_lost_cult_films/rssarticleshow/3067501.cms India's lost cult films] ''[[The Economic Times]]'', 24 May 2008.</ref> He was married to [[Arundhati Roy]] who also acted in his films.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/09/magazine/arundhati-roy-the-not-so-reluctant-renegade.html|archive-date=21 April 2016|title=Arundhati Roy, the Not-So-Reluctant Renegade|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160421172502/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/09/magazine/arundhati-roy-the-not-so-reluctant-renegade.html}}</ref>
He subsequently gave up filmmaking, and since 1995, has worked as a [[naturalist]] and environmentalist.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20081012181331/http://www.hindu.com/2007/03/25/stories/2007032515700500.htm ..well-known environmentalist Pradip Krishen ..]. ''[[The Hindu]]'', 25 March 2007.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20061111204626/http://www.tehelka.com/story_main18.asp?filename=hub052006_I_m_a_plant.asp ‘I’m a plant man now’] ''[[Tehelka]]'', 20 May 2006.</ref>

==Education==
Pradip Krishen is born in New Delhi in 1949 and educated at [[Mayo College]] and [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi|St. Stephen's College]], then at [[Balliol College, Oxford]]. He taught history at [[Ramjas College]] of [[University of Delhi]], New Delhi.<ref>[http://www.chaosmag.in/pradip.html Pradip Krishen] chaosmag.in. Retrieved 18 November 2012</ref>

==Career==

===Film-making===
Before becoming a documentary filmmaker (Krishen made popular science documentaries).
*'''Massey Sahib''': 1985 [[Hindi]] movie of Francis Massey, who is the 'English Type Babu' at the Deputy Commissioner's office, in a small, tribal district town of Central India in 1929. This film won 'Best Actor' Award for Raghuvir Yadav at the [[11th International Film Festival of India|Delhi International Film Festival]] (1986) and the film won a [[FIPRESCI]] prize at the [[Venice Film Festival]] 1987.
*'''In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones''': 1989 Indian English TV film, in which it captured the anguish among the students prevailing in professional institutions. <ref>[http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm36NFAAward.aspx?PdfName=36nfa.pdf 36th National Film Festival, 1989] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116101649/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm36NFAAward.aspx?PdfName=36nfa.pdf |date=16 January 2013 }}. Directorate of Film Festival. Retrieved 7 November 2012</ref> It is based on the life of students of [[School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi|School of Planning and Architecture]]<ref>[http://www.indianexpress.com/news/capitally-curious/960629/0 Capitally Curious]. ''The Indian Express''. Retrieved 16 November 2012</ref> At the [[36th National Film Awards|1988]] [[National Film Award (India)|National Film Award]] it won the award for [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in English|Best Feature Film in English]] as well as [[National Film Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]] for [[Arundhati Roy]].<ref name="36thaward">{{cite web|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm36NFAAward.aspx|title=36th National Film Awards|publisher=[[International Film Festival of India]]|access-date=18 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140505173742/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm36NFAAward.aspx|archive-date=5 May 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="36thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/36nfa.pdf|title=36th National Film Awards (PDF)|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]}}</ref>
*'''Electric Moon''': A 1992 [[Channel 4]] production, spoofed game-park tourists, erstwhile royals, social pretence, and ecology.<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/goddess-of-small-things-1266017.html Goddess of Small Things] ''The Independent''. Retrieved 18 November 2012</ref> At the [[40th National Film Awards]], the film won the award for [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in English|Best Feature Film in English]].<ref name="40thaward">{{cite web|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm40thNFAAward.aspx|title=40th National Film Awards|publisher=[[International Film Festival of India]]|accessdate=March 2, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602174839/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm40thNFAAward.aspx|archive-date=2 June 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="40thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/40th_nff_1993.pdf|title=40th National Film Awards (PDF)|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]|accessdate=March 2, 2012}}</ref>

Krishen began work on a 21 episode television series intended for [[Doordarshan]] called ''Bargad / The Banyan Tree'',<ref>[http://www.rediff.com/news/apr/05roy2.htm 'I think from a very early age, I was determined to negotiate with the world on my own']. [[Rediff.com]].</ref> a project Krishen was forced to abandon before completion, due to interference from the production house he was working for.

===Environmental work===
Starting in 1995, Krishen began studying trees<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121023155853/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-06-15/delhi/27804173_1_tamarind-tree-native-trees-pradip-krishen 'Studying trees began as a hobby'] ''[[The Times of India]]'', 15 June 2006.</ref> and spending time in the jungles of [[Panchmarhi]] in Madhya Pradesh, with the help of a forester friend.<ref>[http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=14126329 Romancing Delhi’s trees]{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} [[Sify.com]], Rashme Sehgal, 24 January 2006.</ref> Krishen taught himself field botany and began identifying and photographing Delhi's trees, extensively exploring the city's green habitat. In the course of his work, Krishen led numerous public "tree-walks" on Sunday mornings<ref>

[http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Whistle-blows-fun-ride-on-track/268426/ “tree walk”, to be conducted on Sunday morning by Krishen, eco-botanist and author..] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203011754/http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Whistle-blows-fun-ride-on-track/268426/ |date=3 December 2008 }} ''[[The Indian Express]]'', 3 February 2008.</ref> and became a keen ecological gardener. 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. He was briefly associated with the [[Aga Khan Trust]] in an eco-initiative in the [[Sunder Nursery]] in New Delhi.<ref>{{cite web | title = Sunder Nursery, city's new oasis|publisher= Indian Express | url = http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/sunder-nursery-city-s-new-oasis/632296/0 |date=Jun 11, 2010|accessdate = 2014-01-16 }}</ref> In 2014, Krishen began work on a new gardening initiative at Abha Mahal in [[Nagaur]] Fort, Rajasthan. The following year, he took over as Project Director of the gardens of the [[Calico Museum]] in Ahmedabad, and most recently, leads a team of horticulturists and landscape architects to restore an extensive set of sand dunes in Jaipur city, Rajasthan.

Krishen's book ''Trees of Delhi: A Field Guide'', published by [[Dorling Kindersley]]/[[Penguin Group]] in 2006, met with popular and critical acclaim, and became a best-seller in [[India]].<ref>[https://archive.today/20130126032406/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2008070552470800.htm&date=2008/07/05/&prd=mp& Capital’s tree man Pradip Krishen] ''[[The Hindu]]'', 5 August 2007.</ref><ref>[http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=183700 Go take a walk with Pradip Krishen’s Trees of Delhi]{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Gopal Sathe, ''[[The Indian Express]]'', 21 May 2006.</ref>

Krishen's second book ''Jungle Trees of Central India'', published by Penguin India, was released in 2014.

==Works==
* ''Trees of Delhi: A Field Guide'', by Pradip Krishen. Published by Dorling Kindersley (India), 2006. {{ISBN|0-14-400070-9}}.
* "Jungle trees of central india" by pradip krishen published by penguin books .

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{cite web | url=http://www.caravanmagazine.in/reportage/two-roads-diverged | title=Two Roads Diverged: Pradip Krishen's journey from film to forest | work=[[The Caravan]] | date=1 February 2014 | accessdate=June 26, 2018 | author=Gupta, Trisha }}

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