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{{Short description|Indian film cinematographer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Hemant Chaturvedi
| image =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|3|6|df=y}}
| birth_place = Gorakhpur, India
| occupation = [[Cinematographer]]
}}

'''Hemant Chaturvedi''' is an Indian [[cinematographer]] in the [[Hindi film]] industry, he received great critical acclaim for his first feature, ''[[Company (2002 film)|Company]]'' (2002). ''"His frames thrive on the sense of realism'', wrote [[The Hindu]], ''"and the colours capture the gore, dust and highways of the crime world effectively"''.<ref>{{usurped|[https://web.archive.org/web/20060513215728/http://www.hinduonnet.com/fr/2002/04/19/stories/2002041900820200.htm Company]}} ''[[The Hindu]]'', 19 April 2002.</ref> Thereafter he worked with [[Vishal Bhardwaj]] in two successive films, and winning acclaim for ''[[Maqbool]]'' (2002).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/calcutta-times/shabanas-tryst-with-aparna-once-again/articleshow/993082.cms|title=Shabana's tryst with Aparna once again|date=17 Jan 2005|work=The Times of India|first1=Amrita|last1=Mukherjee}}</ref> Recently he received good reviews of ''[[Kurbaan (2009 film)|Kurbaan]]'' (2009), as per film critic [[Nikhat Kazmi]], his work "serenades" both New Delhi and New York where the films was shot.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/movie-reviews/hindi/Kurbaan/movie-review/5243561.cms|title=Movie Review: Kurbaan|last=Kazmi|first=Nikhat|date=19 Nov 2009|work=The Times of India}}</ref>

==Career==
Hemant pursued Mass Communication from [[A.J.K. Mass Communication Research Centre]] at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi.<ref>{{Cite web|title=A.J.K. Mass Communication Research Centre|url=https://www.jmi.ac.in/aboutjamia/centres/mcrc/faq|access-date=2021-03-12|website=[[Jamia Millia Islamia]]}}</ref> Over the years, Hemant has worked with directors like [[Ram Gopal Varma]], [[Vishal Bhardwaj]] and [[Aparna Sen]], also shot films such as Company, [[Maqbool]], [[Makdee]] and ''[[Kurbaan (2009 film)|Kurbaan]]'' and various television shows like "[[Rendezvous with Simi Garewal]]", "[[Kaun Banega Crorepati]]" amongst others. In 2015, he decided to move on from Cinematography and quit the industry completely. Since then he has finished shooting a documentary on old Mumbai based Cinematographers, and is busy consolidating his vast work as a still photographer.
In last year, he has been part of four group shows and has had one solo show of his still photography works with Wonderwall Gallery, New Delhi. In 2018 he finished two commemorative still photography projects for his alma mater, St.Xavier's College, Mumbai. These involved a Sesquicentennial Calendar Project and a series of portraits of retired Jesuits, teachers and staff. Both were received with tremendous appreciation and acclaim.
There is a continuing project on the Guru-Shishya Parampara in Dhrupad (a form of Indian Classical Music) and has finished photographing two Gurukuls so far. Also in progress is a complex project on the subject of Single Screen Cinemas, which is a Pan-India Project.
Hemant Chaturvedi only works on his own, self-initiated projects, and now only as a still photographer.

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! Year
! Film
! Language
! Notes
|-
| rowspan="2" |2002
| ''[[Company (2002 film)|Company]]''
| Hindi
|
|-
| ''[[Makdee]]''
| Hindi
|
|-
| 2003
| ''[[Maqbool]]''
| Hindi
|
|-
| 2005
| ''[[15 Park Avenue]]''
| English
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |2006
| ''[[Yun Hota Toh Kya Hota]]''
| Hindi
|
|-
| ''[[Anthony Kaun Hai]]''
| Hindi
|
|-
| 2007
| ''[[Positive (2007 film)|Positive]]''
| Hindi
| Short film
|-
| 2009
| ''[[Kurbaan (2009 film)|Kurbaan]]''
| Hindi
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |2012
| ''[[Ishaqzaade]]''
| Hindi
|
|-
| ''[[Arjun: The Warrior Prince]]''
| Hindi
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |2014
| ''[[Ungli]]''
| Hindi
|
|-
| ''[[Dekh Tamasha Dekh]]''
| Hindi
|
|-
| 2015
| ''[[Brothers (2015 film)|Brothers]]''
| Hindi
|
|-
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb name|1154867}}
* [http://www.timeoutmumbai.net/client_coverstory/client_coverstory_details.asp?code=816 Interview on Company (film)] at [[Time Out (company)|Time Out]] Mumbai
* [http://www.wonderwall.co.in/ViewPhotographerewise.aspx?Aid=75 Hemant Chaturvedi at Wonderwall] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180623193910/http://www.wonderwall.co.in/ViewPhotographerewise.aspx?Aid=75 |date=23 June 2018 }}

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[[Category:Hindi film cinematographers]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Cinematographers from Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:People from Gorakhpur]]
[[Category:1968 births]]
[[Category:Jamia Millia Islamia alumni]]

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Maryslanker at 22:49, 7 February 2026