Jal Mistry

{{short description|Indian cinematographer}}

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| name = Jal Mistry

| image = Jal Mistry.jpeg

| birth_date = {{Birth year|1923}}

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| death_date = {{death date and age|April 15,2000|1923}}

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| occupation = Cinematographer

| yearsactive = 1949 - 2000

| relatives = Fali Mistry (elder brother)

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Jal Mistry (1923–2000) was a noted Indian cinematographer who worked in Hindi cinema, best known for his collaboration with director Chetan Anand and Navketan Films, in films like Aakhri Khat (1966), Heer Raanjha (1970) and Kudrat (1981).{{cite book|author=Derek Bose|title=Everybody Wants a Hit: 10 Mantras of Success in Bollywood Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wv_mmculJ8kC&pg=PA71|date=1 January 2006|publisher=Jaico Publishing House|isbn=978-81-7992-558-4|pages=71–}} Besides, hit films like Barsaat (1949) directed by Raj Kapoor and Naseeb (1981) by Manmohan Desai. He even co-produced Dev Anand starrer, Bombai Ka Babu (1960) with Raj Khosla.

Along with his elder brother, Fali Mistry (1917–1979), the Mistry brothers made a name for themselves in Bollywood.{{cite news |title=Their SHOT at fame |url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2003/09/09/stories/2003090900170400.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040801021745/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2003/09/09/stories/2003090900170400.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 August 2004 |date=9 September 2003 |access-date=27 April 2013|newspaper=The Hindu |quote=..the immensely talented cinematographer duo, the Mistry brothers Fali and Jal,..}}Gulzar, p. 590 During the extended making of Kamal Amrohi's classic Pakeezah (1972), he also shot some of the scenes, in the absence of principal cinematographer, Josef Wirsching.{{cite book|author=Meghnad Desai|title=PAKEEZAH|date=August 2013|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xgKNAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT23|publisher=HarperCollins Publishers India|isbn=978-93-5116-023-6|pages=23–}}

He won the Filmfare Award for Best Cinematographer four times, Baharon Ke Sapne (1968), Heer Raanjha (1971), Jheel Ke Us Paar (1974), and Kudrat (1982).