An alumnus of the renowned Film and Television Institute of India, Attar Singh Saini began his Bollywood journey as an assistant cameraman in the Shah Rukh Khan starrer Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa (1994). Since his debut as an independent cinematographer with the comedy 7 Phere: More Than a Wedding (2005), Saini has helmed the camera department in over a dozen movies; notable among which are the sports drama Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal (2007), the Akshay Kumar starrer Khiladi 786 (2012) and the socio-political drama Buddha in a Traffic Jam (2016).

Significant among the cinematographer`s recent movie credits are the comedy Days of Tafree (2016) and the suspense thriller Kaashi In Search of Ganga (2018).