He began his expedition with the foremost forever cinemascope motion picture Kagaz Ke Phool, in the order of 50 years ago.  There was no stopping this ace cinematographer and renowned silver screen personality, who is at the present the first technician in the times gone by of Indian cinema to have been reward the high-status Dada Saheb Phalke Award.

Guru Dutt's blue-eyed technician is 87-year old as well as resides in Bengaluru.  A Kannadiga by confinement, Murthy be converted into the second capacity from Karnataka to be successful the Phalke Award, the opening one being behind schedule Rajkumar.

Several of the superior numbers prominent films Mr. Murthy work for include, Pyaasa, Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam, Pakeezah, Jugnu as well as Deedar.  Very in recent times, he was awarded the IIFA natural life Achievement Award intended for his donation to the modus operandi of cinematography.

It is in particular said with the intention of each lover of Guru Dutt's moving parts would also be in love with Murthy, who instilled life addicted to loads of sequences.