Soundararajan

Soundararajan is an Indian cinematographer, who has worked in the Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam film industries.

Early life

Soundar rajan was born in Uthiramerur, Tamilnadu to Saranathan and Chandra.His childhood days were spent in Kancheepuram. He graduated with Bachelor's degree in Visual Communications from Loyola College.

Career

Soundararajan completed a degree in Visual Communications at Loyola College, Chennai before approaching P. C. Sreeram for work experience. Sreeram recommended him to K. V. Anand, who accepted him as an assistant, and they subsequently worked on films including Nerukku Ner (1997), Mudhalvan (1999) and Josh (2000), before continuing as an apprentice till Khakee (2004). Soundararajan made his debut as a lead cinematographer with Sukran (2005), before going on to work on Kana Kandaen (2005), directed by his mentor K. V. Anand. He was also given an opportunity by director Shankar to shoot Chimbu Deven's Arai En 305-il Kadavul (2008).

He has since worked on Telugu films including the fantasy film, Anaganaga O Dheerudu (2011), where he worked extensively on visual effects for the first time. Soundararajan also then continued work on Tamil films including a collaboration with Anand again in Maattrraan (2012), where Suriya portrayed conjoined twins. He also won critical acclaim for his work in the bilingual Vaayai Moodi Pesavum (2014) for his depiction of a fictional hill town.

Personal life

Soundararajan married Anusha, on 11 December 2005. They have two Children, Nikita born in 2006 and Advaith born in 2008

Filmography

As cinematographer