India has many regional film centres: Bollywood

Bollywood

Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...

, the largest, in Mumbai

Mumbai

Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...

, producing films in the Hindi

Hindi

Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...

 language; Kolkata

Kolkata

Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...

, for films in Bengali

Bengali language

Bengali or Bangla is an eastern Indo-Aryan language. It is native to the region of eastern South Asia known as Bengal, which comprises present day Bangladesh, the Indian state of West Bengal, and parts of the Indian states of Tripura and Assam. It is written with the Bengali script...

; Hyderabad--For Telugu

Telugu language

Telugu is a Central Dravidian language primarily spoken in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India, where it is an official language. It is also spoken in the neighbouring states of Chattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa and Tamil Nadu...

 Films, Bengalooru,for Kannada films, Chennai

Chennai

Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...

, for films in Tamil

Tamil language

Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...

, Kerala

Kerala

or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....

 for films in Malayalam

Malayalam language

Malayalam , is one of the four major Dravidian languages of southern India. It is one of the 22 scheduled languages of India with official language status in the state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Pondicherry. It is spoken by 35.9 million people...

, etc. Most Indian cinematographers are known for their work with one regional industry.

List of cinematographers

• sumit bhardwaj ( WICA) - www.sumitbhardwaj.com
• Amber Sharma Alias Mowgli
• Abu Shah
• Abhik Mukhopadhyay
  Abhik Mukhopadhyay
  Abhik Mukhopadhyay is an Indian Bengali cinematographer.-Filmography:*Chukkallo Chandrudu *Shoonya *The Last Lear *Via Darjeeling *Khela *Antaheen *Ekti Tarar Khonje -Awards and nominations:...
  
  

• VelsVino
• Anil Mehta
  Anil Mehta
  Anil Mehta is a cinematographer, writer and director of Bollywood movies. He has studied cinematography at the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune....
  
  
• Aseem Bajaj
• Ashok Mehta
• Baba Azmi
  Baba Azmi
  Baba Azmi is an Indian film cinematographer and member of the Akhtar-Azmi film family. He is the child of the late poet and lyricist Kaifi Azmi. Even though he is not as known as his sister, Shabana Azmi, he has used his lenses in films like, m Arjun, Beta, Dil, Tezaab, Mr. India, Akele Hum Akele...
  
  
• Balu Mahendra
  Balu Mahendra
  Balanathan "Balu" Mahendran is an Indian filmmaker, screenwriter, and cinematographer widely regarded as part of the first in a wave of directors and screenwriters from the Chennai film industry who revitalised Tamil cinema...
  
  
• Barun Mukherjee
  Barun Mukherjee
  Barun Mukherjee a politician from All India Forward Bloc is presently a Member of the Parliament of India representing West Bengal in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament.-External links:*...
  
  
• Binod Pradhan
  Binod Pradhan
  Binod Pradhan is an acclaimed Indian cinematographer whose creative visuals and cutting-edge imagery have left their mark on Indian cinema. Some his award-winning works include 1942 A Love Story, Devdas, Rang De Basanti, Mission Kashmir, Munna Bhai M.B.B.S...
  
  
• CV Guruvayurappan
• Chota K. Naidu
  Chota K. Naidu
  Chota K. Naidu is an Indian film cinematographer who primarily works for Telugu cinema. His brother Shyam K. Naidu is also another popular cinematographer in Tollywood. He won the prestigious Filmfare Award and Nandi Award for the film Kotha Bangaru Lokam.His nephew Sundeep Kishan is a film actor...
  
  
• Dinesh Babu
• Dharmesh Goti
• S.Gopal Reddy
• Govind Nihalani
  Govind Nihalani
  Govind Nihalani is an Indian director, cinematographer, and also a screenwriter and film producer. He has been directing Hindi films since the late seventies, and worked in the television medium.- Biography :...
  
