Bangalore, Apr.8: Veteran Bollywood cinematographer V.K. Murthy, whom many regarded as the light of late film director Guru Dutt's cinema, has passed away here. He was 90.
Murthy used light and shade in an almost painterly fashion in Guru Dutt's films, whether it was in his crime thrillers and light-hearted capers like Cid, Aar Paar and Mr and Mrs 55 or, in his later, more sombre, films.
While he was indebted to ace cameraman Fali Mistry, whom he assisted on two films and learnt the rudiments of his craft from, it was while assisting V Ratra on Baazi at Famous Studio that he met Dutt.
Impressed with his work, Dutt signed him for his next film. The director-cinematographer team went on to become legends.
Murthy.
Murthy used light and shade in an almost painterly fashion in Guru Dutt's films, whether it was in his crime thrillers and light-hearted capers like Cid, Aar Paar and Mr and Mrs 55 or, in his later, more sombre, films.
While he was indebted to ace cameraman Fali Mistry, whom he assisted on two films and learnt the rudiments of his craft from, it was while assisting V Ratra on Baazi at Famous Studio that he met Dutt.
Impressed with his work, Dutt signed him for his next film. The director-cinematographer team went on to become legends.
Murthy.
- 4/8/2014
- by Shiva Prakash
- RealBollywood.com
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