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{{Short description|Indian cinematographer}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2016}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Renadive
| image =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1979|05|30|df=y}}
| caption =
| birth_place = [[Kunnamkulam]], [[Kerala]], India
| occupation = [[Cinematographer]]
| other names = Renu
| yearsactive = 1999–present
| spouse = Sufitha
| children = 2
}}

'''Renu''', professionally credited as '''Renadive''' is an Indian cinematographer, who works in [[Malayalam cinema]].

==Early life==
Born in [[Kunnamkulam]], on 30 August 1979 as the son of Kallayil Vijayaraghavan, a photographer and Shyamala Vijayaraghavan. Renu holds a diploma in [[Photography|still photography]] from Indian Institute of Photography. He has worked for [[Kairali TV]] channel as a cameraman and covered 148 episodes of ''Verittakazhchakal'' with [[V. K. Sreeraman]].

==Career==
In 2006, he joined cinematographer Alagappan as an assistant cinematographer for the film ''[[Agnisakshi (1999 film)]]'', followed by films such as [[Photographer (film)]], [[Novel (film)]], [[Thalappavu]]. Later he joined cinematographer [[Jibu Jacob]] and worked with him in movies namely [[Shakespeare M.A. Malayalam]], [[Pranayakalam]], Heartbeats. In 2007 he joined the team of [[Big B (film)]] and worked as an assistant cinematographer to [[Sameer Thahir]]. He also worked in [[Anwar (2010 film)]] as an assistant cinematographer. From there on till present has been a part of every single movie directed and produced by [[Amal Neerad]]. His talent came into light when he debuted as a Cinematographer in [[5 Sundarikal]], anthology of 5 movies directed by different directors in which he was the DOP for ''Kullante Bharya''. He was the Associate cameraman and operating cameraman for the next [[Amal Neerad]] venture [[Iyobinte Pusthakam]]. He is done the Cinematography for [[Amal Neerad]]'s [[Comrade in America]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Nagarajan|first1=Saraswathy|title=Deep focus|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/deep-focus/article18790783.ece|accessdate=1 January 2018|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=8 June 2017|language=en-IN}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Ranadaive to crank camera for Amal Neerad|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/151217/entertainment-mollywood/article/ranadaive-crank-camera-amal-neerad|access-date=1 January 2018|work=[[Deccan Chronicle]]|date=18 December 2015}}</ref>

== Filmography ==
=== As cinematographer ===
{{Pending films key}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Director !! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 2013 || ''[[5 Sundarikal]]'' || [[Amal Neerad]] ||
|-
| 2017 || ''[[Comrade in America]]'' || Amal Neerad ||
|-
| rowspan=2 | 2019 || ''[[Vijay Superum Pournamiyum]]'' || Jis Joy ||
|-
| ''[[Argentina Fans Kaattoorkadavu]]'' || Midhun Manuel Thomas ||
|-
| 2020 || ''[[Shylock (2019 film)|Shylock]]'' || Ajai Vasudev ||
|-
| 2022 || ''[[Palthu Janwar]]'' || Sangeeth P Rajan ||
|-
| 2023 || ''[[Antony (2023 film)|Antony]]'' || [[Joshiy]] ||
|-
| rowspan=4 | 2025 || ''[[Ennu Swantham Punyalan]]'' || Mahesh Madhu ||<ref>{{Cite web |last=Madhu |first=Vignesh |date=2024-12-14 |title=Ennu Swantham Punyalan confirms release date |url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/malayalam/news/2024/Dec/14/ennu-swantham-punyalan-confirms-release-date |access-date=2025-01-10 |website=Cinema Express |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Prince and Family]]'' || Binto Stephen ||<ref>{{Cite web |last=Features |first=C. E. |date=2025-04-07 |title=Dileep's 150th film Prince and Family gets new release date |url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/malayalam/news/2025/Apr/07/dileeps-150th-film-prince-and-family-gets-new-release-date |access-date=2025-04-07 |website=Cinema Express |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[JSK: Janaki V v/s State of Kerala]]'' || Pravin Narayanan ||<ref>{{Cite web |last=Features |first=C. E. |date=2025-05-28 |title=Suresh Gopi and Anupama Parameswaran's JSK gets release date |url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/malayalam/news/2025/May/28/suresh-gopi-and-anupama-parameswarans-jsk-gets-release-date |access-date=2025-05-28 |website=Cinema Express |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Vilayath Buddha]] ''|| Jayan Nambiar || Co-cinematography by [[Arvind S Kashyap]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Desk |first=Cinema Express |date=2025-11-05 |title=Prithviraj's Vilaayath Budha gets release date |url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/malayalam/news/2025/Nov/05/prithvirajs-vilaayath-budha-gets-release-date |access-date=2025-11-05 |website=Cinema Express |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| 2026 || {{pending film|[[Kattalan]]}} || Paul George ||<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-01-04 |title=Teaser of Antony Varghese Pepe's Kattalan on the way |url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/malayalam/news/2026/Jan/04/teaser-of-antony-varghese-pepes-kattalan-on-the-way |access-date=2026-04-24 |website=Cinema Express |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|}

=== As assistant cinematographer ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Director
|-
| 2005 || ''[[Rasathanthram]]'' || Sathyan Anthikad
|-
| 2006 || ''[[Photographer (film)|Photographer]]'' || [[Ranjan Pramod]]
|-
| 2007 || ''[[Big B (film)|Big B]]'' || [[Amal Neerad]]
|-
| 2007 || ''[[Pranayakalam]]'' || [[Uday Ananthan]]
|-
| 2007 || ''[[Novel (film)|Novel]]'' || [[East Coast Vijayan]]
|-
| 2007 || ''[[Thalappavu]]'' || [[Madhupal]]
|-
| 2008 || ''Heartbeats'' ||
|-
| 2009 || ''[[Sagar Alias Jacky Reloaded]]'' || [[Amal Neerad]]
|-
| 2009 || ''[[Shakespeare M.A. Malayalam]]'' || Shyju, Shaji
|}

=== As associate cinematographer ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Director
|-
| 2010 || ''[[Anwar (2010 film)|Anwar]]'' || [[Amal Neerad]]
|-
| 2012 || ''[[Bachelor Party (2012 film)|Bachelor Party]]'' || [[Amal Neerad]]
|-
| 2014 || ''[[Iyobinte Pusthakam]]'' || [[Amal Neerad]]
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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[[Category:Malayalam film cinematographers]]
[[Category:1979 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Thrissur district]]
[[Category:Cinematographers from Kerala]]

Renadive - Revision history

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