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About Shweta Chanda

Born in Mumbai, Shweta Chanda graduated from S.I.E.S College of Arts, Science and Commerce with a Major in Advertising. After working as a production assistant at Crest Animation Studios she freelanced in production on commercials and music videos for a year. Following that she joined the New York Film Academy in Los Angeles to pursue a Masters in Fine Arts with a focus in Cinematography. While in LA she worked as a Camera Assistant and Cinematographer on numerous productions. She also interned at Shadow Machine Films in the lighting department for the hit TV show, Robot Chicken. After returning to India she worked on Sanjay Leela Bansali's film, Guzaarish, and assisted Cinematographers like Tassaduq Hussain, Sejal Shah and Laxman Utekar. Currently she works as a Freelance Cinematographer and has several shorts and 3 feature films to her credit. Living in Mumbai, Shweta continues pursuing her craft with passion.
Latest Posts | By Shweta Chanda
Pandolin Technical Awards 2012 – 2013
12 years ago

Pandolin Technical Awards 2012 – 2013

Pandolin honors the people who make people on screen look good and stories come alive. Pandolin announced it’s technical awards personally to all the winners & they were nothing less than pleasantly surprised, check out the list of winners and what they had to say.
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Pratik’s romance with the lens
12 years ago

Pratik’s romance with the lens

The challenge of standing by the premise of the script and controlling the scope of creativity over a piece of 120 minutes is what Pratik Deora finds intensely alluring. Pandolin chats with cinematographer, Pratik Deora (in bold) who talks about his period film, Shudra – The Rising and how he’s tried to capture a rare moment in time on celluloid.
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Kausar Munir : When I was a child and asked what did I want to be…I said “I want to be happy”.
12 years ago

Kausar Munir : When I was a child and asked what did I want to be…I said “I want to be happy”.

By  •  Music, E-Zine

She is clearly oblivious to the rave that her revolutionary words like “Ishqzaade…or Pareshaan” create with every other kid in the block .
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The clash of the Film Fests
12 years ago

The clash of the Film Fests

[dropcap]And [/dropcap]so it’s that time of the year when we take stock of all the fab films we’ve watched, the painful ones we’ve endured and count all the …
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Gulshan Devaiah – A good character is a good illusion
12 years ago

Gulshan Devaiah – A good character is a good illusion

Pandolin talks to Gulshan Devaiah to find out how he made it without attending any acting school or having a star family background.
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Sridevi unsure for next film
12 years ago

Sridevi unsure for next film

By  •  News

After the remarkable success of “English Vinglish”, both Boney Kapoor and R. Balki are keen to do another film with Sridevi, but the veteran actress is still unsure about …
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Anil Kapoor launches his own studio
12 years ago

Anil Kapoor launches his own studio

By  •  News

Anil Kapoor launches his own studio

There has been a lot of talks about Anil Kapoor’s plans to start a new studio to shoot his first television venture, …
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Shatrughan Sinha wants to do a film with Big B again
12 years ago

Shatrughan Sinha wants to do a film with Big B again

By  •  News

Shatrughan Sinha is anxious on doing another film with the Amitabh Bachchan. Apparently the two have discussed the various possibilities of coming together. A project is now being …
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Dabangg 2 gets U/A certificate
12 years ago

Dabangg 2 gets U/A certificate

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‘Dabangg 2’ gets U/A certificate

Salman Khan’s long-awaited ” Dabangg 2 ” has been passed with a U/A certificate by the Cental Board of Film Certification – and without any …
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Amitabh Bachchan honoured at Florence Indian film festival
12 years ago

Amitabh Bachchan honoured at Florence Indian film festival

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Amitabh Bachchan honoured at Florence Indian film festival

Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan feels honoured after receiving keys to the city of Florence during the opening of 12th edition of …
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