"Radhu Karmakar was a noted Indian cinematographer and director in Hindi cinema from the 1940s to 1990s. He worked extensively with director-actor Raj Kapoor's film and his R. K. Studio. Starting with Awaara (1951), he shot all of his subsequent films for four decades, till his last, Ram Teri Ganga Maili (1985). Karmakar started his film career in Kolkata with Kismat ki Dhani (1945) followed by Milan (1946) directed by Nitin Bose for Bombay Talkies.