Dying while eating a crab is not the best exeunt from life. In Goa one of our youngest and most brilliant cinematographers Bobby Singh passed away suddenly on Tuesday evening. The most badly affected was filmmaker Anurag Basu who worked with Bobby in <em>Gangster, Woh Lamhe</em> and <em>Life...In A Metro</em>.

Gulzar remembers the glorious days and moments when Ashok Mehta faced camera for his film, Izaazat.

Santosh Sivan has been closely associated with Ashok Mehta for years together. Let’s see what he has to say about the deceased cinematographer.

When Aparna Sen started her career as a filmmaker with the exquisite 36 Chowringhee Lane in 1981 she teamed up with cinematographer Ashok Mehta for the first time. They went on to work on two of Ms Sen’s most celebrated works. On hearing of Mehta’s death Aparna Sen says she’s shattered. “The last time I met him was at the Mumbai premiere of my film The Japanese Wife. I can’t believe he’s gone! I didn’t even know he was suffering from lung cancer.But then I am not really that close to Mumbai. I should have kept in touch.

Of late, the film industry has been losing veterans. This year has seen the death of many great souls like Jagjit Singh, followed by Dev Anand, Shammi Kapoor, Mehdi Hasan, Dara Sigh and Rajesh Khanna, and now ace cinematographer Ashok Mehta. He breathed his last on Wednesday morning battling lung cancer. One of India's most accomplished cinematographers, Mehta was an award-winning lensman and had worked with prominent filmmakers like Shekhar Kapur, Subhash Ghai, Rajiv Rai and MF Hussain among others.