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5 Impact Films for the IKEA Foundation (DoP/Editor)
This film explores the Circular Business Model for turning Textile Waste into Hotel Linen.
This film explores the Circular Business Model for turning Textile Waste into High Quality Felt.

This film explores the Circular Business Model for turning Textile Waste into Entrepreneurship Models.

Preserving Rural Artforms and Creating Circular and Sustainable Production Practices.

Building Circular and Sustainable Livelihoods in Rural India

YEH FREEDOM LIFE – Feature Documentary- DoP

Yeh Freedom Life/ This Freedom Life (DOP)

Presented by The Kitchen. Co-sponsored by the Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU, Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality at NYU, Contemporary Aesthetics Research Collaborative, and Asia Art Archive. In conjunction with Chitra Ganesh‘s exhibition, Her garden, a mirror, The Kitchen is pleased to present the recently completed, documentary film Yeh Freedom Life / This Freedom Life by Priya Sen. Filmed over…

Ankur's avatar by Ankur

POV Magazine said:
“Cinematographer Ankur Ahuja lenses ambient economies of the street—bridal posters of dolled-up Bollywood actresses on beauty parlour walls; shimmering curtains of packaged tobacco sachets alongside stickered chewing gum containers; advertisements of beaming superstar Salman Khan on an autorickshaw. Print and pop cultural imagery pepper the film’s glittering, decaying locales.
The intimate spaces of Sen’s lovelorn protagonists echo this cinematic intrigue. In Sachi’s parlour, Ahuja romantically frames furnishings and drapes: white, polka dotted curtains waver, recalling the stagnant attention to domestic fabric in Rosalind Nashashibi’s Hreash House (2004). In a memorable composition, Sachi lounges in her pastel green salwar-kameez against a similarly coloured backdrop. She is mirrored in multiple reflections behind her, her figurations shrinking and duplicating.”
https://povmagazine.com/yeh-freedom-life-review-working-class-romance-in-new-delhi/
Popular Soap – Pilot – DoP
Story of a small town boy in love with an ambitious girl.
CHINESE BHASAD – Webseries- DoP

8 episodes- 184min

Watch on JioCinema/Voot

Story of an Indian boy in love with a Chinese girl and the culture clash that ensues – The series is available on the OTT channel VOOT. It was a flagship series for the channel.
Dum Laga Ke Haisha – Feature Film – Associate Cinematographer

Winner of Filmfare Award for Best Cinematography

ZERO – Feature Film – Second Unit DoP
FAN – Feature Film- Second Unit DoP
Shudh Desi Romance – Feature Film- Second Unit DoP
The Real Noah’s Ark -Channel 4 Documentary – India DoP

GYAMO – QUEEN OF THE MOUNTAINS- In Search of the Snow Leopard – DOCUMENTARY – DoP

‘…wins top honors at the UN-sponsored International Big Cats Film Festival organized by Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival On the World Wildlife Day celebrated on March 3, 2018.’

Half Widows of Kashmir – film for Astro Malaysia- DoP
India’s Frontier Railways – The Last Train in Nepal – BBC Documentary – DOP (Additional)

Winner of the Guild of Television Cameramen Cinematography Award  (UK) for Best Cinematography (Additional) for the BBC4 film ‘Last Train in Nepal’. 


YEH DILLI HAI MERE YAAR – DOCUMENTARY -DoP

Yeh Dilli Hai Mere Yaar – A short film that maps the vulnerability and violence faced by a wide spectrum of women as they navigate the streets of Delhi.