Cinematographer V K Murthy is no more
Renowned cinematographer and Dada Saheb Phalke awardee V K Murthy, who won encomiums capturing breathtaking images in Guru Dutt's classics like Pyaasa, Sahib, Bibi Aur Ghulam and Kagaz Ke Phool, died in Bangalore yesterday at the age of 91.
Known as 'Guru Dutt's eye', Murthy also worked with the pioneer of Indian cinema in Aar Paar and later teamed up with Kamal Amrohi in Pakeezah and Razia Sultan.
Murthy was the first technician to be honoured with the Dada Saheb Phalke Award, Indian cinema's highest honour, since its inception in 1969. He won the award in 2008.
Murthy, who shot India's first cinemascope movie Kagaz Ke Phool in 1959, also won the International Indian Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award at Amsterdam in 2005 during his four-decade-long career. His picturisation of the song Chaudavin ka Chand is still considered one of the best cinematographic works that Hindi cinema has seen and his work in films like Kagaz Ke Phool and Sahib, Bibi aur Ghulam won him Filmfare Awards.
Murthy, who shot India's first cinemascope movie Kagaz Ke Phool in 1959, also won the International Indian Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award at Amsterdam in 2005 during his four-decade-long career. His picturisation of the song Chaudavin ka Chand is still considered one of the best cinematographic works that Hindi cinema has seen and his work in films like Kagaz Ke Phool and Sahib, Bibi aur Ghulam won him Filmfare Awards.
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