Nariman A. Irani (? 10 December 1977) was a

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cinematographer and film producer. He is most known for producing ''

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'' (1978) made under his banner Nariman Films and for his work as cinematographer in

Chhailla Babu ''Chhailla Babu'' (Alternate name: Chhaila Babu) (English language: Cool Guy) is a 1977 Bollywood suspense thriller film. It was written and produced by Shomu Mukherjee and directed by Joy Mukherjee. Rajesh Khanna plays the title role of ''Ch ...

(1977). He died in an accident, even before ''Don'' was even completed, eventually the film was a big hit and led to the ''Don'' film franchise. As a cinematographer he is known for his films like ''Talash'', ''Saraswatichandra'' and '' Phool Aur Patthar'', '' Roti Kapada Aur Makaan'' and

. He won the 16th National Film Awards for Best Cinematography ( B & W) for '' Saraswatichandra'' (1968), he also won the

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in the same year. Irani, while working on ''Chhailla Babu'' as a cinematographer, decided to borrow most of the plot of ''Chhailla Babu'' and shared a modified story idea to

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, who made the new modified story as the film ''

'' (1978). While ''Don'' was still under production, he was badly hurt, when after a sudden

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in November 1977, a wall fell on him while he was preparing to take a shot for another film at

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studios, Bombay during the making of

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's ''Kranti''. A wall collapsed on him and he suffered a hip bone injury. Though, he was hospitalised but died a few days later.

Personal life

Irani was a

Parsi Parsis () or Parsees are an ethnoreligious group of the Indian subcontinent adhering to Zoroastrianism. They are descended from Persians who migrated to Medieval India during and after the Arab conquest of Iran (part of the early Muslim conq ...

, although his surname is indicative of Irani origin. His wife Salma was a Muslim.

Legacy

His home banner Nariman Films was revived 18 years later by his sons, Nadir and Nadeem, with Suniel Shetty-starrer ''Shashtra'' (1996).

Filmography

As a cinematographer

* ''Sone Ki Chidiya'' (1958) * ''

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'' (1960) * '' Rustom Sohrab'' (1963) * '' Phool Aur Patthar'' (1966) * '' Bahu Begum'' (1967) * '' Saraswatichandra'' (1968) * ''Talash'' (1969) * '' Shor'' (1972) * '' Roti Kapada Aur Makaan'' (1974) * ''

'' (1977) * ''

Immaan Dharam ''Immaan Dharam'' () is a 1977 Bollywood action drama film, written by Salim–Javed (Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar), directed by Desh Mukherjee and produced by Premji. The film stars Shashi Kapoor, Sanjeev Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan, Rekha, Aparna ...

'' (1977) * ''

'' (1978) * '' Dostana'' (1980)

As a film producer

* ''

Zindagi Zindagi ''Zindagi Zindagi'' () is a 1972 Indian Hindi- language romance film directed by Tapan Sinha. The film stars Sunil Dutt, Deb Mukherjee, Waheeda Rehman, Farida Jalal and Ashok Kumar. The film revolves around life in a village hospital ...

'' (1972) * ''

'' (1978)

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