Mahesh Limaye
Mahesh Limaye | |
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Born | Shivkumar Madhukar Limaye |
Nationality | Indian |
Occupation | Cinematography |
Spouse | Shama Limaye |
Mahesh Limaye is an Indian cinematographer - director known for his work in Hindi and Marathi cinema. Some of his work include Traffic Signal, Corporate, Fashion, Heroine, Dabaang, Uttarayan, Natarang, Balgandharva, Rege and Mulshi Pattern.[1]
Early life and education
[edit]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.[2][3] His love for music videos made him take keen interest in cinematography.[4]
Career
[edit]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.[5]
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 Madhur Bhandarkar with films like Traffic Signal, Corporate, Fashion and Heroine. He shot 3 films for Ravi Jadhav namely Natarang, Balgandharva[6] and Balak Palak. Mahesh rose to fame when he shot Dabaang with Salman Khan. Mahesh shot some portions of Dabangg 2 and collaborated with Prabhudeva 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, Happy Ending, Bhikari, Shentimental.
In 2014, Mahesh debuted as a director with the Marathi feature film Yellow.[7][8] At the 61st National Film Awards, the film won the Special Jury Award for feature films and two Special Mention awards for the child actors.[9] He also directed two video shorts namely Punaragamanayacha[10] and Aashechi Roshnai.[citation needed]
He has recently worked on the Marathi feature film Sarsenapati Hambirrao Mohite.[11]
Mahesh is currently working on his second directorial named Jaggu ani Juliet.[12] The film is produced by Punit Balan and the duo Ajay-Atul are doing the music for the film.
Filmography
[edit]Year | Film | Language | Notes |
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2004 | Uttarayan | Marathi | |
2005 | CU at 9 | Marathi | |
2006 | Corporate | Hindi | |
2007 | Aevdhese Aabhal | Marathi | |
2007 | Traffic Signal | Hindi | |
2008 | Fashion | Hindi | |
2010 | Natarang | Marathi | |
2010 | Dabangg | Hindi | |
2011 | The Sound of Heaven : Balgandharva[6] | Marathi | |
2012 | Heroine | Hindi | |
2012 | Dabangg 2 | Hindi | |
2013 | Balak Palak | Marathi | |
2013 | Gori Tere Pyaar Mein! | Hindi | |
2014 | Yellow[7][8] | Marathi | |
2014 | Rege | Marathi | |
2014 | Happy Ending | Hindi | |
2016 | Freaky Ali | Hindi | |
2016 | Family Katta | Marathi | |
2017 | Shentimental | Marathi | |
2017 | Bhikari | Marathi | |
2018 | Mulshi Pattern | Marathi | |
2019 | Dabangg 3 | Hindi | |
2020 | Punaragamanchya | Marathi | Short documentary |
2020 | Aashechi Roshnai[13] | Marathi | Short documentary |
2021 | Jaggu Ani Juliet | Marathi | |
2022 | Sarsenapati Hambirrao | Marathi | |
2024 | Heeramandi | Hindustani | Netflix series |
2024 | Phullwanti | Marathi | |
2024 | Dharmaveer 2 | Marathi |
Awards and recognition
[edit]Won the national award for the film Yellow as Best Film Jury.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Mahesh Limaye movies, filmography, biography and songs - Cinestaan.com". Cinestaan. Archived from the original on 21 January 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
- ^ a b "Its all sunshine for Yellow - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
- ^ Mahesh Limaye || Sir J.J. Institute of Applied Art Mumbai, retrieved 25 January 2022
- ^ "Man behind the camera". Mumbai Mirror. 23 April 2011. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
- ^ "करिअर कथा : कॅमेऱ्यामागच्या करामती". Loksatta (in Marathi). Retrieved 25 January 2022.
- ^ a b "Bal Gandharva: A tale of feminine mystique". Hindustan Times. 1 May 2011. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
- ^ a b "Mahesh Limaye stunned by response to Yellow". NDTV.com. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
- ^ a b Reporter (18 July 2018). "Director of National Award-Winning Movie Yellow, Mahesh Limaye guides Times & Trends Academy Students". Punekar News. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
- ^ "Riteish Deshmukh ecstatic as 'Yellow' wins 3 National Awards, B-Town congratulates him". The Indian Express. 17 April 2014. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
- ^ "Punaragamanaya Cha on Moviebuff.com". Moviebuff.com. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
- ^ "Sarsenapati Hambirrao: Gashmeer Mahajani Reveals His Character As Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj In Pravin Tarde's Next". www.spotboye.com. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
- ^ "Director Mahesh Limaye on his 6-year hiatus: I wanted to make comeback with an interesting story - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
- ^ MMW, Team (5 November 2020). "Mahesh Limaye's short film 'Aashechi Roshnai' a message for Diwali". Retrieved 25 January 2022.
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