Mahesh Limaye is an Indian

cinematographer The cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the person responsible for the recording of a film, television production, music video or other live-action piece. The cinematographer is the chief of the camera ...

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known for his work in

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and

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. Some of his work include ''Traffic Signal'', ''Corporate'', ''Fashion'', ''Heroine'', ''Dabaang'', ''Uttarayan'', ''

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'', ''Balgandharva'', '' Rege'' and '' Mulshi Pattern''.

Early life and education

Mahesh was born in Dombivli, Maharashtra. Right from his young days he always had an inclination towards arts. He got into Sir J J School of arts and completed his graduation in commercial arts with specialization in photography. His love for music videos made him take keen interest in cinematography.

Career

Post his graduation from Sir J J School of Arts, Mahesh assisted Raja Sayed, a well known cinematographer. He also got a chance to assist a lot of foreign cinematographers in their advertisement projects. Mahesh shot his first film as an independent cinematographer with director Marlon Rodrigues in 2005 named CU at 9. Bipin Nadkarni, an advertisement director chose Mahesh to shoot his directorial debut ''Uttarayan''. He shot Bipin's second film ''Aevdhese Aabhal'' as well. He had a long partnership with

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with films like ''Traffic Signal'', ''Corporate'', ''Fashion'' and ''Heroine''. He shot 3 films for

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namely ''

'', ''Balgandharva'' and ''Balak Palak''. Mahesh rose to fame when he shot ''Dabaang'' with

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. Mahesh shot some portions of ''

Dabangg 2 ''Dabangg 2'' () is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film directed and produced by Arbaaz Khan under Arbaaz Khan Productions. It is a sequel to '' Dabangg'' (2010), and the second installment of the ''Dabangg'' series. Salman Khan ...

'' and collaborated with

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for ''Dabaangg 3''. Mahesh shot Marathi features like '' Rege'', '' Family Katta'', '' Mulshi Pattern''. He collaborated with Punit Malhotra for Gori Tere Pyaar Mein produced by Dharma Productions.The other films that he has shot include ''

Freaky Ali ''Freaky Ali'' is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language sports comedy drama film, written, produced and directed by Sohail Khan, with Raaj Shaandilya serving as a co-writer. The film stars Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Arbaaz Khan, and Amy Jackson in the lead role ...

'', ''Happy Ending'', ''Bhikari'', ''Shentimental''. In 2014, Mahesh debuted as a director with the Marathi feature film ''Yellow''. At the

61st National Film Awards The 61st National Film Awards ceremony was an event during which the Directorate of Film Festivals of India presented its annual National Film Awards to honour the best films of 2013 in the Cinema of India, Indian cinema. The ceremony was held ...

, the film won the Special Jury Award for feature films and two Special Mention awards for the child actors. He also directed two video shorts namely ''Punaragamanayacha'' and ''Aashechi Roshnai''. He has recently worked on the Marathi feature film ''Sarsenapati Hambirrao Mohite''. Mahesh is currently working on his second directorial named ''Jaggu ani Juliet''. The film is produced by Punit Balan and the duo

Ajay-Atul Ajay-Atul is an Indian music composer duo comprising brothers Ajay Ashok Gogavale and Atul Ashok Gogavale. Known for their works in Indian cinema; predominantly in Marathi and Hindi films. They are recipient of a National Film Award, four Filmf ...

are doing the music for the film.

Filmography

Awards and recognition

Won the national award for the film Yellow as Best Film Jury.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Limaye, Mahesh Living people Indian cinematographers Marathi film directors Film directors from Mumbai Year of birth missing (living people)