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{{short description|Indian cinematographer}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = R.D. Rajasekhar
| image = File:RD Rajasekhar isc DOP.png
| birth_place = [[Mayiladuthurai]], [[Mayiladuthurai district]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India
| nationality = Indian
| alma_mater = [[Madras Film Institute]]{{citation needed|date=April 2019}}
| occupation = [[Cinematographer]]
| years active = 2001–present
}}

'''R.D. Rajasekhar''' is an Indian [[cinematography|cinematographer]] who predominantly works in films of Indian languages such as Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Hindi. He is a recipient of the [[Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Cinematographer]].And film fare Award and SICA award also. He is the member of the [[Indian Society of Cinematographers|Indian Society of Cinematographers (ISC).]]

== Film career ==

=== Early career ===
After graduating, Rajasekhar found work as a cameraman, assisting to [[Rajiv Menon|Rajiv menon]] for about nine years in many advertisement films.

=== Feature film ===
Rajasekhar's first dramatic Indian Tamil-language romance film titled [[Minnale]]. The camerawork of the advertisement films impressed his former colleague and frequent collaborator [[Gautham Vasudev Menon]]. The film was well received, and popular among youth; subsequently, Rajasekhar and [[Gautham Vasudev Menon|Gautham vasudev menon]] teamed up again on Kaakha Kaakha (2003). The film was praised for its unique style of visuals and scenic views through his lens, which rajasekhar achieved through a process known as [[Bleach bypass]], where the silver is retained in the print, creating a washed-outlook that reflected in films. Rajasekhar continues serving as cinematographer for films including [[Red (2002 film)]], [[Kaakha Kaakha]], [[Manmadhan (film)]].

In 2005, Rajasekhar begin his long-term collaboration with the director [[AR Murugadoss]], starting with the [[Ghajini (2005 film)]], earned him many recognitions and awards for the cinematography throughout Indian cinema. Director AR Murugadoss had been impressed with rajasekhar. For this murugadoss film Ghajini, Rajasekhar spent some two month fine tuning the look, autumnal yellow and desaturating the overall image. The film won Best [[Cinematographer]] award from [[Tamil Nadu State Film Awards]] in 2005 and nominated for Best [[Cinematographer]] in [[Filmfare Awards South]].

His Malayalam debut film was [[4 the People]] in 2004 and also in same year he made his debut in Telugu film Industry filmed called [[Gharshana]]. Again he reunited with director [[AR Murugadoss]] on the 2016 Hindi debut film [[Akira (2016 Hindi film)]], having previously worked on [[Ghajini (2005 film)]].

== Awards and recognitions ==
He had been nominated for [[Filmfare Awards South]] for Best [[Cinematographer]] in 2004, winning the Best Cinematographer on his first [[Filmfare Awards South]] in 2003 for [[Kaakha Kaakha]]. He also received award from prestigious [[Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Cinematographer]] for film [[Ghajini (2005 film)]]. He shot [[Imaikkaa Nodigal]] (2018) won Best Cinematographer in [[SIIMA Award for Best Cinematographer - Kannada|SIIMA Award for Best Cinematographer - Tamil]] in the same year after the release.

== Filmography ==
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Language
!Director
!Producer
! Notes
|-
| 2001
|''[[Minnale]]''
| Tamil
|[[Gautham Vasudev Menon]]
|[[Sunanda Murali Manohar]]
| Official debut
|-
| 2001
| ''[[Citizen (film)|Citizen]]''||Tamil
|[[Saravana Subbiah]]
|[[S. S. Chakravarthy]]
|One song
|-
|2002
|''[[Red (2002 film)|Red]]''
|Tamil
|[[Singampuli]]
|[[S. S. Chakravarthy]]
|
|-
|2003
|''[[Kaakha Kaakha]]''
| Tamil
|[[Gautham Vasudev Menon]]
|[[Kalaipuli S. Thanu]]
|
|-
| 2004
| ''[[Gharshana]]''
| Telugu
|[[Gautham Vasudev Menon]]
|Geeta Chitra International
| Telugu debut
|-
| 2004
| ''[[Manmadhan (film)|Manmadhan]]''
| Tamil
|A.J. Murugan
|Indian Theatre Production
|
|-
|2004
| ''[[4 the people]]''
| Malayalam
|[[Jayaraj]]
|Johny Sagariga Film Company
| Malayalam debut
|-
|2005
|''[[Ghajini (2005 film)|Ghajini]]''
| Tamil
|[[AR Murugadoss]]
|[[Salem Chandrasekharan]]
|
|-
| 2005
|''[[Thotti Jaya]]''
| Tamil
|V. Z. Durai
|[[Kalaipuli S. Thanu]]
|
|-
| 2006
| ''[[Happy (2006 film)|Happy]]''
| Telugu
|[[A. Karunakaran]]
|[[Geetha Arts]]
|
|-
| 2006
| ''[[Vallavan]]''
| Tamil
|T. R. Silambarasan
|P. L. Thenappan
|
|-
|-
| 2006
|''[[Sillunu Oru Kadhal]]''
| Tamil
|[[Krishna (director)|N. Krishna]]
|[[Studio Green]]
|
|-
| 2008
| ''[[Kaalai]]''
| Tamil
|[[Tarun Gopi]]
|[[S. S. Chakravarthy]]
|
|-
| 2008
|''[[Bheemaa]]''
| Tamil
|[[N. Lingusamy]]
|Sri Surya Movies
|
|-
| 2008
|''[[Sathyam (2008 film)|Sathyam]]''
| Tamil
|A. R. Rajasekar
|''G.K Film Corporation''
|
|-
|-
| 2010
| ''[[Jaggubhai]]''
| Tamil
|K. S. Ravikumar
|[[Radaan Mediaworks]]
|
|-
| 2010
| ''[[Varudu]]''
| Telugu
|Gunasekhar
|D. V. V. Danayya
|
|-
| 2011
| ''[[Vedi (film)|Vedi]]''
| Tamil
|Prabhu Deva
|GK Film Corporation
|
|-
| 2012
| ''[[Karmayogi (2011 film)|Karmayogi]]''
| Malayalam
|V. K. Prakash
|
{| class="wikitable"
|Trends Add Films

