Deepak Haldankar

Deepak Haldankar
Deepak Haldankar

Deepak Haldankar is an Indian film director. He was the first Indian Director Cinematographer to shoot 35mm Eastmancolor films in Antarctica. The film "Exploration Antarctica” won an award at the Toulon Maritime film festival, France, in 1987. He covered two mount Everest expeditions1984&1985 and won a national award for Indian Mount Everest Expeditions in 1984 first Indian woman Bachandri Pal climbed Mount Everest. He photographed his first films in 1970"The Flying Sikh -Milkha Singh","Arming the Mountains" directed by S.P. Ganguli produced by Films Division Government of India. Compiled Kailash Mansarovar Yatra film for His Holiness Swami Amar Jotijee , photographed “ Kalakar Namaskar ” Tribute to Great Indian Masters series on RajaRaviVerma,M.F.Hussen,Kulkarni,Laxman Pai,Soza,Dave,Aparna Kaur,S.K.Arayan and many others produced and directed by Chandramani Kohli for DoorDharshan.Photographed "Gift of Love" a film on dowry deaths directed by Meera Dewan for Films Division won eleven international awards.Some of the important films photographed are A Day With Prime Minister Mrs Indira Gandhi and M.N.Roy. Photographed 35mm Eastman color film (biographical film )on the Life of “Kavi Neeraj” the famous song writer ,who wrote 125 songs and out of which 120 were super hit in the Indian cinema. This film was directed by Guribir Singh Gerewal for Films Division Government of India.

A film directed and photographed on Shri. Bhavarlal Jain, Padmashree & Dr.Tony Vohra,MBE both started with a very humble beginning and now own huge industrial empires in Jalgon,India and UK.

Worked with Dr.Alok Adholeya, Head of the mycorrhiza department, Director, Biotechnology & Management of Bioresources Division The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) New Delhi, India, on their mycorrhiza project at Korba. Directed and photographed many films on organic cultivation for Dr.Tony Vohra.Shri Mukesh Gupta, Executive Director, Morarka Foundation, which works in the rural areas in the field of organic farming, Jaipur, Rajasthan.

Haldankar covered two Indian army rafting expeditions on the river Ganges led by Major D.N. Das in 1982 and covered Hovercraft expedition, went upstream on the Ganges led by Dr. Messial of France in 1979 - 1980.

He covered two motorcycle expeditions (Bajajmotorcycles )to Siachin base camp. He covered thousands of news stories for Indian News Review in India and abroad and hundreds of documentary films on 35mm Eastmancolor. He represented India with the film Where time stands still to Leipzig, Bilbao and Warsaw. Haldankar visited 87 countries for film making, and directed and photographed number of serials for various channels. He worked with director Michael Antoniou for a film on Kumbh Mela in 1975 and on the 70mm multi screen project “Sukhirama” for S. Sukhdev in 1972 for Asia-72.

Haldankar started his career working in feature films with producer and cinematographer, the late Shri Nariman A Irani, assisting him in Talash, Maharaja, Balidan & Pakazeea. Haldankar worked with cinematographers Anwar Siraj, Joe D’souza, A Salam and Dara Engineer. Haldankar photographed five episodes of Kab Tak for TV India.Telugu serials Teli Prema,Swarswati Namasthubm,Friendsfor ABHINAV ARTS. Directed Corporate film for Dr.Tony Whora,MBE Eastend Foods UK, and was declared as the best cinematographer for 2008, SEPTEMBER 2010 by the Journalist Association of India, New Delhi. Haldankar is a member of the Western India Cinematographer’s Association Grade –I (no 2215) and a member of the Working News Cameramans Association, the largest body of working photojournalists engaged in visual media, accredited with Press Information Bureau,Government of India I-card No 1640, New Delhi. Deepak Haldankar is working with production house Harikrit Films, New Delhi-India as Chief Strategist.

Haldankar was born on 17 December 1947 at Dharwad, Karnatak State and brought up in Mumbai, India. "Deepak Haldankar has a wit and humour to match any company. His knowledge of the film world is wide and extensive and deserves great merit. I have personally known Deepak Haldankar for over 25 years now and can vouch for his total integrity in the field." - Sharavati Prabhu. Sharavati Prabhu member of Indian Mount Everest Expedition 1984.First Indian lady to climb Mount Vincient in Antarctica Dough Scott Expedition.

"Deepak Handankar was associated with me for the Mount Everest expedition. During that period I have seen him working with dedication. He always took up challenges, whatsoever may be the condition ,he was ever ready to take the shots in extreme conditions. I wish him all the succe ss in his life." F. A. Waris Chief Recordist Films Division Government of India

References

  • Documentary Today - 60 years of Films Division - May 2008.
  • “EXPLORING THE FROZEN CONTINENT” by DEEPAK HALDANKAR Pages 43 to49. Worked as News Reel Officer in Delhi and covered news stories for “INDIAN NEWSREVIEW” all over the Globe. He has been part of several dangerous missions and photographed and directed many adventure films.
  • “RAFTANG DOWN THE GANGES”- Exclusive first hand account by Maj. D.N. DASS the leader of the expedition published in GENTELMEN’S FASHION QUARTERLY Aug-Oct 1982 issue pages 70 to 74. on page 73 it is mentioned “ Haldankar had to be rescued from a cliff ,to which he was hanging for dear life ------------together with his camera and equipment. On page 74 “ In conclusion ,a special word for Deepak Haldankar .He not only filmed the voyage ,but was constantly involved with the activities of the expedition--------from administration to rescue work .A tribute to a civilian member who went beyond his call of duty all the time. The film made by him has captured actual disaster and adventure shots which doubtless will earn him many laurels.”

Articles on DEEPAK HALDANKAR published in various news papers and magazines.

  • “For Deepak it was dream come true”--------- Morning Echo Friday April 29, 1977 page 5. New Delhi .
  • THE WORLD IS HIS PLAY GROUND ---- SCREEN,AUGUST 6;1993 PAGE 17.
  • “From the swirling sand dunes of the Thar to the rarefied heights of the freezing environs of the Antarctic, cinematographer Deepak Haldankar has made the World his playground.”
  • “WHERE TIME STANDS STILL” a film division production davp catalog year of production 1978,date of release 24-3-1978. Govt of India {F.No201/78}
  • “AFTER THE RAJ”------by Hugh Purcell , Yorkshire UK . Sutton Publishing
  • “IN FOCUS “READY AIM SHOOT”----------Shubhadarshini Singh. SUNDAY MAIL, September 16–22, 1990

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