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{{short description|Indian film cinematographer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2018}}
{{BLP sources|date=June 2017}}
{{Infobox person
| image =
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| name = Prasad Murella
| honorable_suffix =
| birth_place = [[Vijayawada]], [[Krishna District]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]]
| height =
| years_active = 2000–present
| homepage =
| spouse =
| parents =
| relatives =
| occupation = [[Director of Photography]]
}}

'''Prasad Murella''' is an Indian film cinematographer, who mainly works for Telugu cinema. He started his career in the Tamil film industry.

== Personal life ==
He was born in [[Vijayawada]] where he completed his schooling and his higher studies. Due to his passion for films, he travelled to [[Chennai]] and assisted many cinematographers such as [[Ravi Yadav]], and D Shanker.

== Career ==
He started his career with the Tamil film ''[[Azhagana Naatkal]]'' directed by [[Sundar C.]] in 2000. Later he made his debut in [[Telugu Cinema|Telugu]] with the film ''[[Venky]]'', directed by [[Srinu Vaitla]] in 2004, and shot another film called ''[[Chanti (2004 film)|Chanti]]'' in the same year. He went back to [[Tamil Cinema|Tamil films]] in 2004 with ''[[Devathayai Kanden]]'' and was there until the year 2006 working for the films ''[[Chinna (2005 film)|Chinna]]'' and ''[[Rendu]]''.

In 2007, he started shooting Telugu films with the film ''[[Dhee]]'' and has remained in this film industry. He was awarded with the 2010 [[Nandi Award for Best Cinematographer]] for the film ''[[Namo Venkatesa]]''.<ref name=aaa>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/nandi-honours-for-balakrishna-nitya-menon/article2329396.ece|title=Nandi honours for Balakrishna, Nitya Menon|date=6 August 2011|accessdate=4 April 2018|via=www.thehindu.com|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180404104344/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/nandi-honours-for-balakrishna-nitya-menon/article2329396.ece|archivedate=4 April 2018}}</ref> It is an award given by [[Andhra Pradesh]] state government. He also won the [[SIIMA Award for Best Cinematographer (Telugu)]] for the 2013 film ''[[Attharintiki Daaredhi]]'' <ref name=aab>{{cite web|url=https://www.ibtimes.co.in/siima-2014-pawan-kalyans-attarintiki-daredi-mahesh-babu-bag-awards-winners-list-608995|title=SIIMA 2014: Pawan Kalyan's 'Attarintiki Daredi', Mahesh Babu Bag Awards [Winners List]|first=Sangeetha|last=Seshagiri|website=ibtimes.co.in|accessdate=4 April 2018|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151110023216/http://www.ibtimes.co.in/siima-2014-pawan-kalyans-attarintiki-daredi-mahesh-babu-bag-awards-winners-list-608995|archivedate=10 November 2015}}</ref>

==Filmography==

{| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Film !! Language !! Awards & Achievements
|-
|rowspan="1" |2001
|''[[Azhagana Naatkal]]'' || [[Tamil Language|Tamil]]
|
|-
|rowspan="1" |2003
|''[[Winner (2003 film)|Winner]]'' || [[Tamil Language|Tamil]]
|
|-
|rowspan="3"|2004
|''[[Venky]]'' || [[Telugu Language|Telugu]]
|
|-
|''[[Chanti (2004 film)|Chanti]]'' || [[Telugu Language|Telugu]]
|
|-
|''[[Devathayai Kanden]]'' || [[Tamil Language|Tamil]]
|
|-
|rowspan="1"|2005
|''[[Chinna (2005 film)|Chinna]]'' || [[Tamil Language|Tamil]]
|
|-
|rowspan="1"|2006
|''[[Rendu]]'' || [[Tamil Language|Tamil]]
|
|-
|rowspan="3"|2007
|''[[Dhee]]'' || [[Telugu Language|Telugu]]
|
|-
|''[[Raju Bhai]]'' || [[Telugu Language|Telugu]]
|
|-
|''[[Chandamama (2007 film)|Chandamama]]'' || [[Telugu Language|Telugu]]
|
|-
|rowspan="2"|2008
|''[[Ready (2008 film)|Ready]]'' || [[Telugu Language|Telugu]]
|
|-
|''[[King (2008 film)|King]]'' || [[Telugu Language|Telugu]]
|
|-
|rowspan="1"|2010
|''[[Namo Venkatesa]]'' || [[Telugu Language|Telugu]] || [[Nandi Award for Best Cinematographer]]<ref name=aaa/>
|-
|rowspan="1"|2011
|''[[Dookudu]]'' || [[Telugu Language|Telugu]]
|
|-
|rowspan="1"|2012
|''[[Poola Rangadu (2012 film)|Poola Rangadu]]'' || [[Telugu Language|Telugu]]
|
|-
|rowspan="2"|2013
|''[[Shadow (2013 film)|Shadow]]'' || [[Telugu Language|Telugu]]
|
|-
|''[[Attharintiki Daaredhi]]'' || [[Telugu Language|Telugu]] || [[SIIMA Award for Best Cinematographer (Telugu)]] <ref name=aab/>
|-
|rowspan="2"|2015
|''[[S/O Satyamurthy]]'' || [[Telugu Language|Telugu]]
|
|-
|''[[Soukhyam]]'' || [[Telugu Language|Telugu]]
|
|-
|rowspan="2"|2017
|''[[Katamarayudu]]'' || [[Telugu Language|Telugu]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tollywoodtv.in/Movie/katamrayudu|title=katamrayudu|date=4 April 2018|website=tollywoodtv.in|accessdate=4 April 2018|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170517032447/http://tollywoodtv.in/Movie/katamrayudu|archivedate=17 May 2017}}</ref>
|
|-
|2018|''[[MLA (2018 film)|MLA]]''
|[[Telugu language|Telugu]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/what-kajal-agarwal-s-role-kalyan-ram-s-mla-73440|title=What is Kajal Agarwal's role in Kalyan Ram's 'MLA'?|date=20 December 2017|website=thenewsminute.com|accessdate=4 April 2018|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180404104344/https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/what-kajal-agarwal-s-role-kalyan-ram-s-mla-73440|archivedate=4 April 2018}}</ref>
|
|-
|2018
|''[[Pantham]]''
|Telugu
|
|-
|2019
|''[[Venky Mama]]''
|Telugu
|
|-
|2021
|''[[Tuck Jagadish]]''
|Telugu
|
|}

==See also==
* [[Indian cinematographers]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|2027776}}
{{SIIMA Award for Best Cinematographer – Telugu}}{{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Murella, Prasad}}
[[Category:1968 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Artists from Vijayawada]]
[[Category:Telugu film cinematographers]]
[[Category:Tamil film cinematographers]]
[[Category:Film directors from Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian photographers]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian film directors]]
[[Category:Cinematographers from Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:People from Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:People from Krishna district]]

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BeckyK8455 at 21:39, 15 January 2026

->Jayanthkumar123 at 05:28, 19 October 2021