Innostorm Entertainment Group

Creative Land Pictures
|}
|
|-
| 2012
| ''[[Billa II]]''
| Tamil
|Chakri Toleti
|
{| class="wikitable"
|Wide Angle Creations

[[Hinduja Group|IN Entertainment]]
|}
|
|-
| 2012
| ''[[Run Baby Run (2012 film)|Run Baby Run]]''
| Malayalam
|Joshiy
|Galaxy Films
|
|-
| 2013
| ''[[Baadshah (2013 film)|Baadshah]]''
| Telugu
|Srinu Vaitla
|Parameswara Art Productions
|
|-
| 2014
| ''[[Inga Enna Solluthu]]''
| Tamil
|Vincent Selva
|VTV Productions
|
|-
| 2014
|''[[Arima Nambi]]''
| Tamil
|Anand Shankar
|[[Kalaipuli S. Thanu]]
|
|-
| 2014
|''[[Avatharam (2014 Malayalam film)|Avatharam]]''
| Malayalam
|Joshiy
|Four B Productions
|
|-
| 2014
| ''[[Uyire Uyire]]''
| Tamil
|A. R. Rajasekar
|Jayaprada Productions
Studio 9 Motion Pictures
|
|-
| 2015
| ''[[Masss]]''
| Tamil
|Venkat Prabhu
|
{| class="wikitable"
|[[Studio Green]]

[[2D Entertainment]]
|}
|
|-
| 2016
| ''[[Akira (2015 film)|Akira]]''
| [[Hindi]]
|[[AR Murugadoss]]
|
{| class="wikitable"
|[[Fox Star Studios]]

[[AR Murugadoss|A.R. Murugadoss Productions]]
|}
| Hindi debut
|-
| 2016
| ''[[Iru Mugan]]''
| Tamil
|Anand Shankar
|Thameens Films
|
|-
|2017
|''[[Neruppu Da]]''
| Tamil
|
{| class="wikitable"
|B. Ashok Kumar
|}
|
{| class="wikitable"
|First Artist

Chandra Arts
|}
|
|-
|2018
|''[[Imaikkaa Nodigal]]''
| Tamil
|R. Ajay Gnanamuthu
|
{| class="wikitable"
|[[Cameo Films]]

Drumsticks Productions
|}
|[[8th South Indian International Movie Awards|SIIMA Award for Best Cinematographer]]
|-
|2018
|''[[Jarugandi]]''
| Tamil
|A. N. Pitchumani
|Shraddha Entertainment
Shvedh Group
|
|-
|2019
|''[[Thambi (2019 film)|Thambi]]''
| Tamil
|Jeethu Joseph
|
{| class="wikitable"
|[[Viacom18 Studios]]

Parallel Minds Productions
|}
|
|-
|2019
|''[[Thrissur Pooram (2019 film)|Thrissur Pooram]]''
| Malayalam
|'''Rajesh Mohanan Nair'''
|Friday Film House
|
|-
|2019
|[[Hippi (film)|Hippi]]
|Telugu
|'''Krishnan K.T. Nagarajan'''
|[[Kalaipuli S. Thanu]]
|
|-
|2021
|''[[Netrikann]]''
|Tamil
|Milind Rau
|
{| class="wikitable"
|
* [[Vignesh Shivan|Rowdy Pictures]]
* [[Kross Pictures]]
|}
|
|-
|2021
|''[[Enemy (2021 film)|Enemy]]''
|Tamil
|Anand Shankar
|Mini Studio - S. Vinod Kumar
|Upcoming film - Post Production
|-
|2021
|Rudhran
|Tamil
|S Kathiresan
|Five Star Creations LLP
|Filming
|-
|2021
|Untitled Project
|Telugu
|Prasanth
|UV Creations
|Filming
|-
|2021
|''[[Kasada Thapara]]''
|Tamil
|Chimbu Deven
|Black Ticket Company
Trident Arts
|Upcoming - Anthology film
|-
|}

==References==
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{{Tamil Nadu State Film Award Best Cinematography}}

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[[Category:Malayalam film cinematographers]]
[[Category:Filmfare Awards South winners]]
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[[Category:21st-century Indian photographers]]
[[Category:Telugu film cinematographers]]
[[Category:People from Mayiladuthurai district]]
[[Category:Cinematographers from Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]

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