Sunil Patel

Sunil Patel

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Sunil Patel Profile

  • Name:
  • Sunil Patel
  • Born:
  • January 1, 1963

Sunil Patel Biography

Sunil Patel is a successful cinematographer associated with Bollywood films. He is also Director of Photography of movies, TV ads, Documentaries etc. Graduated in Applied Photography, Film and Television from University of Westminster, some of his noted Bollywood works are Sarfarosh (1999), Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai (2002), Hum Tum (2002), Salaam Namaste (2005), Bachna Ae Haseeno (2008), Ready (2010), Murder 3 (2013) and Bang Bang! (2014). He is associated with film industry since late 1990s and has also worked for a few south Indian films. He has worked with leading Bollywood director Siddharth Anand in four films.

 

He was born on 1 January 1963. After graduation from Maharaja Sayajrao University, Baroda in 1986, he Applied Photography, Film and Television with Cinematography majors in London. He came to Mumbai at the age of 18 in 1991, where he worked with advertising and global communication. He has worked with Everest Advertising and Saatchi & Saatchi during this period. He started working as an independent cinematographer in the year 1992, where he worked with documentaries and ad films. As a Bollywood cinematographer, Chalo America released in 1995 was his debut work. The movie was directed by Piyush Jha and Official Selection by the Directorate of Film Festivals at Indian Panorama at the 30th International Film Festival of India. He also did additionl camerawork for 1999 Aamir Khan Movie – Sarfarosh.

 

Though started off with offbeat films, he later moved to commercial films and some of his early noted works are Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai and Hum Tum both released in 2002, and were commercially successful. Associated with big banners like Ysh Raj films, he also did one Bengali movie – Anuranan in 2006, the movie premiered at International Film Festival of India 2006. Bang Bang is his most recent work and the fourth collaboration with the successful director Siddharth Anand.

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Updated: February 03, 2016

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