P. C. Sriram
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P. C. Sreeram is a cinematographer and film director, educated at the Film and Television Institute of Tamil nadu (FTIT). P.C. Sreeram is fondly called as PC sir. P.C. Sreeram won appreciations for his various cinematographic works and his directorial venture Kurruthipunal(1995) was selected as India's official entry to the Oscars.
P.C. Sreeram has been a mentor of some of the top cinematographers in the Indian film industry, some of whom include Jeeva
, K. V. Anand
, Tirru
, K.V. Guhan
, M.S.Prabhu, Ramji, Arjun Jena, Fowzia, and Andrew. Sreeram stepped into direction in 1992, directing his first feature film Meera with actor Vikram
in lead role.
He is considered to be one of greatest Indian cinematographers. Cinematographer K.Balasubramaniam
started his film career by assisting Sreeram for nearly 5 years.
P.C. Sreeram has been a mentor of some of the top cinematographers in the Indian film industry, some of whom include Jeeva
Jeeva
Jeeva may refer to:* Jeeva, P. Jeevanandham , Indian politician* Jeeva , Tamil Movie Director* Jeeva , Indian* Jeeva , Indian Tamil actor* Jeeva, Lollu Sabha actor...
, K. V. Anand
K. V. Anand
K. V. Anand is an Indian cinematographer, film director and former photo journalist. After working for a short period as a journalist, he became a cinematographer in the early 1990s, working for about fifteen films in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu...
, Tirru
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...
, 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...
, M.S.Prabhu, Ramji, Arjun Jena, Fowzia, and Andrew. Sreeram stepped into direction in 1992, directing his first feature film Meera with actor Vikram
Vikram (actor)
Vikram is an Indian film actor who has predominantly appeared in Tamil language films. During his years in the Indian film industry, he has won five Filmfare Awards as well as one National Film Award and Tamil Nadu State Film Award amongst other recognitions and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate...
in lead role.
He is considered to be one of greatest Indian cinematographers. Cinematographer K.Balasubramaniam
Balasubramaniem
K. T. Balasubramaniam is an acclaimed Indian cinematographer. He worked in several Tamil and Telugu films. He is well known for his recent work in Ninaithale Inikkum and 180 as a cinematographer.-Early life and education:He was born in Karaikudi, Tamilnadu, where he did his early schooling...
started his film career by assisting Sreeram for nearly 5 years.
Cinematographer
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(1985)
Director
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(2011) (Kannada)
Awards and nominations
- 1988 Won National Film Award for Best CinematographyNational Film Award for Best CinematographyThe 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....
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