Name
/ Title |
V. K. MURTHY
(Venkatarama Pandit Krishnamurthy) |
Date of
Birth |
November 26, 1923 |
Date of
Death |
April 07, 2014 |
Identity |
Indian cinematographer, One-time Violinist and Freedom
Fighter |
Date-wise Events / Works |
- 1959: Filmfare Best
Cinematographer Award - Kaagaz Ke Phool.
- 1962: Filmfare Best
Cinematographer Award - Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam.
- 2005: For his contribution
to film industry, particularly Indian film industry he was
awarded the IIFA Lifetime Achievement Award.
- January 19, 2010: He was
honoured with the Dada Saheb Phalke Award for 2008.
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General |
- He was Guru Dutt's regular cameraman on his movies.
- He provided some of Indian cinema's most notable images
in starkly contrasted black and white.
- He also shot India's first cinemascope film, Kaagaz Ke
Phool.
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