Ayananka Bose

Biography

Ayananka Bose is an Indian cinematographer for Bollywood films. He studied cinematography at the Film and Television Institute of Tamil Nadu in Chennai. He won the best cinematographer at Zee Cine Awards for the film Kites in 2011.

Bose was born in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh to a Bengali-speaking family. He was educated at the Film and Television Institute of Tamil Nadu and received his early training from ace cinematographer and director, Rajiv Menon. He has worked as an assistant director to Menon in Kandukondain Kandukondain (2000).

He then started assisting Ravi K. Chandran in the films Dil Chahta Hai (2001), Kannathil Muthamittal (2002), Koi... Mil Gaya (2003), and Boys (2003).

He worked as the first assistant cameraman in Lakshya (2004), the camera operator in Black (2005), and the associate cinematographer in Yuva (2004), before becoming an independent cinematographer.

His first film was Paheli, starring Shah Rukh Khan and Rani Mukerji, and directed by Amol Palekar. He is one of the very few cinematographers in India who works on both TV commercials and films regularly.