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'''Dilip Mehta''' (born 1952 in [[New Delhi]]) is an Indian-born [[Canadians|Canadian]] photojournalist and director. Mehta divides his time between [[New York City]], [[Delhi]] and [[Toronto]]. His work as a photojournalist has appeared in ''[[The New York Times]]'', ''[[Newsweek]]'', ''[[National Geographic (magazine)|National Geographic]]'' and ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''. Mehta's five-year coverage of [[Bhopal disaster|The Bhopal gas tragedy]] won him numerous prizes including the World Press award and [[Overseas Press Club|Overseas Press]] award.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.contactpressimages.com/photographers/mehta/mehta_bio.html | title=Dilip Mehta | publisher=Contact Press Images | accessdate=13 January 2017 }}</ref><br />
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His directorial film debut ''The Forgotten Woman'' was inspired by his work on the set of ''[[Water (2005 film)|Water]]''.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/416850 | title=Filmmaker Dilip Mehta finds hope in telling widows' stories | first=Susan | last=Walker | date=22 April 2008 | newspaper=Toronto Star | accessdate=13 January 2017 }}</ref> He directed ''[[Cooking with Stella]]'' (2009), and co-wrote the script with his sister [[Deepa Mehta]]. His 2016 documentary ''[[Mostly Sunny (film)|Mostly Sunny]]'' is a profile of Bollywood actress and former pornographic star [[Sunny Leone]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.straight.com/movies/853861/mostly-sunny-director-dilip-mehta-discovers-its-much-hotter-shade | title=Mostly Sunny director Dilip Mehta discovers it's much hotter in the shade | first=Adrian | last=Mack | date=11 January 2017 | newspaper=The Georgia Straight | accessdate=13 January 2017 }}</ref><br />
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