Avijit Mukul Kishore Cinematographer & Documentary Film-maker from India

Avijit Mukul Kishore or Mukul, as he prefers to be called, is a film director and cinematographer based in Mumbai Works of Avijit Mukul Kishore (India) though his interests cover other aspects of film-making as well.

Mukul was born in Lucknow on 29 August 1969. He grew up in Delhi studying at Salwan Public school and Sardar Patel Vidyalaya. He is a graduate in history from Hindu college of New Delhi. During 1987-1992, he worked with Feisal Alkazi's Music Theatre Workshop, as well as working for programmes aimed at children and adolescents on Doordarshan, the Indian state TV channel.

After a course of cinematography at the Film and Television Training Institute (FTII) in Pune (India) in 1995, he came to Mumbai. In a short span of time, he has built up an impressive portfolio of work as a cameraman, some of which has been shown at international film festivals and has won critical acclaim.

Works of Avijit Mukul Kishore Mukul continues to work a lot as a cameraman with some very well-known Indian TV programmes such as Kaun Banega Karorpati, Rendezvous and Kamzor Kadi Kaun. He is also involved in teaching of students interested in documentary film-making. In 2003, he made his first film as a director, Snapshots of a family album. He also writes at the FTII's almuni association's online magazine, GraFTII. Avijit Mukul Kishore has been involved in lot of documentary films. "I don't remember all of them", he says. This page presents information about some of his work as cameraman for documentary and feature films.

Another film "Certified Universal" with camera and direction by Avijit Mukul was presented at Berlinale 2010 (on right, poster of this film).

Avijit Mukul Kishore can be contacted at: avimuk(at)yahoo.com - And you can also check his personal website and his Blog

Why I like Mukul

From Indian Express, 14 May 2004

“Be it theatre, art or documentary, his approach fits all genres – he’s very multidisciplined”, says documentary film-maker Madhushree Datta, who worked with him on many films including Scribbles for Akka.

“He’s one of the most sensitive cameraman I’ve ever worked with. His patience and calm approach makes everyone relaxed in front of the camera”, says artist Nalini Malani who has worked with him for eight of her projects and plans Cornucopia, a video installation.

"He’s not just a cameraman. He has an aesthetic sense which coalesces with mine”, says artist Vivek Sundaram, who worked with Mukul for his latest video installation Tracking.