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Murali G.

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Murali G.
Born
NationalityIndian
Alma materFTII, Pune
OccupationCinematographer
Years active2010-present

Murali G. is an Indian cinematographer who works mainly in Tamil cinema and Telugu 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

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Murali was born and brought up in the village near Uthangarai, Krishnagiri district, Tamil Nadu. He did his schooling in Uthangarai 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),[1] before making his feature film debut with the Andala Rakshasi (2012). His subsequent films: Madras (2014), Kabali (2016), Kaala (2018), and Sarpatta Parambarai (2021), were all directed by Pa. Ranjith.

Filmography

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Year Film Language Notes
2010 Shyam Raat Seher Hindi
English
Short film;
National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film Cinematography
2012 Andala Rakshasi Telugu
2014 Madras Tamil SIIMA Award for Best Tamil Cinematographer
2016 Kabali Tamil
2018 Kaala Tamil
2021 Sarpatta Parambarai Tamil
2023 Kushi Telugu
2024 Saripodhaa Sanivaaram Telugu

References

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  1. ^ "National Film Awards - 2010". Directorate of Film Festivals. p. 187. Archived from the original on 14 April 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2017.