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I’m a Mumbai-based Director of Photography. I’m drawn to frames that feel honest and alive—where light, movement and a small human detail can say more than a perfect picture ever could. I like to get close to a story, find its rhythm, and work with directors and crews to make images that feel right for it, not just beautiful on their own.
I’ve worked on six Hindi feature films, including Kalank, Brahmāstra, Chhalaang, Chehre, The Suspect (not yet released) and Adbhut (directed by Sabbir Khan). I’ve also worked on roughly 100–150 television commercials and digital films alongside advertising cinematographers. Those sets taught me a lot about craft, instinct, preparation and finding a way through every kind of brief. They’ve shaped how I work, but the curiosity to keep looking and learning is what drives me.
My independent work moves between commercials, music videos, documentaries and personal projects. That work also includes Raakh, a Marathi web series released on OTT. Each project gives me a different world to step into and a new visual language to discover. I also directed and shot Ajal: Hour of Death, selected for the Dadasaheb Phalke Film Festival in 2021. Cinematography is where I feel most at home: chasing a feeling, making room for the unexpected, and creating images that stay with someone after the film ends.
For films, music videos and collaborations, get in touch.
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