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{{infobox person
|name = K. K. Mahajan
|image = K. K. Mahajan.png
|image_size = 200px
|birth_date = 2 October 1944
|occupation= Cinematographer
|birth_place = [[Gurdaspur]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab]], [[British India]]
|death_date ={{death date and age|df=yes|2007|7|13|1944|10|2}}
|death_place =[[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], India
}}

'''K. K. Mahajan''' (2 October 1944 – 13 July 2007) was an Indian [[cinematographer]] who was known for his work in [[Parallel Cinema]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://windsfromtheeast.blogspot.com/2008/10/kk-mahajan-unfinished-potrait.html |title=Winds From The East: KK Mahajan- an unfinished portrait <nowiki>[sic]</nowiki> |publisher=Windsfromtheeast.blogspot.com |date=2008-10-13 |access-date=2012-06-15}}</ref> In a career that spanned over four decades, he won four [[National Film Awards]]. He was best known for his work with filmmakers such as [[Kumar Shahani]], [[Mani Kaul]], [[Basu Chatterjee]] and [[Mrinal Sen]].<ref name=front>{{cite web| title =Obituary: Enduring image |author=Partha Chatterjee| url = http://www.frontline.in/static/html/fl2415/stories/20070810509308700.htm |publisher=Frontline|volume=24|issue=15|date=28 July – 10 August 2007| access-date = 2014-05-04 }}</ref>

Starting his career in the late 1960s, Mahajan worked simultaneously in [[parallel cinema|parallel]] and mainstream films for the next four decades. In all he shot 84 feature films, around 100 commercials and over 20 documentaries and several television serials.<ref name=toi/>

==Early life and education==
Born in [[Gurdaspur]] in Punjab, Mahajan graduated in a physics from [[Panjab University, Chandigarh]]. Thereafter, he joined the [[Film and Television Institute of India]] (FTII) and graduated with a diploma in Motion Picture Photography in 1966 with a gold medal.<ref name=upper>{{cite web| title = K. K. Mahajan Profile|publisher=[[Upperstall]] | url = http://www.upperstall.com/people/kk-mahajan
| access-date = 2014-05-04 }}</ref>

==Career==
Mahajan started his career worked on advertising films, short films and documentaries most notably [[Shyam Benegal]]'s ''Child of the Streets'' (1967), Kumar Shahani's ''A Certain Childhood'' (1967), and BD Garga's ''Amrita Shergil'' (1968) and ''Mahabalipuram'' (1968).<ref name=upper/>

Prior to this, while still at [[Film and Television Institute of India|FTII]], he had shot, Shahani's avant garde graduation film, ''The Glass Pane'' (1966). Subsequently, upon viewing this film, [[Mrinal Sen]] offered Mahajan, ''[[Bhuvan Shome]]'' (1969), which won the [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film]] and became an important film the parallel cinema movement.<ref name=front/><ref name=upper/> This paved way for lifelong collaboration, as he went to shoot many films with Sen, including, ''[[Interview (1971 film)|Interview]]'' (1971), ''[[Calcutta 71]]'' (1972), ''[[Padatik (film)|Padatik]]'' (1973), ''[[Chorus (1974 film)|Chorus]]'' (1974), ''[[Mrigayaa]]'' (1976), ''[[Oka Oori Katha]]'' (1977), ''[[Ek Din Pratidin]]'' (1979), ''[[Akaler Sandhane]]'' (1980), ''Chalchitra'' (1981), ''[[Kharij]]'' (1982), ''[[Khandhar]]'' (1983) ''[[Ek Din Achanak]]'' (1988).<ref name="Mukhopadhyay2014">{{cite book|author=Dipankar Mukhopadhyay|title=MRINAL SEN-60 Years In Search Of Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gGvlAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT231|year= 2014|publisher=HarperCollins Publishers India|isbn=978-93-5136-048-3|pages=231–237}}</ref> Another director he worked extensively with was [[Basu Chatterjee]]; they had collaborated in films such as ''[[Piya Ka Ghar]]'' (1971), ''[[Rajnigandha]]'' (1974), ''[[Chhoti Si Baat]]'' (1975), ''[[Chitchor]]'' (1976), ''[[Swami (1977 film)|Swami]]'' (1977) and ''[[Manzil (1979 film)|Manzil]]'' (1979).<ref name=upper/> He also shot [[Ramesh Sippy]]'s family saga on television, ''[[Buniyaad]]'' (1986), which was shot on video (high-band) and shown of state-run for [[Doordarshan]] channel.<ref name=front/>

