Hitesh Liya

He is a Mechanical Engineer from llT Bombay and a graduate in Cinematography from SRFTI.

While studying Cinematography at SRFTI, Hitesh was selected as a student participant for the coveted, ‘5th VGIK International Summer School’ (2013) on Documentary filmmaking at the Russian State University of Cinematography (VGIK), the oldest film institute in the world. His short documentary, ‘My Russian Diary’ won ‘Best Film’ award of the summer school. He has been working in the Mumbai film industry and has shot Ad films and short films. He has been a part of the Camera team for Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s magnum opus ’Bajirao Mastani’. Apart from shooting films as a Cinematogra­pher, Hitesh also writes and directs short films and does Street Photography with his Celluloid still camera.

His short films have been selected for inter­national festivals across the globe in the countries like Turkey, Italy, Uruguay and Spain and have won awards.