# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ashok-mehta
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:55:53.415Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ashok-mehta"
name: "Ashok Mehta"
slug: "ashok-mehta"
description: "Ashok Mehta was an Indian film cinematographer, known for films such as Bandit Queen (1994), 36 Chowringhee Lane (1981) and Utsav (1984). He won the National Film Award for Best Cinematography twice, 36 Chowringhee Lane (1981) and Moksha (2000), the latter he also directed."
tagline: "Indian cinematographer (1947–2012)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ashok_Mehta_2013_stamp_of_India.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1947"
deathDate: "2012-08-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.04
  momentum:             6.06
  historical:           8.168973333333334
  currentAttention:     13.36
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  212
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0576543/"
    handle:    "nm0576543"
sources:
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    title: "اشوک مہتا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%88%D9%83_%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%87%D8%AA%D8%A7"
    title: "اشوك ميهتا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashok_Mehta"
    title: "Ashok Mehta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashok_Mehta"
    title: "Ashok Mehta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashok_Mehta"
    title: "Ashok Mehta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashok_Mehta"
    title: "Ashok Mehta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%85%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%BC%E0%A9%8B%E0%A8%95_%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%B9%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%A4%E0%A8%BE"
    title: "ਅਸ਼ੋਕ ਮਹਿਤਾ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashok_Mehta"
    title: "Ashok Mehta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%85%E0%B0%B6%E0%B1%8B%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%8D_%E0%B0%AE%E0%B1%86%E0%B0%B9%E0%B0%A4%E0%B0%BE_(%E0%B0%9B%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%AF%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%97%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B9%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%81)"
    title: "అశోక్ మెహతా (ఛాయాగ్రాహకుడు)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q726195"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/35808"
    title: "Ashok Mehta"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump