Mumbai: He is a lensman who captured the refreshing Quayamat Se Quayamat Tak, the opulent Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham in 2001 and now Kiran Deohans or KD as he is fondly called, is adding finishing touches to the royal Jodha Akbar.

Working in between on ad films, Kiran is both excited and nervous about the magnum opus.

"We have to keep references as realistic. Like for light, in the day we had daylight and at night, torches. So we were limited by those factors there. Yet we still kept the dramatisation intact, within the realistic prism,” says Kiran.

So what does he have to tell about co-stars of the film, Aishwarya Rai and Hrithik Roshan?

"They both are such good looking people, that we had to maintain their beauty throughout the film and yet, keep them in character,” Kiran says.

After shooting QSQT in 1988, Kiran took a ten year break before shooting another film- Karan Johar's Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham

But he did shoot as many as 300 ad films in between, simply because the ad world paid him more and constantly challenged him.

In a career spanning almost two decades surprisingly Kiran has just a handful of feature films to his credit.

"For me to pick a film, I have to read the script like a layman, I have to detach the technician. When I first like it, then the second layer takes over and I assess as to how do I make the film better,” says Kiran.

After the release of Jodhaa Akbar in February, the only inspiration for this cinematographer will be his own directorial venture and we will be watching out for that.