Ishan Arya Explained
Ishan Arya |
Birth Place: | Hyderabad, India |
Death Date: | 1996 |
Death Place: | Mumbai |
Othername: | Irshad Ahsan |
Yearsactive: | 1973–1987 |
Children: | Sameer Arya, Sagar Arya |
Occupation: | Cinematographer |
Relatives: | Srishti Behl (daughter-in-law)[1] Shaukat Kaifi (aunt) Shabana Azmi (first-cousin) Baba Azmi (first-cousin) |
Family: | Akhtar-Azmi family Behl family |
Ishan Arya (born Irshad Ahsan) was an Indian cinematographer, and producer, best known as producer and cinematographer of Art cinema classic Garm Hava (1973).[2] After working in theatre and advertising, he made his debut with Garm Hava directed by M. S. Sathyu.[3] After that he worked largely in South Indian cinema, especially Telugu, though he work on two noted Hindi art films, Bazaar (1982) directed by Sagar Sarhadi and Anjuman (1986) directed by Muzaffar Ali.[4] At the 23rd National Film Awards, he won the Best Cinematography Award for Telugu film, Mutyala Muggu (1975).[5] [6]
Personal life
He was born in the Ahsan family and is a nephew of Shaukat Kaifi and first cousin of Shabana Azmi. He was married to film, television and stage actress Sulbha Arya. His son Sameer Arya (married to Srishti Behl, the daughter of Ramesh Behl) is also a cinematographer, known for films like Koyla (1997), Koi... Mil Gaya (2003) and Shootout at Wadala (2013).[7] [8] His other son Sagar Arya is an actor and Voice over artist and is married to Anwesha Bhattacharya, daughter of Rinki and film director Basu Bhattacharya.
Cinematographer Baba Azmi who is his first cousin, started his career assisting Arya in Telugu films in the 1970s, starting as light boy, he worked with Arya for 10–12 Telugu films.[9]
Filmography
Producer
- Garm Hava (1973, Hindi)
- Rusthum Jodi (1980, Kannada)
Cinematographer
- Garm Hava (1973, Hindi)
- Mutyala Muggu (1975, Telugu)
- Khoon Pasina (1977, Hindi)
- Kakana Kote (1977, Kannada)
- Gorantha Deepam (1978, Telugu)
- Bazaar (1982, Hindi)
- Mumbaicha Faujdar (1984, Marathi)
- Anjuman (1986, Hindi)
- Aaj Jhale Mukt Mi (1986, Marathi)
- Kahan Kahan Se Guzar Gaya (1986, Hindi)
- Nasihat (1986, Hindi)
- Mohre (1987, Hindi)
- Toorpu Velle Railu (1979, Telugu)
Notes and References
- Web site: Srishti Behl Arya & Monika Shergill: Content Queens . Business World . 2 April 2020.
- News: Ishan Arya Filmography . https://web.archive.org/web/20140502010051/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/590132/Ishan-Arya/filmography . dead . 2 May 2014 . Movies & TV Dept. . . 2014 . 30 April 2014.
- Web site: Return of 'Garm Hava'. . 17 September 2013. 30 April 2014 .
- Book: Gulazar. Govind Nihalani. Saibal Chatterjee. Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema. 2003. Popular Prakashan. 978-81-7991-066-5. 260.
- Web site: 23rd National Film Awards. International Film Festival of India. 4 October 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20140219064158/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm23rdNFAAward.aspx. 19 February 2014. dead.
- Web site: 23rd National Film Awards (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. 4 October 2011.
- Web site: Logic in Lens. The Indian Express . 24 May 2013. 30 April 2014.
- Web site: Sameer Arya – Through The Lens . . June 2013 . 30 April 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140502005714/http://cineblitz.liveinstyle.com/features/detail/sameer-arya-through-the-lens . 2 May 2014 . dead .
- Web site: Unknown stars: Baba Azmi, cinematographer. ibnlive.in.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20101230063749/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/unknown-stars-baba-azmi-cinematographer/138876-8-66.html . dead . 30 December 2010 . Riddhi Doshi . 29 December 2010. 30 April 2014 .