R. Rathnavelu

R. Rathnavelu
R. Rathnavelu
	Rathnavelu in 2012
Born	Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Alma mater	Madras Film Institute
Occupation	Cinematographer
Years active	1997–present
Spouse(s)	Hema Rathnavelu

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R. Rathnavelu is an Indian cinematographer who works predominantly in Tamil and Telugu films. His work in films such as Sethu, Nandha, Vaaranam Aayiram, Enthiran, 1: Nenokkadine, Rangasthalam and Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy garnered recognition.^[1] He has garnered three Filmfare Awards South, the Vijay Awards, the Tamil Nadu State Film Award, two SIIMA Awards and the Kalaimamani Award bestowed by the Tamil Nadu state government for his work.^[2]^[3]

Education[edit]

Rathnavelu graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics and completed the three year Diploma in Film Technology in cinematography from the M.G.R. Government Film and Television Training Institute. He went on to assist Cinematographer Rajeev Menon for the Mani Rathnam movie Bombay .^[4]

Filmography[edit]

Year	Film	Language	Notes
1997	Aravindhan	Tamil
1998	Sandhippoma	Tamil
1999	Sethu	Tamil	Cinema Express Award for Best Cinematographer
2001	Nandha	Tamil	Filmfare Award for Best Cinematographer - South Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Cinematographer
2002	Bagavathi	Tamil
2003	Jayam	Tamil
2003	Thirumalai	Tamil
2004	Arya	Telugu
2004	Chameli	Hindi
2004	Perazhagan	Tamil
2005	Maayavi	Tamil
2005	February 14	Tamil
2006	Cyanide	Kannada
2007	Jagadam	Telugu
2008	Gaalipata	Kannada
2008	Vaaranam Aayiram	Tamil	Nominated—Vijay Award for Best Cinematographer
2010	Enthiran	Tamil	Filmfare Award for Best Cinematographer - South Vijay Award for Best Cinematographer
2013	David	Tamil
2013	Haridas	Tamil
2014	1: Nenokkadine	Telugu	Won SIIMA Award for Best Cinematographer (Telugu)
2014	Lingaa	Tamil
2015	Kumari 21F	Telugu
2016	Brahmotsavam	Telugu
2017	Khaidi No. 150	Telugu
2018	Rangasthalam	Telugu	Won SIIMA Award for Best Cinematographer (Telugu) Filmfare Award for Best Cinematographer – South Sakshi TV Movie Awards Best Cinematographer Zee Cine Awards Telugu Best Cinematographer Santosham Best Cinematographer Award DPIFF Awards South for Best Cinematographer
2019	Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy	Telugu	Zee Cine Awards Telugu Best Cinematographer
2020	Sarileru Neekevvaru	Telugu
2021	Etharkkum Thunindhavan	Tamil
2021	Vettri	Tamil
2022	Indian 2	Tamil

References[edit]

↑ "I adore Rajinikanth: Rathnavelu". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 25 October 2012.
↑ "Interview with R. Rathnavelu - Telugu cinema cinematographer".
↑ Dundoo, Sangeetha Devi. "Khaidi No.150: Chiranjeevi returns in style".
↑ Krishnamoorthy, Suresh. "Light, camera and a lens to top it all".

External links[edit]

Official Website
R. Rathnavelu on IMDb

Template:SIIMA Award for Best Cinematographer – Telugu

[1] "I adore Rajinikanth: Rathnavelu". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 25 October 2012.

[2] "Interview with R. Rathnavelu - Telugu cinema cinematographer".

[3] Dundoo, Sangeetha Devi. "Khaidi No.150: Chiranjeevi returns in style".

[4] Krishnamoorthy, Suresh. "Light, camera and a lens to top it all".

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v t e Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Cinematographer
1968–1980	P. N. Sundaram (1968) Marcus Bartley (1969) Amirtham (1970) — (1971) — (1972) — (1973) — (1974) — (1975) — (1976) Babu (1977–78) A. Somasundaram, Nallusamy / Gnanasekar, Tiwary (1978–79) B. S. Lokanath (1979–80) Ashok Kumar (1980–81)
1981–2000	B. Kannan (1981–82) Soumendu Roy (1982–83) — (1984) — (1985) — (1986) — (1987) Ajayan Vincent (1988) Ashok Kumar (1989) Abdul Rahman (1990) Raghunatha Reddy (1991) Santosh Sivan (1992) M. C. Shekar (1993) Jeeva (1994) Santosh Sivan (1995) Arthur A. Wilson (1996) Thangar Bachan (1997) Annadurai (1998) Ilavarasu (1999) Ananda Kuttan (2000)
2001–present	R. Rathnavelu (2001) Arjun Jena (2002) N. K. Ekambaram (2003) B. Kannan (2004) R. D. Rajasekhar (2005) Ravi Varman (2006) Nirav Shah (2007) Arthur A. Wilson (2008) Manoj Paramahamsa (2009) Santosh Sivan / V. Manikandan (2010) Balasubramaniem (2011) M. Sukumar (2012) Siddharth (2013) Nirav Shah (2014)