Murali G.

Murali G
Born	Uthangarai, Dharmapuri district (now Krishnagiri district), Tamil Nadu, India
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	FTII, Pune
Occupation	Cinematographer
Years active	2010-present

Murali G is an Indian cinematographer who works mainly in Tamil cinema. An alumnus of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune, he won the National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film Cinematography in 2011.

Early life

Murali was born and brought up in the village near Uthangarai, which is now a part of Krishnagiri district, Tamil Nadu. He did his schooling in the village and upon completion of his school, he was engaged as a social worker and got involved with the student wing of Communist party of India for more than a year before joining a music college. He enrolled himself at the Government Arts College, Kumbakonam for a degree in fine arts and later joined the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, to do a course in motion picture photography. He assisted Rajeev Ravi in Anurag Kashyap's Dev.D (2009), before making his feature film debut with the Andala Rakshasi (2012). His subsequent films Madras (2014), Kabali (2016) and Kaala were directed by Pa. Ranjith.

Filmography

Year	Film	Notes
2010	Shyam Raat Seher	Short film National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film Cinematography Hindi and English
2012	Andala Rakshasi	Telugu film
2014	Madras	SIIMA Award for Best Tamil Cinematographer
2016	Kabali
2018	Kaala
2021	Sarpatta Parambarai