  
• K.G.Jayan
• K.K. Senthil Kumar
  K.K. Senthil Kumar
  K.K. Senthil Kumar is a cinematographer in Indian Cinema, particularly Telugu films. He graduated from the Film and Television Institute of India of Pune in cinematography. His first film, as cinematographer, was Aithe, directed by Chandra Sekhar Yeleti. The film went on to become a hit. After...
  
  
• Jeeva
  Jeeva (director)
  Jeeva was a popular cinematographer and film director in Tamil cinema.-Career:The four completed films he directed, namely 12B, Run , Ullam Ketkumae and Unnale Unnale, have become blockbusters. He died after suffering acute cardiac arrest in Russia on 25 June at the age of 43...
  
  
• S.Kumar
• Madhu Ambat
  Madhu Ambat
  Madhu Ambat is a Indian cinematographer. With a wide variety of films under his belt he is one of the most experienced cinematographers in the Indian cinema industry. Noted for his lighting techniques, he has shot a number of award-winning films. He is quite well known for his amazing work in films...
  
  
• Mitesh Mirchandani
• K.V. Guhan
  K.V. Guhan
  K.V. Guhan is an Indian cinematographer from Chennai, India. Guhan is the younger brother of Tamil film director Saran. He shot to fame through the Telugu movie Athadu. He teamed up twice with director Radha Mohan for Mozhi and Payanam, notable films in Tamil cinema. He has directed Inidhu Inidhu...
  
  
• Manikandan
  V. Manikandan
  V. Manikandan is a leading cinematographer hailing from Tamil Nadu. He has worked as the cinematographer for a number of major box office hits in Hindi and Tamil. He is an acclaimed ad film cinematographer with more than 3,000 ad films to his credit. He won the Best Cinematographer award...
  
  
• K.K. Mahajan
• V.K.Murti
• Navaroze Contractor
• M.J.Radhakrishnan
• Mahi Sharlla
• Rafey Mahamood
• Rajiv Jain
  Rajiv Jain
  Rajeev Jain is an indian Cinematographer / Director of Photography based in Dubai , Nairobi and Mumbai . He brings years of professional films and video experience to every production. As Director of Photography he specializes in shooting television commercials and feature films in the 35mm motion...
  
  
• Rajeev Menon
• Rajeev Ravi
  Rajeev Ravi
  Rajeev Ravi is an Indian cinematographer. A 1997 graduate of the Film and Television Institute of India. He first assisted in the Malayalam film, Pranayavarnangal. His first independent work is Chandni Bar...
  
  
• Rajen Khothari
• Rajesh Yadav
  Rajesh Yadav
  Rajesh Yadav is an Indian cinematographer. He won the special jury prize at the 7th Chennai International Film Festival for Pokkisham.-References:...
  
  
• Ramachandra Babu
  Ramachandra Babu
  Ramachandra Babu is a Kerala State award-winning cinematographer of over 100 Malayalam films, including Dweepu, Rathinirvedam, Chamaram and Oru Vadakkan Veera Gaadha.-External links:* * * * *...
  
  
• Ramana Salva
• R. Rathnavelu
  R. Rathnavelu
  Randy Rathnavelu is an Indian cinematographer who has worked in Tamil, Telugu, and Kannada films including Thirumalai , Vaaranam Aayiram, and Enthiran....
  
  
• Ravi K. Chandran
  Ravi K. Chandran
  Ravi K. Chandran is an Indian cinematographer. He has frequently collaborated with leading Indian filmmakers like Priyadarshan, Mani Ratnam, and Rajiv Menon and Sanjay Leela Bhansali. Ravi has won two Filmfare Awards and one Southern Filmfare Award during his career.-Career:Ravi K. Chandran was...
  
  
• Sudeep Chatterjee
• Sunny Joseph
  Sunny Joseph
  Sunny Joseph, ISC is an Indian Cinematographer and director from Kerala, most known for his work in Shaji N. Karun classic, Piravi, for which he won the 1988 Kerala State Film Award for Best Photography. He has Post Graduate Diploma in Cinematography from the Film and Television Institute of...
  
