Nirmal Gupta worked with All India Radio /Doordarshan at the Vigyan Bhavan Base production Cetre for SITE (Satellite Instructional Television Experiment) from 1975. Here he was part of a production team that made rural programmes from Bihar, MP and Rajasthan, which was then telecast from Ahmedabad via satellite. He joined CENDIT in 1978, and has worked for 47 years in Audio Visual media, before scaling down in the 2020s to a few jobs a year. He has worked in television maintenance and production in analog and digital technologies, and has in the last two decades, also worked with international TV channels.
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This photo collection created by Nirmal Gupta dates from 1984 to late 1990s and features him at work in a range of studio and field settings. Several photos show him in his preferred role as a cinematographer, showing video equipment of the times and other members of the AV crew. Another set of photographs of him show him working on multi camera indoor shoots with live audiences, or with music / dance performances. A sequence of outdoor photographs show him with camera crew on a boat during a shoot, with video equipment of the era visible.
Series 1: Photographs Advanced Level Telecommunication Training center, Ghaziabad, 1980-81. Doordarshan serial on Indian Classical Dance and Music, 1996-97 Laxmi Studio Ghaziabad indoor shoot, 1990 Production Photos of "On River Ganga", 1995 Adult Education Series called Sakshar Kyon? (Why be literate?), 1993.
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Advanced Level Telecommunication Training center, Ghaziabad
This photo of Nirmal Gupta witha Camera was taken in Advance Level Telecommunication Training Center, Ghaziabad. ALTTC center erected a video studio and purchased the studio equipment. But they had no trained staff for the equipment they had purchased. At that time CENDIT was the only organization had expertise in video production in India. So they were called train to their officers and technical staff regarding equipment use and video production. After the training programme, the ALTTC trainees produced three films about the institution, with CENDIT giving production support.
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Doordarshan serial on Indian Classical Dance and Music
This image was taken while producing a 13 episodes serial for Doordarshan. The serial was based on Indian Classical Dance and Music. A child dancer Neha is on the set with Director and cameraman Nirmal Gupta on the camera.
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Laxmi Studio Ghaziabad indoor shoot
These 10 photos were taken in Laxmi Studio Ghaziabad during a production of 326 episodes serial for Doordarshan Delhion music and musicians. In this photo Anil Biswas a famous Indian music Composer is interviewed by Deepak Vohra and Director of serial Nirmal Gupta is seen directing them. Photos AR-017- 0003-0001/3/5/7/10 show the invited audience, Photos 0002/4 show the panelists, Photos 0006/8 show the camera person with visitors, Photo 0009 shows the video recording unit equipment
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Production photos of 'On the River Ganga'
These 4 photographs were taken at Haridwar and Rishikesh while shooting a film On River Ganga. The journey of film started from Gangotri to Ganga Sagar in West Bengal. Director and cameraman Nirmal Gupta is seen in the photo along with his team and assistants. Their film took more than a year to complete. Photo AR-017-0004-0001/2/4 show the camera crew at work on location. Photo 0003 shows the crew on a ferry boat.
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Adult Education Series called Sakshar Kyon?
These 3 photos were taken during production of a four episodes serial "SAKSHAR KYON" (Why be literate?) for the Department of Adult Education . The serial encourages rural literacy. The shooting of this serial was done in Sikar (Rajasthan). It was a docudrama in which a illiterate person is shown facing difficulties in every field of life. Finally he join classes in the evening with all elderly people aged 50+. in the end of the programme he is shown laughing and says 'meri to zindagi hi badal gai' (my life has changed). Photos AR-017-0005-0001/ 2 show the directos and actors. Photo 0003 shows the director and cameraperson with camera.
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