Indian cinematographer
Sudeep Chatterjee
(
Bengali
:
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) is an
Indian cinematographer
, who mainly works in
Hindi films
and
Bengali films
. He has collaborated with critically acclaimed directors like
Buddhadeb Dasgupta
,
Vishal Bharadwaj
,
Srijit Mukherji
,
Sanjay Leela Bhansali
and
Nagesh Kukunoor
. He is mostly known for his work in films like
Iqbal
(2005),
Chak De India
(2007),
Guzaarish
(2010),
Dhoom 3
(2013),
Chotushkone
(2014),
Bajirao Mastani
(2015),
Padmaavat
(2018), and
Gangubai Kathiawadi
(2022). He has received the
National Film Award for Best Cinematography
, twice, for
Chotushkone
and
Bajirao Mastani
.
Early life and education
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Chatterjee was born and raised in
Kolkata
. After he passed class 10 his father gave him a camera, which in time provided him with a career direction. After he finished his schooling he joined an engineering college, but after only eight months he left it to join the
Film and Television Institute of India
(FTII),
Pune
, where he studied cinematography.
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Career
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After graduating from
Film and Television Institute of India
, he started his career in Kolkata making advertisements and documentaries, eventually after two years, filmmaker
Anjan Dutt
offered him
Bada Din
(1997), a Hindi film starring
Shabana Azmi
. Thereafter he shifted based to Mumbai and started working TV series and commercials for a year before he shot
Ram Gopal Verma
's
Road
(2002).
Soon was working in film across genres, action, thriller and drama, and his in
Salman Khan
starrer,
Lucky: No Time for Love
(2005), where he shot the picturesque locales of
Russia
, followed by
Nagesh Kukunoor
's successive films
Iqbal
(2005) and
Dor
(2006), and
Jaan-E-Mann
(2005) got him attention,
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and he got to do
Chak De! India
(2007) directed by
Shimit Amin
, where he grained and desaturated the film, and shot almost 80% of the movie with a
hand-held camera
, eventually winning him accolades and the 2008
Filmfare Award for Best Cinematography
,
IIFA Award for Best Cinematography
and
Zee Cine Award for Best Cinematography
amongst others.
[1]
His next important work was in Bengali film,
Kaalpurush
(2008), directed by acclaimed film director of Bengali cinema,
Buddhadev Dasgupta
, and starring
Mithun Chakraborty
and
Rahul Bose
, the film won the
National Film Award for Best Feature Film
.
In 2010 came
Guzaarish
directed by
Sanjay Leela Bhansali
starring
Hritik Roshan
and
Ashwariya Rai
, Sudeep had previously apprenticed with Sanjay, also a fellow FTII student, in
1942: A Love Story
, where he was the song director.
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Guzaarish Won
IIFA
,
Screen
, and
Apsara
award for best Cinematography.
He followed it up with the big budget super successful entertainer
Dhoom 3
(2013). He then worked in the film
Chotushkone
(2014) directed by critically acclaimed director
Srijit Mukherji
for which Chatterjee won the prestigious
National Film Award for Best Cinematography
.
Chatterjee followed up with his second consecutive National award in 2015 with the highly acclaimed
Bajirao Mastani
directed by
Sanjay Leela Bhansali
.
He again collaborated with
Sanjay Leela Bhansali
for the critically and commercially successful period piece
Padmavat
(2018). He is currently shooting the period drama
Gangubai Kathiawadi
(2021) directed by
Sanjay Leela Bhansali
and much anticipated
Brahm?stra
(2022) directed by
Ayan Mukherjee
.
He is presently a member of the Advisory Board of the
Kautik International Student Film Festival
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Filmography
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Films
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Web series
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Documentary
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Awards and nominations
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2001?present
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