Sudeep Chatterjee

Background

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.

Education

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.

Career

And After passing out from FTII, he started his career in Kolkata making advertisements and documentaries, eventually after two years, filmmaker Anjan Dutt offered him, a Hindi film starring Shabana Azmi and Tara Deshpande. Thereafter he shifted based to Mumbai and started working television serials like, Rishtey, Talaash et cetera Soon was working in film across genres, action, thriller and drama, and his in Salman Khan starrer,, where he shot the picturesque locales of Russia, followed by Nagesh Kukunoor"s successive films and, got him attention, and he got to do directed by Shimit Amin, where he grained down the colour of the film, and shot almost 80% of the movie with a hand-held camera, eventually winning him accolades and the 2008 Filmfare Best Cinematographer Award amongst others

In 2010 came Guzaarish directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali starring Hritik Roshan and Ashwariya Rai, Sundeep had previously apprenticed with Sanjay, also a fellow FTII student, in 1942: A Love Story, where he was the song director

Currently he is shooting Shirish Kunder"s Joker and for Yash Raj Films production, Mere Brother Ki Dulhan starring Imran Khan and Katrina Kaif. His Latest Film where he is Director of Photography and a Film by Sanjay Leela Bhansali is Bajirao Mastani starring Ranveer Singh, Priyanka Chopra and Deepika Padukone.

He has played with Lights to bring magical effects to do justice with a Film based on Indian Historical Facts.

Achievements

• National Award 2014 for Chotushkone IIFA Award 2011 for Guzaarish. Screen Award 2011 for Guzaarish. Apsara Award 2011 for Guzaarish. Filmfare Award 2008 for Chak de India. IIFA Award 2008 for Chak de India. ZeeCine Award 2008 for Chak de India. Screen Award Nomination 2006 for Iqbal. Screen Award Nomination 2003 for Road.