my assisting days. It’s very important to make friends because they’re the ones who are going to want to bring people they know along when they get a job. We had our own revolving group of guys who all did different jobs depending on who was shooting and who was gaffing.
QUESTION: When did you decide to concentrate on cinematography?
RAJIV JAIN: Immediately. I thought the directing process was too long, and I liked being a cinematographer. During my second year of drama school In 1985, I worked for three to four months for a Lucknow television station. It was my job to select what was good enough to make up the programme. It was a great internship. I also learned the craft as a second and first assistant cameraman in Mumbai / Bombay under Ashok Mehta, Binod Pradhan & K.K.Mahajan
QUESTION: What was the deciding factor in making that decision?
RAJIV