Name Faredoon Irani | Role Cinematographer | |
Awards Filmfare Award for Best Cinematographer Movies Aurat, Mother India, Aan, Amar, Andaz Similar Wajahat Mirza, Mehboob Khan, Kanhaiyalal, Anil Biswas, Aghajani Kashmeri | ||
Faredoon A. Irani was an Indian cinematographer who worked in Hindi films. He shot Mehboob Khan's films Andaz (1949), Aan (1952) and Mother India (1958).
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During his career, he won the Filmfare Award for Best Cinematographer record two times, for Mother India (1958) and Duniya (1970).
Career
In 1935, he shot Mehboob Khan's directorial debut film, Judgement of Allah (1935), which in turn was inspired by The Sign of the Cross (1932) by Cecil B. DeMille. Subsequently he shot all Mehboob Khan films, including Anmol Ghadi (1946), Andaz (1949), Aan (1952) - India's first technicolor film, Amar (1954) and Mother India (1958), which not only got him critical acclaim, but also his first Filmfare Award.
A leading cinematographer of his time, he also presided over the meeting which led to the formation of Western India Cinematographers' Association (WICA) on August 2, 1953 in Mumbai.