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| birth_place  = [[Hyderabad]], Telangana
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| children      = Sameer Arya, Sagar Arya
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| occupation    = [[Cinematographer]]
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| relatives    = [[Ramesh Behl|Srishti Behl]] (daughter-in-law)<ref name=sist4>{{Cite web |url=http://www.businessworld.in/article/Srishti-Behl-Arya-Monika-Shergill-Content-Queens-/03-04-2020-188139/ |title=Srishti Behl Arya & Monika Shergill: Content Queens |website=Business World |date=2 April 2020}}</ref><br />[[Shaukat Kaifi]] (aunt)<br/>[[Shabana Azmi]] (first-cousin)<br/>[[Baba Azmi]] (first-cousin)
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'''Ishan Arya''' (Irshad Ahsan) was an Indian [[cinematographer]], and producer, best known as producer and cinematographer of [[Art cinema]] classic ''[[Garm Hava]]'' (1973).<ref name=exp/><ref>{{cite news |title=Ishan Arya Filmography |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/590132/Ishan-Arya/filmography |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502010051/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/590132/Ishan-Arya/filmography |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 May 2014 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=[[The New York Times]] |publisher=[[Baseline (database)|Baseline]] & [[All Movie Guide]] |date=2014 |accessdate=30 April 2014}}</ref> After working in theatre and advertising, he made his debut with ''Garm Hava'' directed by [[M. S. Sathyu]].<ref>{{cite web| title = Return of ‘Garm Hava’|publisher=[[Livemint]] | url = http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/BfQSkhD0GNPpiyIexlWbDO/Return-of-Garm-Hava.html |date=17 September 2013| accessdate = 30 April 2014  }}</ref> After that he worked largely in South Indian cinema, especially Telugu, though he work on two noted Hindi art films, ''[[Bazaar (1982 film)|Bazaar]]'' (1982) directed by [[Sagar Sarhadi]] and ''[[Anjuman (1986 film)|Anjuman]]'' (1986) directed by [[Muzaffar Ali]].<ref name="GulazāraNihalani2003">{{cite book|author1=Gulazar|author2=Govind Nihalani|author3=Saibal Chatterjee|title=Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8y8vN9A14nkC&pg=PT284|year=2003|publisher=Popular Prakashan|isbn=978-81-7991-066-5|page=260}}</ref> At the [[23rd National Film Awards]], he won the [[National Film Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography Award]] for Telugu film, ''[[Mutyala Muggu]]'' (1975).<ref name="23rdaward">{{cite web|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm23rdNFAAward.aspx|title=23rd National Film Awards|publisher=[[International Film Festival of India]]|accessdate=4 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219064158/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm23rdNFAAward.aspx|archive-date=19 February 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="23rdawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/23rd_nff_1975.pdf|title=23rd National Film Awards (PDF)|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]|accessdate=4 October 2011}}</ref>
'''Ishan Arya''' (born '''Irshad Ahsan''') was an Indian [[cinematographer]], and producer, best known as co-producer and cinematographer of [[Art cinema]] classic ''[[Garm Hava]]'' (1973).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/xh9EvT8R5nSO58eu3RJgRL/Film--Back-story.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 November 2018|website=livemint.com website|author=Nandini Ramnath|title=Film - Back story (film review of Garm Hava 1973)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181101140149/https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/xh9EvT8R5nSO58eu3RJgRL/Film--Back-story.html|date=27 July 2012|access-date=17 December 2023}}</ref><ref name=exp/><ref>{{cite news |title=Ishan Arya Filmography |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/590132/Ishan-Arya/filmography |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502010051/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/590132/Ishan-Arya/filmography |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 May 2014 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=2014 |accessdate=30 April 2014}}</ref> After working in theatre and advertising, he made his debut with ''Garm Hava'' directed by [[M. S. Sathyu]].