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{{short description|Indian cinematographer|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| honorific_prefix =
| name = K.A. Shakthivel
| image =
| caption =
| birth_name = '''K.A. Shakthivel'''
| birth_date =
| birth_place = [[Pattukottai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]
| nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]]
| occupation = [[Cinematographer]]
| parents =
}}

'''K.A.Sakthivel''', is an Indian cinematographer, primarily working in [[Tamil cinema]].

== Early life and career ==
He was born in [[Pattukottai]], [[Tamil Nadu]]. He received his early training from the Ace Cinematographer turned Director [[Jeeva (director)|Jeeva]]. Shakthi started his career by assisting in films such as ''[[12B]]'', ''[[Ullam Ketkume]]'', ''[[Run (2002 film)|Run]]'', ''[[Unnale Unnale]]'', and ''[[Ananda Tandavam|Anandha Thandavam]]'' before becoming independent.

[[Renigunta (film)|Renigunta]] was Shakthi's debut film written and directed by newcomer Paneer Selvam. Starring Johnny, son of producer, S. S. Chakravarthy of Nic Arts and newcomers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/review/11400.html|title=Renigunta review. Renigunta Tamil movie review, story, rating - IndiaGlitz.com|website=IndiaGlitz|access-date=2017-05-17}}</ref> The film was a success at box office and its cinematography was well-praised including other technical aspects like stunts and editing.

Then he worked on ''[[Muppozhudhum Un Karpanaigal]]'' starring [[Adharvaa]], [[Amala Paul]] written, directed & produced by a newcomer Elred Kumar.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.videos.behindwoods.com/videos-q1-09/director-interview/sakthi-18-08-2011.html|title=Cinematographer Sakthi - Tamil Cinema Cinematographer Interview - Sakthi {{!}} Vettai Mannan {{!}} Muppozhudum Un Karpanaigal {{!}} Renigunta {{!}} 18 Vayasu - Behindwoods.com|website=www.videos.behindwoods.com|access-date=2017-05-17}}</ref> Though the film was technically sounded good it bombed in the box office due to its poor content.

Later, he worked on ''[[18 Vayasu]]'', starring Johnny with the same team of ''[[Renigunta (film)|Renigunta]]''. And also he working on the multi-starrer ''[[Vettai Mannan]]'', starring [[Silambarasan]], [[Hansika Motwani]], [[Jai (actor)|Jai]], [[Deeksha Seth]] which is also written and directed by debutant ''Nelson''.

Moreover, he is handling the cinematography for [[Silambarasan|STR's]] ''Love Anthem'', an International Music Album, also composed by ''[[Silambarasan]]'' where the lyrics are penned in several world languages. The music video has been shot with the latest digital cinema camera ''[[Red Digital Cinema Camera Company|RED EPIC 5K]]''.

In 2015, much awaited film ''[[Vaalu]]'', got released starring [[Silambarasan|STR's]] And [[Hansika Motwani]] with his cinematography.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.metromasti.com/kollywood/news/STRs-Vettai-Mannan-displaying-special-effects-from-cinematograph/10701|title=STR's Vettai Mannan using special effects cinematographer Sakthi|access-date=2017-05-17}}</ref>

3 June 2016, his latest movie ''[[Velainu Vandhutta Vellaikaaran]]'' hit the screen with positive reviews. In May 2017, he was signed to be the cinematographer of ''Sandaikozhi 2'', which is the sequel of ''[[Sandakozhi|Sandaikozhi]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.top10cinema.com/article/42506/new-addition-to-vishals-sandakozhi-2|title=New addition to Vishal’s Sandakozhi 2|date=2017-05-15|work=Top 10 Cinema|access-date=2017-05-17|language=en-US}}</ref>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Language !! Notes
|-
|2009 || ''[[Renigunta (film)|Renigunta]]'' || Tamil ||
|-
| rowspan="2"|2012 || ''[[Muppozhudhum Un Karpanaigal]]'' || Tamil ||
|-
| ''[[18 Vayasu]]'' || Tamil ||
|-
| rowspan="1"|2013 || ''[[Ivan Veramathiri]]'' || Tamil ||
|-
| rowspan="1"|2015 || ''[[Vaalu]]'' || Tamil ||
|-
| rowspan="1"|2016 || ''[[Velainu Vandhutta Vellaikaaran]]'' || Tamil ||
|-
| rowspan="2"|2017 || ''[[Guru (2017 film)|Guru]]'' || Telugu ||
|-
| ''[[Karuppan]]'' || Tamil ||
|-
|2018
|[[Hyper (2018 film)|''Hyper'']]
|Kannada
|
|-
| rowspan="1"|2018 || ''[[Sandakozhi 2]]'' || Tamil ||
|-
|2019
|''[[Raangi]]''
|Tamil
|
|-
|}

==References==
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