It is all about giving your best shot, extreme dedication and patience. And if all this comes from the heart sincerely, there is every reason for you to be a winner. Aseem Bajaj is one such achiever for whom years of hard work is finally paying him now. The multi-award winner cinematographer added another feather to his cap when he took home the ...
Chasing the airplane shadows in the vast fields of my village and cried for never being able to catch it , that's probably where the game of light and shadow began in my life in my beautiful little village, where everyday earth met the sky. By the time I was nine I knew I had to be in films so here I am chasing my dreams now and they run rather faster then those airplane shadows of yesteryears..!
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Who the hell is me or anyone to judge it...every single human being so beautiful and unique in their own way for the simple fact that there is no one else who is exactly like him or her.
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Every time that you noticed my camera or light.....I have failed as a story teller.
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Teething problems: everyone goes through them, and they are necessary for one's success. And there is no point talking about it as they are the real building blocks.
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All great films are a resolution of a conflict between darkness and light,
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We cinematographers are writing stories with light and darkness, motion and colors. It is a language with its own vocabulary and unlimited possibilities for expressing our inner thoughts and feelings.
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I am a great fan of comic books, Whether it be Calvin & Hobs or a Lion King ,They all look too real to me. The moment I see something ,I start making a story around it and that's how twisted the reality seems to me. For me, Comic books have been one of the biggest sources to learn framing. They are so innovative.
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My lighting is not realistic. "Realism doesn't interest me! I strive for an unrealistic approach. It's very important to me, and it's why I don't do certain films.
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No one will ever go see a film because Cinematography is magnificent. My greatest goal in making feature film is the exploration and revelation of the landscape of a human face.
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No matter what technique, in or out of camera the cinematographer develops, his fundamental purpose is to support & enhance the dramatic and the narrative flow of the film. Cinematography is one of the many things that are merely the handmaiden of drama and that is the most ultimate truth.
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I essentially deal with emotion, character and drama - things that you can't really quantify. And the process of executing those things is intuitive and organic.
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It is the imagination, not the equipment that creates memorable cinema.
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Bombay, India [February 2008]
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Capetown, South Africa [December 2007]
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Bombay,India [June 2006]
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Dubai [July 1998]
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New Delhi, India [March 2007]
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London [June 1998]
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Hong Kong, China [December 2007]
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Pune [December 1998]
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Capetown, South Africa [December 2006]
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Mumbai [July 1998]
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London, England [April 2008]
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Bombay, India [May 2007]
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Mumbai, India [January 2006]
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Bombay, India [May 2008]
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London, England. [January 2008]
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London, England. [September 2006]
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Bombay,India [October 2006]
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London, UK [July 2006]
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Bombay, India [January 2007]
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Mumbai, India [July 2006]
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Never went to a film school, though he misses it now, and today he's one of the best cinematographer of the country. His work is the most talked about and written about work by any cinematographer in recent times in Indian cinema industry.
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Has shot for 78 hours at a single strech without a single break for a film shoot.
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