R. Madhi is an India

India

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n film cinematographer

Cinematographer

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. Former assistant of noted cinematographer Saravanan, he has notably worked in films such as Punnagai Desam

Punnagai Desam

Punnagai Desam is a love-drama Tamil language movie directed by K. Shajahan with a score by S. A. Rajkumar. It stars Tarun Kumar, Sneha, Preetha, Kunal, Hamsivardhan and Dhamu in the lead roles. It did reasonable business at the box-office....

, Veyil

Veyil

Veyil is a 2006 Tamil-language film directed by Vasanthabalan. Bharath and Pasupathy are the heroes where Bhavana, Priyanka and Sriya Reddy plays the female leads.-Plot:...

, Silambattam

Silambattam (film)

Silambattam is a 2008 Indian Tamil action film written and directed by cinematographer-turned-director Saravanan, making his directorial debut. The film stars Silambarasan Rajendar in dual roles while Sneha, Sana Khan, Prabhu and Kishore also play lead roles. Nedumudi Venu, Raaghav, Santhanam and...

and Paiyaa and Naan Mahaan Alla.

Early life

Madhi was born and brought up in Nannilam

Nannilam

Nannilam is a panchayat town in Thiruvarur District in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. This panchayat union includes many villages.Nannilam and the surrounding area is home to many temples, including Madhuvaneshwarar Temple, an old Shiva temple which is located center of the town. The town is a...

, a small panchayat town in Tiruvarur district

Tiruvarur District

Tiruvarur district is one of the 30 districts in the Tamil Nadu state of India. The district occupies an area of 2161 km². It is lies between Nagapattinam district on the east and Thanjavur district on the west, and is bounded by the Palk Strait on the south...

, Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu

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. He has ten siblings - five elder and two younger brothers and two sisters - with one of them being Piraisoodan, poet and lyricist, who also works in the Tamil film industry. Madhi has earned a degree in mathematics

Mathematics

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 and wanted to become a restaurateur

Restaurateur

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.

Filmography

• Punnagai Desam
  Punnagai Desam
  Punnagai Desam is a love-drama Tamil language movie directed by K. Shajahan with a score by S. A. Rajkumar. It stars Tarun Kumar, Sneha, Preetha, Kunal, Hamsivardhan and Dhamu in the lead roles. It did reasonable business at the box-office....
  
  - (2002)
• Machi - (2004)
• Gurudeva - (2005)
• Oru Kalluriyin Kathai
  Oru Kalluriyin Kathai
  Oru Kalluriyin Kathai is a 2005 Indian Tamil film written and directed by newcomer Nandha Periyasamy. It stars Arya and Sonia Agarwal in lead roles, whilst Santhanam, Mouli, Charlie, Charuhasan, Raja and Nizhalgal Ravi play significant roles. The film released in late 2005 and was deemed a success...
  
  - (2005)
• Kalabha Kadhalan
  Kalabha Kadhalan
  Kalabha Kadhalan is a Tamil film directed by debutant Igore, starring Arya and Renuka Menon. This film was a low-budget production and the soundtrack was composed by Niru. Akshaya also appeared in this family based psycho thriller. It enjoyed relatively quiet success. It shared a similar...
  
  - (2006)
• Veyil
  Veyil
  Veyil is a 2006 Tamil-language film directed by Vasanthabalan. Bharath and Pasupathy are the heroes where Bhavana, Priyanka and Sriya Reddy plays the female leads.-Plot:...
  
  - (2006)
• Ninaithale
  Ninaithale
  Ninaithale is a 2007 Tamil movie starring Suchindra and Nargis Bagheri in the lead roles. This movie is the remake of the Telugu blockbuster movie Anand. It is Suchindra's first Tamil movie as hero...
  
  - (2007)
• Nepali
  Nepali (film)
  Nepali is a Tamil film featuring Bharath and Meera Jasmine in the lead roles, released in 2008. Bharath plays three different roles in the movie produced and directed by V.Z.Durai. The film has music by Srikanth Deva and was shot in Ooty, Chennai and Hyderabad...
  
  - (2008)
• Silambattam
  Silambattam (film)
  Silambattam is a 2008 Indian Tamil action film written and directed by cinematographer-turned-director Saravanan, making his directorial debut. The film stars Silambarasan Rajendar in dual roles while Sneha, Sana Khan, Prabhu and Kishore also play lead roles. Nedumudi Venu, Raaghav, Santhanam and...
  
  - (2008)
• Paiyaa - (2010)
• Naan Mahaan Alla - (2010)
• Shaitan
  Shaitan (film)
  Shaitan is a 2011 Hindi thriller film, directed by Bejoy Nambiar starring Rajeev Khandelwal, Kalki Koechlin, Gulshan Devaiya, Shiv Pandit, Neil Bhoopalam, Kirti Kulhari, Rajit Kapoor, Pawan Malhotra and Raj Kumar Yadav. The film was released on June 10, 2011...
  
  - (2011) [Hindi]
• Rajapattai - (2012)

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