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Nihalani was born on 19 December 1940 in [[Karachi]], [[Sindh]] province (now in [[Pakistan]]) and his family migrated to India during the [[partition of India|partition of 1947]].
 
He graduated in cinematography from the Shree Jaya Chamrajendra polytechnic (the present [[Government Film and Television Institute]]) and started his career as a [[cinematographer]].<ref>{{cite web|title=GFTI alumni|url=http://www.filminstitutebangalore.com/index.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140821235404/http://www.filminstitutebangalore.com/index.htm|archive-date=21 August 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref> in Bangalore in 1962. He was an Assistant Cinematographer to [[V. K. Murthy]]. He was associated with all the earlier films of [[Shyam Benegal]] and with the cinematography of [[Richard Attenborough]]'s Oscar-winning epic [[Gandhi (film)|Gandhi]]. Nihalani and Benegal are well known for their socially relevant films.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.chowk.com/show_article.cgi?aid=00001910&channel=leafyglade%20inn |title=An interview with Govind Nihalani |work=Chowk |access-date=27 March 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070607035637/http://www.chowk.com/show_article.cgi?aid=00001910&channel=leafyglade%20inn |archive-date=7 June 2007 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.screenindia.com/20020503/fcover.html|title = Entertainment News: Latest Bollywood & Hollywood News, Today's Entertainment News Headlines}}</ref>
 
==Literary works==