Navroze Contractor was a multi-award-winning veteran cinematographer in Gujarati, Marathi, Kannada and Hindi film languages. Mostly known for his documentary works and experimental films of which some included Mani Kaul’s ‘Duvidha’, Nachiket and Jayoo Patwardhan’s ‘22 June, 1897’ ‘Percy’, ‘Devarakadu’, ‘Pehla Adhyay’ and Shankar Nag’s ‘Lalach’. His other films included Chetan Shah’s ‘Frames’ and Sanjiv Shah’s ‘Hun Hunshi Hunshilal / Love in the Time of Malaria’. He died in a road accident on the 18 June 2023.