V. K. Murthy

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V. K. Murthy
Bengaluru, India
NationalityIndian
OccupationCinematographer
Years active1951–2001
AwardsDadasaheb Phalke Award (2008)

Venkatarama Pandit Krishnamurthy (26 November 1923 – 7 April 2014) known professionally as V. K. Murthy, was an Indian

Indian cinema
.

Early life

Murthy was born in

Bombay
(now Mumbai).

Career

Murthy began his career in films with Maharana Prathap. He worked as an assistant to cinematographer V. Ratra in the 1951 film Baazi which was Guru Dutt's first as a director. Dutt, impressed by Murthy's smooth and fluid captures with the camera, took him on for his next film Jaal (1952), which was Murthy's first film as a chief cinematographer.[5] Murthy, then became a part of the Guru Dutt team, till the latter's death in 1964.

In 1959 came

Naya Zamana, Jugnu), Shyam Benegal and Govind Nihalani (Tamas
).

Murthy was also the cinematographer for one of the most acclaimed Kannada film Hoovu Hannu, a directorial production of Rajendra Singh Babu and also appeared in that film in a role. Murthy was also the principal cinematographer of the widely acclaimed television series produced by Doordarshan and directed by Shyam Benegal, Bharat Ek Khoj.

Trivia

  • Created some notable film works for the Indian Black and White era films. Created the sun breaking through studio roof shot in
    Filmfare Best Cinematographer Award
    for 1959.
  • Was principal cinematographer for the first CinemaScope film in India – Kaagaz Ke Phool
  • While on training stint in London to work on color films worked with the crew of The Guns of Navarone
  • Got break in Hindi films by doing a chance shot for Guru Dutt in Baazi. Abrar Alvi Guru Dutt's key writer also got a break from the same movie, he gave a chance opinion on a scene for Baazi.

According to author and eminent musicologist Rajesh Subramanian, the to-be-famous Cinematographer V K Murthy was initially refused admission to the Sri Jayachamarajendra Polytechnic College in Bangalore, which had started offering a course in film-making, and was offered a seat only after much pleading. The aspirant went on to shoot India's first CinemaScope movie Kaagaz Ke Phool 1959.

Awards

Retirement and death

Aged 80, Murthy moved back to Bangalore from Mumbai in 2001 to lead a retired life at his residence in Shankarapuram in Basavanagudi, Bangalore. He died of natural causes aged 91 on 7 April 2014 at his residence in Bangalore.[4] He was married and had at least one child, a daughter who he named Chhaya in honour of the art or skill which was his passion and gave him his livelihood.

Selected filmography

  1. Hoovu Hannu (1993) (One and only Kannada movie)
  2. Deedar (1992)
  3. Khule Aam (1992)
  4. Kalyug Aur Ramayan (1987)
  5. Nastik (1983)
  6. Jugnu (1973)
  7. Naya Zamana
    (1971)
  8. Suraj
    (1966)
  9. Love in Tokyo (1966)
  10. Ziddi (1964)
  11. Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (1962)
  12. Chaudhvin Ka Chand (1960)
  13. Kaagaz Ke Phool (1959)
  14. 12 O'Clock (1958)
  15. Pyaasa (1957)
  16. C.I.D. (1956)
  17. Mr. & Mrs. '55 (1955)
  18. Aar-Paar
    (1954)
  19. Jaal (1952)
  20. Baazi (1951)

Notes

  1. ^ a b Khajane, Muralidhara (20 January 2010). "Murthy first cinematographer to win Phalke award". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 21 January 2010. Retrieved 22 January 2010.
  2. ^ "Guru Dutt and Me". Open The Magazine. 27 January 2010. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Poetry in picture". The Hindu. 20 July 2007. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
  4. ^ a b "'Kagaz Ke Phool' cinematographer VK Murthy passes away". ibnlive.com. 7 April 2014. Archived from the original on 8 April 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
  5. ^ "V. K. Murthy – Wizard of light". livemint.com. 7 April 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2014.

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