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Baba Azmi

Baba Azmi

Indian cinematographer

Sayyid Baba Azmi is an Indian film cinematographer and member of the Akhtar-Azmi film family.[1] He is son of the poet and lyricist Kaifi Azmi and brother of Shabana Azmi. He is known for his work in films such as Arjun, Beta, Dil, Tezaab, Mr. India, Akele Hum Akele Tum and Pukar.[2]

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He started his career in mid 1970s, assisting Ishan Arya his first cousin, in Telugu films, starting as light boy. He worked with Arya for a few Telugu films, before he got an independent break.[3] In 2020, he made his directorial debut with the film Mee Raqsam starring Naseeruddin Shah. It was released on 21 August 2020 on Zee5.[4][5]

References

  1. [1]
    THE DYNAMIC DYNASTIES: What would the world of films be without them? Archived 2010-02-10 at the Wayback Machine Screen, 22 September 2000.
  2. [2]
    Oneida Entertainment[permanent dead link]
  3. [3]
    Riddhi Doshi (29 December 2010). "Unknown stars: Baba Azmi, cinematographer". IBNLive. CNN-IBN. Archived from the original on 15 April 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
  4. [4]
    "Naseeruddin Shah's ZEE5 film Mee Raqsam to release on August 21". The Indian Express. 21 July 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  5. [5]
    "'I don't think only certain community's people are all negative': Baba Azmi on villains of Mee Raqsam". Hindustan Times. 25 August 2020.


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