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Natarajan Subramaniam
Indian cinematographer, actor

Natarajan Subramaniam

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Indian cinematographer, actor
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Place of birth
Paramakudi, Ramanathapuram district, Tamil Nadu, India
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40 years
Natarajan Subramaniam
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Biography

Natarajan "Natty" Subramanian is an Indian cinematographer, actor who has worked on Tamil films. He has also worked as an actor in Tamil films and achieved recognition through his performance as a conman in Sathuranga Vettai (2014).

Career

Born into a Tamil-speaking family, Natarajan pursued an interest in photography and quit school at 18, choosing to take up a series of odd jobs to fund his interest rather than going through college. He worked as a still photographer at weddings, and then performed as a videographer at ceremonies. He briefly assisted cinematographer B. R. Vijayalakshmi but was unable to get a break in the film industry, so chose to work on documentaries instead, before venturing into work on commercials and music videos. He shot videos of the music band Euphoria's first album, and his work was well received. He shot a few music videos for the band Euphoria. He became acquainted with director Ram Gopal Varma and the pair discussed a film project which did not materialise, before he was recommended by Varma to Anurag Kashyap, whom he worked with for three Hindi projects - Last Train to Mahakali (1999), Paanch (2003), and Black Friday (2004). In between he had also worked for Tamil romantic-comedy Youth (2002) starring Vijay, and had briefly agreed to be a part of AR Murugadoss's Ramanaa (2001), which he later opted out from. Despite being active in Tamil films, he has chosen to prioritise work as a cinematographer in Hindi films, working on successful films including Jab We Met (2007), Golmaal Returns (2008), Raanjhanaa (2013) and Holiday: A Soldier Is Never Off Duty (2014).

Away from cinematography in big-budget Hindi films, Natarajan has embarked on an alternate career as an actor in small-budget Tamil films. He initially appeared in two films by his friend Uday Mahesh, Naalai (2006) and Chakkara Viyugam (2008), both of which went unnoticed at the box office but he won positive acclaim for his performance in Naalai. He starred in two further action-masala films aimed at the village and town audiences, Milaga (2010) andMuthukku Muthaaga (2011),which received similar lukewarm responses. In 2014, Natarajan featured in the Tamil caper film, Sathuranga Vettai directed by newcomer Vinoth and produced by Manobala. The film opened to positive reviews and became a surprise success at the box office, with a critic noting Natarajan "is brilliant as Gandhi Babu. He does his part with relish using his brains more than brawn with expressive body and eye language". However, his 2015 action film Katham Katham is not very impressive. Once again, Natty plays the good-man-turned-evil-mind, whose biggest weakness is spondulicks. His dialogue delivery is titch and screen presence, casual, on a believable act of bad cop. In 2017, he had three film releases including Enkitta Mothathe, Bongu andRichie. In 2018, Natty was approached by the duo directors Hari and Harish for a thriller titled "Silk" which is supposed to be a Kanchipuram-based storyline, but the shooting has not yet been started. In Pandiraj's Namma Veettu Pillai (2019), he has a muscular presence, perfect for a character actor. He acted in the lead role in Sandimuni (2020) and Godfather (2020). He has played an important role in Sibi's cop drama Walter (2020), which was directed by U. Anbarasan. Natty experienced playing the ruthless cop Kannabiran in Mari Selvaraj in Karnan (2021). The film was Natty's second collaboration with Dhanush, the first being as the cinematographer of the latter's Hindi debut, Raanjhanaa.

Filmography

As actor

YearFilmRoleNotes
2002YouthCustomerUncredited
2006NaalaiNatty
2008Chakkara ViyugamKanna
2010MilagaAzhagar
2011Muthukku MuthaagaRaman
2014Sathuranga VettaiGandhi Babu
2014JeevaMan at barSpecial appearance in "Oru Rosa" song
2015Katham KathamPandiyan
2017Enkitta MothatheRavi
2017BonguDeva
2017RichieSelva
2019Namma Veetu PillaiAyyanar
2020SandimuniSandimuni
2020GodfatherAdhyamaan
2020WalterArjun Sampath
2021KarnanKannabiran
2022YugiSethu
2022GurumoorthiGurumoorthi
2023BakasuranArulvarman
2023InfinityEvvy
2023WebVeera
2023Brother

Web series

YearTitleRoleNetwork
2022VictimMadasamySonyLIV

As cinematographer

YearFilmLanguageNotes
1999Last Train to MahakaliHindiShort Film
2002YouthTamilDebut Tamil film
2003PaanchHindiDebut Hindi film
Unreleased
2004Black Friday
2005Parineeta
2007Eklavya: The Royal Guard
Jab We Met
2008Phir Kabhi
Halla Bol
Golmaal Returns
2009Love Aaj Kal
2010Lafangey Parindey
Knock Out
2011Desi Boyz
2012ThuppakkiTamil"Vennilave" song only
2013RaanjhanaaHindi
2014Holiday: A Soldier Is Never Off Duty
2015PuliTamil
2016A AaTeluguDebut Telugu film
2017My StoryMalayalam
2018Chal Mohan RangaTelugu
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