  
• Santosh Sivan
  Santosh Sivan
  Santosh Sivan is an Indian cinematographer, film director, and producer who has worked in Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil, and Hindi cinema....
  
  
• Santosh Thundiyil
  Santosh Thundiyil
  Santosh Thundiyil is one of the highly appreciated contemporary Indian cinematographers. His first film Kuch Kuch Hota Hai was one of the biggest box office hit in the Indian Cinema.-Career:...
  
  
• Shaji N Karun
• Sejal Shah
  Sejal Shah
  Sejal Shah is an Indian cinematographer. He has worked on a number of Bollywood films and adverts.-Career:Shah has done more than 200 commercials,including for major brands such as Indian Oil , Sprite , Royal Stag , Hyundai , Ford Endeavour ,and Nokia ,His Debut Feature,Silence Please.....
  
  
• M.Shanthi
• Subrata Mitra
  Subrata Mitra
  Subrata Mitra was an Indian cinematographer. Acclaimed for his work in The Apu Trilogy , Mitra is often considered one of the greatest of Indian cinematographers....
  
  
• P Sukumar
• P.C. Sreeram
• Thiru
  Tirru
  Thirunavukarasu, Tirru, is a cinematographer in the Indian film industry, specialising in documentaries and advertising. Tirru's films are in the Hindi, Tamil and Malayalam languages. He has worked for the veteran cinematographer P. C. Sriram and for Kamal Hassan . He was born in Mullukuruchi a...
  
  
• H C Venugopal
• Sathya Hegde
• Utpal V. Nayanar
• Venu
  Venu Isc
  Venu Isc is an Indian cinematographer who has worked in over 80 feature films and has won the National Film Award for Best Cinematography three times, in 1987 , 1993 , 1994 , apart from that he won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Debut Director for Daya in 1998.- Career :Venu graduated in...
  
  
• A. Vincent
  A. Vincent
  Aloysius Vincent born June 14, 1928 in Calicut, Kerala, India is an Indian cinematographer of Hindi movies and director of Malayalam movies. Since the mid 1960s he has directed some 30 movies...
  
  
• Vinod Pradhan
• Vipin Mohan
• D. Shankar
• s.lokanathan
• W.B Rao
• S. Gopal Reddy
  S. Gopal Reddy
  S. Gopala Reddy is a cinematographer in the Indian film industry and a producer in Tollywood. He established Durga Arts with Dr. K.L Narayana and produced Santosham. He is married to Rasool Ellore's sister, Michaela, and has a son and daughter...
  
  
• Shyam K. Naidu
  Shyam K. Naidu
  Shyam K. Naidu is cinematographer in Telugu Cinema. His best works are Pokiri, Super, and Mass. He worked for all of Puri Jagannadh. His brother, Chota K...
  
  
• Rasool Ellore
  Rasool Ellore
  Rasool Ellore, also known as Rasool, is a popular Cinematographer, Director and writer in the Indian Film Industry. He is the brother-in-law of famous Tollywood personality S. Gopal Reddy....
  
  
• Vijay C. Kumar
  Vijay C. Kumar
  Vijay C. Kumar is an Indian cinematographer in the Telugu film industry. He is also the son of C. Nageshwara Rao, who also a cinematographer. He is most recognized for doing cinematography for all of Shekhar Kammula's film.- Filmography :* Leader...
  
  
• Jayanan Vincent
  Jayanan Vincent
  Jayanan Vincent is an Indian cinematographer. He is the son of veteran cinematographer, A. Vincent. He started his career with Malayalam films in the late 80's; and went on to become a prominent cinematographer in the Telugu industry...
  
