This Article is From Aug 22, 2012

Subhash Ghai to organise tribute for Ashok Mehta

Subhash Ghai to organise tribute for Ashok Mehta

Highlights

  • Filmmaker Subhash Ghai is set to organise a day-long tribute here in honour of late cinematographer Ashok Mehta, who passed away recently.
  • It will be held on August 27 at his media and film institute Whistling Woods International, said a press statement.
  • There will be exhibitions and seminars on Mr Mehta's works. His directorial debut Moksh will also be screened in the presence of its lead actors Arjun Rampal and Manisha Koirala.
  • Mr Mehta, who breathed his last on August 15 following advanced lung cancer, was among one of India's best known cinematographers. He had shot films like Shekhar Kapur's Bandit Queen, Shyam Benegal's Mandi and Trikaal, Aparna Sen's 36 Chowringhee Lane and Paroma, Shashi Kapoor's Utsav and MF Hussain's Gaja Gamini.
  • Mr Ghai and Mr Mehta had worked together in films like Ram Lakhan (1989), Khal Nayak (1993) and Kisna (2005).
  • Mr Mehta died on August 15. He was 65.
  • Read: I did good films because of Ashok Mehta, says Manisha Koirala
Mumbai: Filmmaker Subhash Ghai is set to organise a day-long tribute here in honour of late cinematographer Ashok Mehta, who passed away recently.

It will be held on August 27 at his media and film institute Whistling Woods International, said a press statement.

There will be exhibitions and seminars on Mr Mehta's works. His directorial debut Moksh will also be screened in the presence of its lead actors Arjun Rampal and Manisha Koirala.

Mr Mehta, who breathed his last on August 15 following advanced lung cancer, was among one of India's best known cinematographers. He had shot films like Shekhar Kapur's Bandit Queen, Shyam Benegal's Mandi and Trikaal, Aparna Sen's 36 Chowringhee Lane and Paroma, Shashi Kapoor's Utsav and MF Hussain's Gaja Gamini.

Mr Ghai and Mr Mehta had worked together in films like Ram Lakhan (1989), Khal Nayak (1993) and Kisna (2005).

Mr Mehta died on August 15. He was 65.

Read: I did good films because of Ashok Mehta, says Manisha Koirala
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