Faredoon Irani
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Faredoon A. Irani was an Indian cinematographer who worked in Hindi films. He shot Mehboob Khan's films {{Lang|hi-latn|Andaz}} (1949), Aan (1952) and Mother India (1958).
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 {{Lang|hi-latn|Anmol Ghadi}} (1946), {{Lang|hi-latn|Andaz}} (1949), Aan (1952) - India's first technicolor film,{{cite web |title=Aan |date=14 April 2005 |url=http://www.upperstall.com/films/1952/aan |publisher=Upperstall |accessdate=4 May 2013}}[http://www.uiowa.edu/~incinema/Aan.html Aan] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070106222836/http://www.uiowa.edu/~incinema/Aan.html |date=6 January 2007 }} University of Iowa. Amar (1954) and Mother India (1958),{{cite web |title=Mehboob Khan Profile |date=28 May 2004 |url=http://www.upperstall.com/people/mehboob-khan |publisher=Upperstall |accessdate=4 May 2013}} which not only got him critical acclaim, but also his first Filmfare Award.{{cite news |title=Mother India (1957) |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/Mother-India-1957/article16836460.ece | newspaper=The Hindu |date=7 January 2010 | first=Ziya | last=Us Salam |accessdate=27 October 2018}}
A leading cinematographer of his time,Film World, Vol. 1.T.M. Ramachandran, 1964. p. 97. he also presided over the meeting which led to the formation of Western India Cinematographers' Association (WICA) on 2 August 1953 in Mumbai.{{cite web |title=History |url=http://indiancinematographers.com/history.asp |publisher=Western India Cinematographers' Association |access-date=4 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224091500/http://indiancinematographers.com/history.asp |archive-date=24 December 2013 }}
Filmography
- Narsinh Mehta (1932, Gujarati)
- Grihalaxmi (1934)
- Vengeance is Mine (1935
- Dr. Madhurika (1935)
- Al Hilal a.k.a. Judgement of Allah (1935)
- Deccan Queen (1936)
- Grama Kanya a.k.a. Village Girl (1936)
- Manmohan (1936)
- Kokila (1937)
- Teen Sau Din Ke Baad (1938)
- Ek Hi Raasta (1939)
- Aurat (1940)
- Bahen (1941)
- Roti (1942)
- Najma (1943)
- Humayun (1945)
- {{Lang|hi-latn|Anmol Ghadi}} (1946)
- Anokhi Ada (1948)
- {{Lang|hi-latn|Andaz}} (1949)
- Aan (1952)
- Amar (1954)
- Mother India (1958)
- Palki (1967)
- Aadmi (1968)
- Duniya (1968)
- Gambler (1971)
Awards
- Filmfare Award for Best Cinematographer{{cite web|title=Best Cinematographer Award (B&W), Colour|url=http://recipeguide.indiatimes.com/awards2001/ex_cinematographer.htm|publisher=Official Listing, Indiatimes|accessdate=28 April 2013|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304235850/http://recipeguide.indiatimes.com/awards2001/ex_cinematographer.htm|url-status=dead}}
- 1958: Mother India
- 1970: Duniya
References
{{Reflist}}
- {{cite book |title=Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema |author=Gulzar |authorlink=Gulzar|author2=Govind Nihalani |author3=Saibal Chatterjee |publisher=Popular Prakashan|year=2003|isbn=8179910660 |chapter=Major Cinematographers..|page=252 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8y8vN9A14nkC&dq=faredoon+irani+cinematographer&pg=PT276|ref= Gu}}
External links
- {{IMDb name|0409789}}
- [http://www.upperstall.com/people/faredoon-a-irani Faredoon A. Irani] at Upperstall
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Category:Hindi film cinematographers