ANIL MEHTA

Education: Scindia School, Gwalior; Hindu College, Delhi University [Commerce]; Film and Television Institute of India [FTII], Pune [1979-?; Cinematography].

Career: Came to Bombay in 1984 and started as c.asst working with doph Barun Mukherjee. 'My first independent work was with Chandita Mukherjee on her series on the history of science and technology on the subcontinent. The subject matter was very interesting and the most challenging part of it was how to transform the material into a visual thing, not like a reading of a textbook. I was shooting this in 16mm and at that time I was also assisting in the advertising industry. Working in the advertising industry did not come to me easily. It took me very long to figure out how exactly to approach working on an advertisement. However, it is a fact that it's the only thing that has helped me survive and sustain myself here.'

Ph commercials dir by Ram Madhwani [for Perfetti Van Melle], a.o. Ph corporate doc's and tv-series.

Awards: Screen Weekly Award [1996] for 'Khamoshi'; Screen Weekly Award [1999] & International Indian Film Academy 'Award for Excellence' [2000] for 'Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam'; Screen Weekly Award [2002] for 'Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India'; Screen Weekly Award nom [2004] for 'Kal Ho Naa Ho'; Screen Weekly Award nom [2005] for 'Veer-Zaara'.

1988	Bharat Ki Chhap/The Identity of India [Chandita Mukherjee] 13-part doc tv-series/16mm (1989)
1993	Fearless: The Hunterwali Story [Riyad Vinci Wadia] b&w-c; doc/62m; cph: R.M. Rao & Faroukh Mistry
1993	The Cloud Door [Mani Kaul] tvm/28m; ep 27-part series (1st series) 'Erotic Tales/Tales of Erotica/Die schönste Sache der Welt', 1993-2002
1995	Khamoshi [: The Musical] [Sanjay Leela Bhansali] c; replaced scheduled ph Binod Pradhan
1998	Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam/Straight from the Heart [Sanjay Leela Bhansali] scope/c; 188m
2000	Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India/Land Tax [Ashutosh Gowariker] Arriscope/c; addph: K.U. Mohanan; 2 parts (102m & 121m)
2001	Jang Aur Aman/War and Peace [Anand Patwardhan] b&w-c; doc/136m & 172m; co-addph; ph: A. Patwardhan; filmed over 3 years
2001	Agni Varsha/[Agnivarsha:] The Fire and the Rain [Arjun Sajnani] c; 150m; + co-scrpl
2002	Saathiya [Shaad Ali] scope/c; 2 parts (70m & 67m)
2003	Kal Ho Naa Ho/Tomorrow May Not Be/Indian Love Story [Nikhil Advani] scope/c; 2 parts (92m & 95m)

2004	Veer-Zaara [Yash Chopra] scope/c; 2 parts (92m & 101m)
2005	Marigold [Willard Carroll] c; 2uc: Mrinal Desai; doc ph: Cindy Kurland
2005	Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna [Karan Johar] s35/c; 2 parts (94m & 99m); addph: Jatinder Sharma
2005	Salaam-E-Ishq: A Tribute to Love [Nikhil Advani] c; cph: Piyush Shah

1984	The Clown and the Dog [Sunny Joseph; short] ?; prod FTII
1984	Holi/The Festival of Fire [Ketan Mehta] asst dir; ph: Jehangir Choudhari
1985	Mirch Masala/Spices/A Touch of Spice [Ketan Mehta] asst dir; ph: Ashok Mehta
1989	Mr. Yogi [Ketan Mehta; tv-series] asst dir; ph: ?