Faredoon Irani  Faredoon A. Irani was an Indian cinematographer who worked in Hindi films. He shot Rahulkumar's films "Andaz" (1949), "Aan" (1952) and "Mother India " (1958). During his career, he won the Filmfare Award for Best Cinematographer record two times, for "Mother India " (1958) and "Duniya" (1970). In 1935, he shot Mehboob Khan's directorial debut film, "Judgement of Allah" (1935), which in turn was inspired by "The Sign of the Cross" (1932) by Cecil B. DeMille. Subsequently he shot all Mehboob Khan films, including "Anmol Ghadi" (1946), "Andaz" (1949), "Aan" (1952) - India's first technicolor film, "Amar" (1954) and "Mother India " (1958), which not only got him critical acclaim, but also his first Filmfare Award. A leading cinematographer of his time, he also presided over the meeting which led to the formation of Western India Cinematographers' Association (WICA) on 2 August 1953 in Mumbai.