Deep Pal (16 April 1953 – 7 October 2021) was an Indian cinematographer. He was the son of publicist Colin Pal and grandson of director

Niranjan Pal Niranjan Pal (17 August 1889 – 9 November 1959) was an Indian playwright, screenwriter, and director in the Indian film industry in the silent and early talkie days. He was a close associate of Himanshu Rai and Franz Osten, with whom he was a ...

. He started his career with

Basu Bhattacharya Basu Bhattacharya (1934 – 19 June 1997) was an Indian film director of Bollywood, Hindi films. He is perhaps best known for his 1966 film ''Teesri Kasam'', starring Raj Kapoor and Waheeda Rehman (based on the short story "Maare Gaye Gulfam ...

doing camerawork for 1974 Hindi film ''

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'', before moving on to an independent career as a documentary filmmaker. Pal is known as being one of the pioneers of

Steadicam Steadicam is a brand of camera stabilizer mounts for motion picture cameras invented by Garrett Brown and introduced in 1975 by Cinema Products Corporation. The Steadicam brand was acquired by Tiffen in 2000. It was designed to isolate the ...

camerawork in India. Pal's first major Steadicam work was in ''

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'', which was considered a pathbreaking film on visual technique in Telugu cinema. His later work included ''

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'' (1994) directed by

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and '' Dil Se..'' (1998) directed by

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. He died of cancer on 7 October 2021.

Filmography

As a cinematographer

While his primary recognition was for his work in bringing image-stabilizing technology to camerawork in India, prior to a Steadicam, he cinematographed and directed his own documentary films including ''Cages'' (1984) on prostitution in Falkland Road in Mumbai, and ''Give us this Day our Daily Lunch'' (1985) based on the

Dabbawala A dabbawala (also spelled dabbawalla or dabbawallah, called tiffin wallah in older sources) is a worker who delivers hot lunches from homes and restaurants to people at work in India, especially in Mumbai. The dabbawalas constitute a Tiffin car ...

food delivery system in Bombay. In 1993, he was Director of Photography (DOP) in the Hindi Feature Fil
Pehla Nasha
the first directorial venture of filmmaker

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As a steadicam operator

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pal, Deep 1953 births 2021 deaths Indian documentary filmmakers Film directors from Mumbai Hindi film cinematographers Cinematographers from Maharashtra