After ''[[Char Adhyay]]'' (1997) directed Kumar Shahani he did few films, ''[[Ekti Nadir Naam]]'' directed by Anup Singh was the last film shot by him in 2002. He was diagnosed with throat cancer and as a result his voice-box was removed. Thereafter he shot no other feature film, though he shot a small documentary in 2005, directed by Kumar Shahani about the mounting of an exhibition of painter [[Akbar Padamsee]].<ref name=front/>

In 2003, the [[Indian Society of Cinematographers]] (ISC) awarded him an Honorary Membership, along with [[A. Vincent]] and [[V. K. Murthy]].<ref>{{cite web | title = ISC - KODAK National Seminar on "Cinematographer as a Co-author of Cinema" | publisher = ISC | url = http://www.iscindia.org/html/gallery.htm | access-date = 2014-05-04 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081119154926/http://www.iscindia.org/html/gallery.htm | archive-date = 19 November 2008 | df = dmy-all }}</ref> In 2002, he received the Ezra Mir Award for Lifetime Achievement at the IDPA Awards 2005 of Indian Documentary Producers Association (IDPA).<ref name=toi>{{cite web
| title = IDPA award for cinematographer K. K. Mahajan | url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/IDPA-award-for-cinematographer-KK-Mahajan/articleshow/1456839.cms?referral=PM |date=20 March 2006| access-date = 2014-05-04| work =The Times of India }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = IDPA Awards|publisher=IDPA-Indian Documentary Producers Association| url = http://www.idpaindia.org/ind_docu/ind_idpa_award_images.htm | access-date = 2014-05-04 }}</ref>

His cancer returned in his last months and eventually he died in Mumbai on 13 July 2007.<ref name=upper/> His last release was ''Yaar Meri Zindagi'' starring [[Amitabh Bachchan]] and [[Shatrughan Sinha]]. The film was shot in 1971, but released only in 2008, due to legal issues.<ref>{{cite web | title = Big B, Shatrughan's film releases after 37 years |publisher=CNN-IBN| url = http://ibnlive.in.com/news/big-b-shatrughans-film-releases-after-37-years/62863-8.html| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100923085431/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/big-b-shatrughans-film-releases-after-37-years/62863-8.html| url-status = dead| archive-date = 23 September 2010|author=Varsha Pillai|date=8 April 2008| access-date = 2014-05-04}}</ref>

==National Awards==
*1970 – [[National Film Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]] for ''[[Sara Akash]]'' (black-and-white)
*1971 – Best Cinematography for ''[[Uski Roti]]'' (black-and-white)
*1973 – Best Cinematography for ''[[Maya Darpan]]'' (colour)
*1974 – Best Cinematography for ''[[Chorus (1974 film)|Chorus]]'' (black-and-white)

