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Biographical Note on Mr. Kabir Lal

His father, Mr. S. S. Lal was a formidable cinematographer in his days with more than 60 movies in his credit. Inspired from his visionary endeavors he started dreaming his future not with his eyes but with the lens of a camera. He is committed to excel in the area of cinematography not only with the sheer experience but also by observing the maestros at work. This initiation helped him evolve a distinctive style, a style untainted by the parameters of formal education. He always keep himself updated learning new processing and lighting methods, emulsions, exposures and keep reinventing himself in context with the new and upgrading technologies. He tries to keep himself fresh with an experimental approach for each new assignment. He tries to elevate storytelling to a different dimension: experimenting with new techniques and extraordinary locales, lush colours and special effects. After a dedicated span of work he always wants to see the end result distinctive.

For last 3 decades he has actively worked in a large number of films which cover Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Bengali and also many Ad films in Hindi. In Hindi films, he has worked in many highly successful films like Taal, Kaho Naa Pyar Hai, Sajan, Pardes , Yadein, The Hero, Apne, Yuvraaj, Yamla Pagla Deewana and many more. He the credit to have worked with Bollywood's most acclaimed directors like Subhash Ghai, Anil Sharma, Rakesh Roshan, Late Feroj Khan, Satish Kaushik, Sohail Khan and Sameer Karnik. He has been honored by many awards for his commendable jobs. In 1999 he received the prominent Film Fare Award for his outstanding work in film Taal. In 1997 he got the Screen Videocon Award for Pardes. He has been honored with Special Jury Award by Andhra Pradesh Govt. in 1995 for his work in Bhairava Deepam. In 1993 he received the Kala Sagar Academy Award for Aditys 369 and in 2006 he was honored with SICA (South India Cinematographers’ Association) Award.

Presently, he is working on a project at grandeur level and soon will be launching it as his directorial debut.