  
• Sameer Reddy
  Sameer Reddy
  Sameer Reddy is an Indian film cinematographer who works with Hindi and Telugu films.-Background:Reddy was born in Hyderabad and raised in Rajahmundry. He went to Chennai to graduate in Leather Technology. But he never went there again...
  
  
• P.G. Vinda
  P.G. Vinda
  P.G. Vinda is a cinematographer and director in the Telugu film industry. He was noted for his work on the 2004 black-and-white film, Grahanam, which was directed by Mohan Krishna Indraganti...
  
  
• S.K.Bhupathi
• Ravi Varman
  Ravi Varman
  Varman, ISC, is a celebrated Director Of Photography of India. He has shot many award-winning films in Indian languages of Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and English. Known for his realistic picturization and poetic framing sense, Ravi Varman began his career in Malayalam films...
  
  
• Ajayan Vincent
• Arvind Krishna
  Arvind Krishna
  Arvind Krishna is an Indian cinematographer, who has worked in the Tamil and the Hindi film industries .-Career:Arvind Krishna, always passionate about photography and studied Visual communication at the Loyola College in Chennai, after which he joined ace cinematographer P. C. Sreeram and worked...
  
  
• R. D. Rajasekhar
• Arthur A. Wilson
  Arthur A. Wilson
  Arthur Wilson is a cinematographer from India. He has also worked in many Tamil films like Rhythm, Anbe Sivam,Panchathanthiram,Vanathai pola,V.I.P,Shajahan, Imsai Arasan 23am Pulikesi and Pammal K. Sambandam. He is well known in the movie Naan Kadavul. His latest movie is Bala's Avan-Ivan-References:...
  
  
• B.Balamurugan
• C.Ram Prasad
• Bharani K. Dharan
• Madhu A Naidu
• Andrews
  Andrews
  -Places:*Andrews, California*Andrews, Florida*Andrews, Indiana*Andrews, North Carolina*Andrews, Oregon*Andrews, South Carolina*Andrews, Texas*Andrews County, Texas*Andrews Air Force Base near Washington, D.C., home of Air Force One...
  
  

Indian Society of Cinematography

Indian Society of Cinematography(ISC) is a society for Indian Cinematographers.The society is situated at Thiruvananthapuram

Thiruvananthapuram

Thiruvananthapuram , formerly known as Trivandrum, is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala and the headquarters of the Thiruvananthapuram District. It is located on the west coast of India near the extreme south of the mainland...

 in Kerala

Kerala

or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....

.The members of this society will show a suffix, ISC with their name in film credits.

Awards

There are a vast number of awards for Best Cinematography in India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

.They are...

• National Film Award for Best Cinematography
  National Film Award for Best Cinematography
  The National Film Award for Best Cinematography are given annually. The only female who has won this award is Anjuli Shukla, who won the award for her debut film, Kutty Srank . The most time winners are Santosh Sivan & K.K. Mahajan - 4 awards each for best cinematography category....
  
  
• Filmfare Award for Best Cinematographer
• IIFA Award for Best Cinematography
• Star Screen Awards
  Star Screen Awards
  The Star Screen Awards is an annual awards ceremony in India honoring professional excellence in film. The nomination and award selection is done by a panel of distinguished professional from the industry itself.- History :...
  
  
• National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film Cinematography
  National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film Cinematography
  The National Film Award - Best Cinematography - Non-Feature Film winners:...
  
  
• State Film Awards (Given by almost every state which has their own cinema)
  • Kerala State Film Award for Best Photography
    Kerala State Film Award for Best Photography
    The Kerala State Film Award for Best Cinematographer winners:-References:**...
    
    
• Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Cinematographer
  Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Cinematographer
  The Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Cinematographer is given by the state government as part of its annual Tamil Nadu State Film Awards for Tamil films.-The list:Here is a list of the award winners and the films for which they won....
  
  
• Filmfare Best Cinematographer Award (South)

External links

• Official Website of ISC
• Official Website of WICA