== Filmography ==
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
*''[[Sara Akash]]'' (1969)
*''[[Bhuvan Shome]]'' (1969)
*''[[Uski Roti]]'' (1970)
*''[[Ichchapuran]]'' (1970)
*''[[Calcutta 71]]'' (1971)
*''[[Ashadh Ka Ek Din (1971 film)|Ashadh Ka Ek Din]]'' (1971)
*''[[Maya Darpan]]'' (1972)
*''[[Ek Adhuri Kahani]]'' (1972)
*''[[Piya Ka Ghar]]'' (1972)
*''[[Padatik (film)|Padatik]]'' (1973)
*''[[Kunwara Badan]]'' (1973)
*''[[Chhalia]]'' (1973)
*''[[Us-Paar]]'' (1974)
*''[[Rajnigandha]]'' (1974)
*''[[Parinay]]'' (1974)
*''[[Doosri Sita]]'' (1974)
*''[[Chorus (1974 film)|Chorus]]'' (1974)
*''[[Chitchor]]'' (1976)
*''[[Kalicharan]]'' (1976)
*''[[Swami (1977 film)|Swami]]'' (1977)
*''[[Oka Oori Katha]]'' (1977)
*''[[Mrigayaa]]'' (1977)
*''[[Mukti (1977 film)|Mukti]]'' (1977)
*''[[Tumhare Liye]]'' (1978)
*''[[Karmayogi (1978 film)|Karmayogi]]'' (1978)
*''[[Dillagi (1978 film)|Dillagi]]'' (1978)
*''[[Chakravyuha (1978 film)|Chakravyuha]]'' (1978)
*''[[Priyatama]]'' (1978)
*''[[Safed Jhoot]]'' (1978)
*''[[Jeena Yahan]]'' (1979)
*''[[Aaj Ki Dhara]]'' (1979)
*''[[Do Ladke Dono Kadke]]'' (1979)
*''[[Aatish (film)|Aatish]]'' (1979)
*''[[Manzil (1979 film)|Manzil]]'' (1979)
*''[[Cinema Cinema (film)|Cinema Cinema]]'' (1979)
*''[[Kasturi (1980 film)|Kasturi]]'' (1980)
*''[[Man Pasand]]'' (1980)
*''[[Apne Paraye]]'' (1980)
*''[[Ek Din Pratidin]]'' (1980)
*''[[Aap To Aise Na The]]'' (1980)
*''[[Waqt Ki Deewar]]'' (1981)
*''[[Sameera (film)|Sameera]]'' (1981)
*''[[Chaalchitra]]'' (1981)
*''[[Akaler Sandhane]]'' (1981)
*''[[Chehre Pe Chehra]]'' (1981)
*''[[Ramnagari (film)|Ramnagari]]'' (1982)
*''[[Aadat Se Majboor]]'' (1982)
*''[[Avtaar]]'' (1983)
*''[[Gehri Chot: Urf - Door-Desh]]'' (1983)
*''[[Kharij]]'' (1983)
*''[[Tarang (film)|Tarang]]'' (1984)
*''[[Nadaaniyaan]]'' (1984)
*''[[All Rounder (film)|All Rounder]]'' (1984)
*''[[Khandhar]]'' (1984)
*''Jawab'' (1985)
*''[[Surkhiyaan]]'' (1985, The Headlines)
*''[[Mangal Dada]]'' (1986)
*''[[Ek Pal]]'' (1986)
*''[[Amrit (film)|Amrit]]'' (1986)
*''[[Sheesha (1986 film)|Sheesha]]'' (1986 TV series)
*''[[Shesh (film)|Shesh]]'' (1988)
*''[[Khayal Gatha]]'' (1989, documentary)
*''[[Ek Din Achanak]]'' (1989)
*''[[Bhrashtachar]]'' (1989)
*''[[Amba (film)|Amba]]'' (1990)
*''[[Kasba (film)|Kasba]]'' (1991)
*''[[Akayla]]'' (1991)
*''[[Aaj Ki Taaqat]]'' (1992)
*''[[Sahibaan]]'' (1993)
*''[[Pratimurti]]'' (1993)
*''[[Zamaana Deewana]]'' (1995)
*''[[Tunnu Ki Tina]]'' (1997)
*''[[Char Adhyay]]'' (1997)
*''[[Ekti Nadir Naam]]'' (2002)
*''[[Yaar Meri Zindagi]]'' (2008)
{{div col end}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

* {{cite book|title=History and Practice of Cinematography in India: K.K. Mahajan| url = http://cameraworking.raqsmediacollective.net/pdf/interviews/kk_mahajan.PDF|publisher=Raqs Media Collective|date=December 1996|pages=1–12}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0536728}}

{{National Film Award Best Cinematography|state=collapsed}}
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[[Category:1944 births]]
[[Category:2007 deaths]]
[[Category:Cinematographers from Punjab, India]]
[[Category:Artists from Mumbai]]
[[Category:Best Cinematography National Film Award winners]]
[[Category:Film and Television Institute of India alumni]]
[[Category:People from Gurdaspur]]
[[Category:Panjab University alumni]]
[[Category:Deaths from cancer in India]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian photographers]]

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