Ishan Arya (born Irshad Ahsan) was an Indian

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

, and producer, best known as producer and cinematographer of

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classic ''

Garm Hava ''Garm Hava'' (translation: Hot Winds or Scorching Winds) is a 1973 Indian drama film directed by M. S. Sathyu, with Balraj Sahni as the lead. It was written by Kaifi Azmi and Shama Zaidi, based on an unpublished short story by noted Urdu wri ...

'' (1973). After working in theatre and advertising, he made his debut with ''Garm Hava'' directed by M. S. Sathyu. After that he worked largely in South Indian cinema, especially Telugu, though he work on two noted Hindi art films, ''

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'' (1982) directed by Sagar Sarhadi and '' Anjuman'' (1986) directed by

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. At the

23rd National Film Awards The 23rd National Film Awards, presented by Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India to felicitate the best of Indian Cinema released in the year 1975. At 23rd National Film Aw ...

, he won the Best Cinematography Award for Telugu film, '' Mutyala Muggu'' (1975).

Personal life

He was born in the Ahsan family and is a nephew of Shaukat Kaifi and first cousin of

Shabana Azmi Shabana Azmi (born 18 September 1950) is an Indian actress of Hindi film, television and theatre. One of India's most acclaimed actresses, Azmi is known for her portrayals of distinctive, often unconventional female characters across several ge ...

. He was married to film, television and stage actress Sulbha Arya. His son Sameer Arya (married to Srishti Behl, the daughter of Ramesh Behl) is also a cinematographer, known for films like ''

Koyla ''Koyla'' ( Coal) is a 1997 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed, co-written and produced by Rakesh Roshan, which stars Shah Rukh Khan, Madhuri Dixit and Amrish Puri in lead roles, while Johnny Lever, Ashok Saraf, Salim Ghouse, D ...

'' (1997), '' Koi... Mil Gaya'' (2003) and ''

Shootout at Wadala ''Shootout at Wadala'' is a 2013 Indian Hindi-language biographical-gangster-crime film written and directed by Sanjay Gupta. It is a prequel to the 2007 film ''Shootout at Lokhandwala''. It is loosely based on the book '' Dongri to Dubai: Si ...

'' (2013). His other son Sagar Arya is an actor and Voice over artist and is married to Anwesha Bhattacharya, daughter of Rinki and film director Basu Bhattacharya. Cinematographer

Baba Azmi Sayyid Baba Azmi is an Indian film cinematographer and member of the Akhtar-Azmi film family.Garm Hava ''Garm Hava'' (translation: Hot Winds or Scorching Winds) is a 1973 Indian drama film directed by M. S. Sathyu, with Balraj Sahni as the lead. It was written by Kaifi Azmi and Shama Zaidi, based on an unpublished short story by noted Urdu wri ...

'' (1973, Hindi) * ''Rusthum Jodi'' (1980, Kannada)

Cinematographer

* ''

'' (1973, Hindi) * '' Mutyala Muggu'' (1975, Telugu) * '' Khoon Pasina'' (1977, Hindi) * ''

Kakana Kote ''Kakana Kote'' ( kn, ಕಾಕನ ಕೋಟೆ) is a 1977 Indian Kannada biographical drama film adapted from Masti Venkatesh Iyengar's stage play of the same name. The film plot tells the story of Kaka Nayaka who was instrumental in stoppin ...

'' (1977, Kannada) * ''Gorantha Deepam'' (1978, Telugu) * ''

'' (1982, Hindi) * '' Anjuman'' (1986, Hindi) * ''Aaj Jhale Mukt Mi'' (1986, Marathi) * ''Kahan Kahan Se Guzar Gaya'' (1986, Hindi) * ''

Nasihat ''Nasihat'' is a 1986 Hindi film directed and produced by Aravind Sen. Rajesh Khanna, Shabana Azmi play the lead roles and supported by Mithun Chakraborty and Deepti Naval. The film was a Silver jubilee hit at the time of its release. Plot I ...

'' (1986, Hindi) * ''

Mohre ''Mohre'' () is a 1987 Indian Hindi movie directed by Raghuveer Kul. It starred Nana Patekar, Madhuri Dixit in lead roles. The pair later worked together in Vinod Chopra's ''Parinda'' and his own directorial debut, '' Prahaar''. This film als ...

'' (1987, Hindi) * '' Toorpu Velle Railu'' 979,Telugu

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Arya, Ishan Telugu film cinematographers Film producers from Mumbai Living people Artists from Mumbai Best Cinematography National Film Award winners Year of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Indian photographers Cinematographers from Maharashtra Hindi film cinematographers Marathi film cinematographers Kannada film cinematographers