Aseem Bajaj
Biography
The son of celebrated theatre artist, actor, and academician Ram Gopal Bajaj, Aseem Bajaj is a Filmfare Award-winning Indian cinematographer. He has helmed the camera department in around 20 feature films, besides working as an additional assistant cinematographer in over thirty movies.
Aseem`s most acclaimed work to date is the Sudhir Mishra directorial Chameli (2003), which starred Kareena Kapoor and Rahul Bose in the lead roles. Besides a Filmfare Award, the movie also won him the Swarovski Trophy for Best Cinematography at the Asian Festival of First Films in 2005.
Notable among Aseem`s other works in recent times are the action comedy Son of Sardaar (2012), X: Past Is Present (2015), and the action thriller Shivaay (2016). Besides these, he has also produced the internationally acclaimed drama film Parched (2015) and the comedy-drama Rajma Chawal (2018), both of which were directed by his wife Leena Yadav.
His other releases include Bhuj: The Pride of India (2021) and Mayday (2022). He also worked on Web series like Sacred Games (2018) and Forbidden Love (2020).