KABIR LAL filmography Sl.No. Name Of Film	               Director	      Year	 Production House FILMS AS A DoP in HINDI 1.		Divya Shakti	               Dinesh Patel	      1993	  Sonu Films International 2.		Rang	                       Talat Jani	      1993	  Anas Films 3.		Rajkumar	               Pankaj Parashar	      1996 4.		Hum aapke dil mein rahte hai	Satish Kaushik	     1996	  D Rama Naidu 5.		Pardesh	                       Subhash Ghai	      1997	  Mukta Arts 6.		Hamesha	                       Sanjay Gupta	      1997	  G P Sippy 7.		Prem agan	               Feroz Khan	      1998	  F K International 8.		Taal	                       Subhash Ghai	      1999	  Mukta Arts 9.		Hamara dil aapke paas hai	Satish Kaushik	     2000	  S K Enterprises 10.		Kaho naa pyaar hai	       Rakesh Roshan	      2000	  Film Kraft 11.		Yaadien	                       Subhash Ghai	      2001	  Mukta Arts 12.		Tujhe meri kasam	       Vijay Bhaskar	      2003	  Ramoji Productions 13.		The Hero	               Anil Sharma	      2003	  TIME Productions 14.		Ab tumhare hawale watan saathiyoAnil Sharma	     2004	  Anil Sharma Production 15.		Maine dil tujhko diya	       Sohail Khan	      2004	  Buntya Walia Productions 16.		Apne	                       Anil Sharma	      2006	  Rahul Sugandh 17.		Yuvraaj	                       Subhash Ghai	      2008	  Mukta Arts 18.		Love express	               Sunny	              2011	  Subhash Ghai 19.		Yamla Pagla Deewana	       Samir Karnik	      2011	  Top Angle Productions 20.		Char Din Ki Chandni	       Samir Karnik	      2012 FILMS AS A DoP in TELUGU 21.		Pelineeku Sobnam Naku	       Ram Chandra Rao 22.		Aljadi	                       Bharatwadj	      1984 23.		Bhakta                         Kabirdas	      1984 24.		Garichna Ganga	               Kominini Sheshegiri Rao1984 25.		Rakshasa Samharam	       K Rao	              1986	  K Rao Production 26.		Kaidi Dada	               TLV Prasad	      1987 27.		Thairama Tandava               Krishna	K Rao	      1987 28.		Athiki Kodku Mamaki Alludu	Kominini Sheshegiri Rao1987 29.		Pillalu Dididna Kaprum	       Perela	              1987 30.		Palnati Rudaraye	       BLV Prasad	      1989 31.		Sakshi	                       Ramchandra Rao	      1989 32.		Ugra Netharudu	               BLV Prasad	      1989 33.		Vishnu	                       BLV Prasad	      1989 34.		August 15 Rathri	       Ram Chandra Rao	      1989 35.		Polsivadi Pelam	               R Narsimha Rao	      1989 36.		Rama Rambabu	               R N Rao	              1990 37.		Indrajeeet	               Giri Babu	      1991	  Giri Babu Productions 38.		Aditya 369	               Singitham Srinivas Rao1992 39.		Bhairava Dweepam	       Singitham Srinivas Rao1994 40.		Adarivadu	               Seenu Vaitala	      2005	  Geetha Arts 41.		Style	                       Lawrence	      2005 FILMS AS A DoP in KANNADA 42.		Agni Parikshe	               Tiger Prabhakar	      1989 43.		Bhakta Prahlada	               Vijaya Reddy	      1983 44.		Bidisada Bandha		                             1986 45.		Brahmastra	               Perela	              1984 46.		Prana Snehitaru	               Vijaya Reddy	      1986 47.		Raja Yuvaraja		                             1988 48.		Sankranthi		                             1984 49.		Thaye Goba Tarlaye Maga	       Sai Prakash	      1988 50.		Thaye Nana Devaru	       Vijaya Reddy	      1985 51.		Tirupura Art Pictures		                     1986 52.		Veerathi Veera	               Vijaya Reddy	      1988 53.		Yamakinkara	               Tiger Prabhakar       1991 54.		Yudha Kanda		                             1991 55.		Karthavya	               K S R Das	      1984	  Makkal Thilagam Pictures 56.		Baddi Bangaramma	       Kominini Sheshegiri Rao1985	  Ravi Chitra Productions 57.		Lorry driver	               Perela	              1985	  Ravi Chitra Productions 58.		Maurithi Mahime	Perela	                             1986 59.		TIGER	                       Ravi Raj	      1986 60.		Baazar Bheema	               Perela	              1987 61.		Golmal Part 2	               Sai Prakash	      1987 62.		Nana Pratigna	               K S R Das	      1987 63.		Dharamatma		                             1988 64.		Muthinantha Manisha	       Prabhakar	      1988 65.		Ondage Baalu	               K S R Das	      1988 66.		Arandilye Abhimanyu	       Bhargava	      1989	  Bhargava Productions 67.		Athirtha Maharatha	       Perela	              1989 68.		Satyanarayana                  Poojapala	      1989 69.		Kempu Gulabi	               Vijaya Reddy	      1990	  Vijaya Reddy Productions 70.		Shakthi	                       Tiger Prabhakar	      1990	  K S R Das Productions 71.		Sri Ramachandra	               Ravi Chandra	      1991 72.		Guru Brahma	               Ravi Chandran	      1992 73.		Chelve nina Nodal	       Raghu DP	      2010	  Tulaji Bhavani Creation FILMS AS A DoP in TAMIL 74.		Michael Madna Kama Rajan 	Singitham Srinivas Rao1989	 P A Art Productions 75.		Rasati Varum Naal	       Sahul	              1989	  Sahul Productions FILMS IN WHICH SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS WAS DONE 76.		Vasant Bangarappa		                     1990	  Bangarappa Productions 77.		Taqdeerwala	               Raghvendra Rao	      1990	  Rama Naidu Productions 78.		Sajan	                       Lawrence D’souza      1991 79.		Rowdy Alludu	               Raghvendra Rao	      1992	  Geetha Arts 80.		Ladla	                       Raj Kanwar	      1991	  Nitin Manmohan 81.		Ramshastra	               Sanjay Gupta	      1990	  Feroz Nadiadwala 82.		Gudiya	                       Lawrence D’souza      1990 83.		Chandramukhi	*ing Salman, Sridevi	             1990 84.		Fateh	                       Talat Jani	      1992 85.		Gambler		                                     1994 86.		Dil Ka Kya Kasoor	       Lawrence D’souza      1989 87.		Daraar	                       Abbas-Mastan	      1990 88.		Hasti	                       Ashok	              1990 89.		Kanyadaan		                             1991 AD FILMS 90.		Sapna Mattresses		                     1991 91.		Pepsi	                       Mukul Anand	      1991	  MAD Films 92.		Ruf & Tuf Jeans	               Mukul Anand	      1991	  MAD Films 93.		KINGFISHER	               Mukul Anand	      1992	  MAD Films 94.		Ortem Fan	               Mukul Anand	      1992	  MAD Films 95.		Timex Watches	               Mukul Anand	      1992	  MAD Films 96.		Himani Pain Balm		                     1993 97.		Bagpiper Whisky	*ing Shahrukh Khan	             1994 98.		Officer's Choice	       Mukul Anand	      1998	  MAD Films 99.		3 Coke Commercials in Bengali		             2003 MUSIC ALBUMS AS DoP AND DIRECTOR 100.		Nasha Hi Nasha Hai' by Sukhwinder For HMV	Kabir Lal (Self)	2000	Movie Magic 101.		Zindagi Se' by Pankaj Udhas for HMV	Kabir Lal (Self)	2000	Movie Magic