Vijay Kumar Arora is an Indian cinematographer and director, known for the Punjabi film Harjeeta (2018).
Wiki/Biography
According to him, he completed his studies in Amritsar and then went to Mumbai to pursue his dream of becoming a director. Therefore, he started working from an early age. He lost his mother when he was a child, and many of his relatives lived in London, so his grandmother wanted him to move to London with them, but his relatives did not take him with them. They thought Vijay would be a bad influence on their children because he had cut his hair short, which was not popular among Punjabi families.
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′7″
Hair color: gray
Eye color: black
family
Parents and siblings
Not much information is available about his family. His mother died.
Profession
When he began his journey he was a young man. One day, when he was still working as a lighting engineer, he was invited to be the assistant director of the film, and his journey as a director began.
photographer
Vijay Kumar Arora started his career as a cinematographer in 1995 with the Marathi film Aai.
Movie “Aai” poster
He also worked in the Hindi films Tum Bin…: Love Will Find a Way (2001), Aapko Phele Bhi Kahin Dekha hai (2003), Vaah! Life is full of love! (2005), ABCD (Anyone Can Dance) (2013) and A Flying Jatt (2016).
Movie “Flying Jatt” poster
director
He made his directorial debut in 2013 with the Punjabi film Ronde Sare Vyah Picho.
Movie “Ronde Sare Vyah Picho” poster
He has directed the Punjabi films Harjeeta (2018), Baby Dolls (2019), Paani Ch Madhaani (2021) and Kali Jotta (2022).
Movie “Kalijota” poster
He has also directed some Punjabi music videos such as “Jean” (2021) and “VCR” (2021).
Poster for the song “VCR” (2021)
Awards
- 2018: The film “Harjeeta” won the 66th National Award for Best Punjabi Film
Vijay Kumar Arora wins National Award
- 2019: Nominated for PTC Best Director for the film Harjeeta (2018)
- 2020: Nominated for PTC Best Director for the film Guddiyan Patole (2019)
Facts/Trivia
- Vijay Kumar Arora is known as Dadu to his friends and family.
- Once he was invited to participate in the shooting of the movie “Dhoom” but he did not accept the offer as he was shooting for a movie with his friends at that time.
- In an interview, he talked about the Punjabi film industry and said that people want to watch entertaining films rather than films with a strong message. He was afraid to do the film Harjeeta as he thought the film might not be successful.
- In 2023, he appeared as a guest on The Kapil Sharma Show along with Satinder Sartaaj and Neeru Bajwa.
Vijay Kumar Arora on The Kapil Sharma Show
Categories: Biography
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