<ref>{{cite web| title = Return of 'Garm Hava'|publisher=[[Livemint]] | url = http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/BfQSkhD0GNPpiyIexlWbDO/Return-of-Garm-Hava.html |date=17 September 2013| accessdate = 30 April 2014  }}</ref> After that he worked largely in South Indian cinema, especially Telugu, though he worked on two noted Hindi art films, ''[[Bazaar (1982 film)|Bazaar]]'' (1982) directed by [[Sagar Sarhadi]] and ''[[Anjuman (1986 film)|Anjuman]]'' (1986) directed by [[Muzaffar Ali]].<ref name="GulazāraNihalani2003">{{cite book|author1=Gulazar|author2=Govind Nihalani|author3=Saibal Chatterjee|title=Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8y8vN9A14nkC&pg=PT284|year=2003|publisher=Popular Prakashan|isbn=978-81-7991-066-5|page=260}}</ref> At the [[23rd National Film Awards]], he won the [[National Film Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography Award]] for [[Telugu cinema|Telugu film]], ''[[Mutyala Muggu]]'' (1975).<ref name="23rdaward">{{cite web|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm23rdNFAAward.aspx|title=23rd National Film Awards|publisher=[[International Film Festival of India]]|accessdate=4 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219064158/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm23rdNFAAward.aspx|archive-date=19 February 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="23rdawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/23rd_nff_1975.pdf|title=23rd National Film Awards (PDF)|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]|accessdate=4 October 2011}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
He was born in the Ahsan family and is a nephew of Shaukat Kaifi and first cousin of Shabana Azmi. He was married to film, television and stage actress Sulbha Arya. His son Sameer Arya is also a cinematographer, known for films like ''[[Koyla]]'' (1997), ''[[Koi... Mil Gaya]]'' (2003) and ''[[Shootout at Wadala]]'' (2013).<ref name=exp>{{cite web | title = Logic in Lens|work= The Indian Express  
He was born as Irshad Ahsan in 1942 and is a nephew of [[Shaukat Kaifi]] and first cousin of [[Shabana Azmi]]. He changed his name to Ishan Arya after marrying actress [[Sulbha Arya]] according to [[Arya Samaj]] rites.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Pradhan |first=Bharathi S. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bmSwAAAAIAAJ |title=Colas, Cars & Communal Harmony |date=2003 |publisher=India Book Distributors (Bombay) |isbn=978-81-7310-154-0 |language=en}}</ref> Their son Sameer Arya (married to Srishti Behl, the daughter of [[Ramesh Behl]]) is also a cinematographer, known for films like ''[[Koyla]]'' (1997), ''[[Koi... Mil Gaya]]'' (2003) and ''[[Shootout at Wadala]]'' (2013).<ref name=exp>{{cite web | title = Logic in Lens|work= The Indian Express  
| url = http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/logic-in-lens/1119742/0 | date=24 May 2013|accessdate = 30 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Sameer Arya – Through The Lens | publisher = [[Cine Blitz]] | url = http://cineblitz.liveinstyle.com/features/detail/sameer-arya-through-the-lens# | date = June 2013 | accessdate = 30 April 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140502005714/http://cineblitz.liveinstyle.com/features/detail/sameer-arya-through-the-lens | archive-date = 2 May 2014 | url-status = dead }}</ref> His other son Sagar Arya is an actor and Voice over artist and is married to Anwesha Bhattacharya, daughter of [[Rinki Bhattacharya|Rinki]] and film director [[Basu Bhattacharya]].
| url = http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/logic-in-lens/1119742/0 | date=24 May 2013|accessdate = 30 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Sameer Arya – Through The Lens | publisher = [[Cine Blitz]] | url = http://cineblitz.liveinstyle.com/features/detail/sameer-arya-through-the-lens# | date = June 2013 | accessdate = 30 April 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140502005714/http://cineblitz.liveinstyle.com/features/detail/sameer-arya-through-the-lens | archive-date = 2 May 2014 | url-status = dead }}</ref> Their other son Sagar Arya is an actor and voice over artist, married to Anwesha Bhattacharya, the daughter of [[Rinki Bhattacharya|Rinki]] and film director [[Basu Bhattacharya]].


Cinematographer [[Baba Azmi]] who is his first cousin, started his career assisting Arya in Telugu films in the 1970s, starting as light boy, he worked with Arya for 10–12 Telugu films.<ref>
Cinematographer [[Baba Azmi]] who is Arya's first cousin, started his career assisting Arya in Telugu films in the 1970s, starting as light boy, he worked with Arya for 10–12 Telugu films.<ref>
{{cite web | title = Unknown stars: Baba Azmi, cinematographer|work= ibnlive.in.com| url = http://ibnlive.in.com/news/unknown-stars-baba-azmi-cinematographer/138876-8-66.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101230063749/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/unknown-stars-baba-azmi-cinematographer/138876-8-66.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 30 December 2010 |author= Riddhi Doshi |date=29 December 2010|accessdate = 30 April 2014 }}</ref>
{{cite web | title = Unknown stars: Baba Azmi, cinematographer|work= ibnlive.in.com| url = http://ibnlive.in.com/news/unknown-stars-baba-azmi-cinematographer/138876-8-66.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101230063749/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/unknown-stars-baba-azmi-cinematographer/138876-8-66.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 30 December 2010 |author= Riddhi Doshi |date=29 December 2010|accessdate = 30 April 2014 }}</ref>


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* ''Gorantha Deepam'' (1978, Telugu)
* ''Gorantha Deepam'' (1978, Telugu)
* ''[[Bazaar (1982 film)|Bazaar]]'' (1982, Hindi)
* ''[[Bazaar (1982 film)|Bazaar]]'' (1982, Hindi)
* ''[[Mumbaicha Faujdar]]'' (1984, Marathi)
* ''[[Anjuman (1986 film)|Anjuman]]'' (1986, Hindi)
* ''[[Anjuman (1986 film)|Anjuman]]'' (1986, Hindi)
* ''Aaj Jhale Mukt Mi'' (1986, Marathi)
* ''Aaj Jhale Mukt Mi'' (1986, Marathi)
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* ''[[Nasihat]]'' (1986, Hindi)
* ''[[Nasihat]]'' (1986, Hindi)
* ''[[Mohre]]'' (1987, Hindi)
* ''[[Mohre]]'' (1987, Hindi)
* ''[[Toorpu Velle Railu]]'' [1979,Telugu]
* ''[[Toorpu Velle Railu]]'' (1979, Telugu)


== References ==
== References ==
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Latest revision as of 15:08, 20 September 2025


Ishan Arya
Born
Hyderabad, India
Died1996
Mumbai
Other namesIrshad Ahsan
OccupationCinematographer
Years active1973–1987
Spouse(s)Sulbha Arya
ChildrenSameer Arya, Sagar Arya
RelativesSrishti Behl (daughter-in-law)[1]
Shaukat Kaifi (aunt)
Shabana Azmi (first-cousin)
Baba Azmi (first-cousin)
FamilyAkhtar-Azmi family
Behl family

Ishan Arya (born Irshad Ahsan) was an Indian cinematographer, and producer, best known as co-producer and cinematographer of Art cinema classic Garm Hava (1973).[2][3][4] After working in theatre and advertising, he made his debut with Garm Hava directed by M. S. Sathyu.[5] After that he worked largely in South Indian cinema, especially Telugu, though he worked on two noted Hindi art films, Bazaar (1982) directed by Sagar Sarhadi and Anjuman (1986) directed by Muzaffar Ali.[6] At the 23rd National Film Awards, he won the Best Cinematography Award for Telugu film, Mutyala Muggu (1975).[7][8]

Personal life[edit | edit source]

He was born as Irshad Ahsan in 1942 and is a nephew of Shaukat Kaifi and first cousin of Shabana Azmi. He changed his name to Ishan Arya after marrying actress Sulbha Arya according to Arya Samaj rites.[9] Their son Sameer Arya (married to Srishti Behl, the daughter of Ramesh Behl) is also a cinematographer, known for films like Koyla (1997), Koi... Mil Gaya (2003) and Shootout at Wadala (2013).[3][10] Their other son Sagar Arya is an actor and voice over artist, married to Anwesha Bhattacharya, the daughter of Rinki and film director Basu Bhattacharya.

Cinematographer Baba Azmi who is Arya's first cousin, started his career assisting Arya in Telugu films in the 1970s, starting as light boy, he worked with Arya for 10–12 Telugu films.[11]

Filmography[edit | edit source]

Producer[edit | edit source]

  • Garm Hava (1973, Hindi)
  • Rusthum Jodi (1980, Kannada)

Cinematographer[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Srishti Behl Arya & Monika Shergill: Content Queens". Business World. 2 April 2020.
  2. ↑ Nandini Ramnath (27 July 2012). "Film - Back story (film review of Garm Hava 1973)". livemint.com website. Archived from the original on 1 November 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Logic in Lens". The Indian Express. 24 May 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
  4. ↑ "Ishan Arya Filmography". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2014. Archived from the original on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
  5. ↑ "Return of 'Garm Hava'". Livemint. 17 September 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
  6. ↑ Gulazar; Govind Nihalani; Saibal Chatterjee (2003). Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema. Popular Prakashan. p. 260. ISBN 978-81-7991-066-5.
  7. ↑ "23rd National Film Awards". International Film Festival of India. Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
  8. ↑ "23rd National Film Awards (PDF)" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
  9. ↑ Pradhan, Bharathi S. (2003). Colas, Cars & Communal Harmony. India Book Distributors (Bombay). ISBN 978-81-7310-154-0.
  10. ↑ "Sameer Arya – Through The Lens". Cine Blitz. June 2013. Archived from the original on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
  11. ↑ Riddhi Doshi (29 December 2010). "Unknown stars: Baba Azmi, cinematographer". ibnlive.in.com. Archived from the original on 30 December 2010. Retrieved 30 April 2014.

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