Mahesh Aney

Mahesh Aney is a National Film Award-winning Indian cinematographer.

Career

A Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) graduate with specialization in cinematography, Mahesh Aney has shot more than a thousand commercials including some award-winning films for Pepsi, Kellogg's, Tata Steel, Feviqik and Maggie noodles. He runs his own production house and has produced more than fifty commercials for brands like Coca Cola, Vicks, Onida TV, Nivea Cream, Cinthol Soap and Johnnie Walker Golf.

Renowned for his deft camera work, brilliant eye, and penchant for turning the mundane into the magical on screen, Aney has also conceptualized and directed extremely popular television shows like Movers & Shakers, Bindaas Bol, Kya Masti Kya Dhoom and Wajood, which have won several awards. He has worked as a cinematographer on films like God Only Knows!, Tum: A Dangerous Obsession and the now-classic Swades.

Personal life

Mahesh Aney is married to Anjali Aney, has two children Aarti and Aditya, and lives in Mumbai.

Filmography

Feature films

Year	Title	Director	Notes
2004	God Only Knows!	Bharat Dabholkar
2004	Tum: A Dangerous Obsession	Aruna Raje
2005	Swades: We, the People	Ashutosh Gowariker	Won him the National Film Award for Best Cinematography
2005	The Hangman	Vishal Bhandari
2007	Don't Stop Dreaming	Aditya Raj

Shukno Lanka // 2010 // gaurav pandey

External links

Mahesh Aney at the Internet Movie Database
Profile on Mahesh Aney from the Swades official website

National Film Award for Best Cinematography

1967–1980

Black-and-white	Ramachandra (1967) Nariman Irani (1968) K. K. Mahajan (1969) K. K. Mahajan (1970) Nando Bhattacharya (1971) Mankada Ravi Varma (1972) Apurba Kishore Bir (1973) K. K. Mahajan (1974) B. S. Lokanath (1975) P. S. Nivas (1976) Balu Mahendra (1977) Shaji N. Karun (1978) Kamal Nayak (1979) Sivan (1980)

Color	M. N. Malhotra (1967) K. S. Prasad (1968) Marcus Bartley (1969) Radhu Karmakar (1970) Ramachandra (1971) K. K. Mahajan (1972) Soumendu Roy (1973) Soumendu Roy (1974) Ishan Arya (1975) S. Ramachandra (1976) Soumendu Roy (1977) Govind Nihalani (1978) Rajan Kinagi (1979) Ashok Kumar (1980)

1981–2000

Black-and-white	Shripati R. Bhat (1981) No Award (1982) B. Bindhani and Raj Shekharand (1983) Discontinued after 1983

Color	Ashok Mehta (1981) Balu Mahendra (1982) Madhu Ambat (1983) Jehangir Choudhary (1984) Subrata Mitra (1985) Venu (1986) P. C. Sreeram (1987) Apurba Kishore Bir (1988) Virendra Saini (1989) Santosh Sivan (1990) Apurba Kishore Bir (1991) Venu (1992) Venu (1993) K. V. Anand (1994) Santosh Sivan (1995) Mrinal Kanti Das (1996) Santosh Sivan (1997) Santosh Sivan (1998) Anil Mehta (1999) Ashok Mehta (2000)

2001–present

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