Film Restoration in Digital Era! Film is not a pastime. It is a time capsule woven from imagination, memory, and human experience. Yet the medium that carries it is heartbreakingly mortal. Celluloid buckles under vinegar syndrome, colors drift like abandoned frescoes, and magnetic audio fades into ghostly whispers. Without intervention, […]
🎥 SICA Exclusive: Crafting the Mythic World of Kantara: Chapter 1 An Interview with Arvind S. Kashyap, ISC As part of SICA’s ongoing initiative to showcase outstanding visual storytellers shaping the future of Indian cinema, we present an exclusive conversation with Arvind S. Kashyap, ISC — a cinematographer whose work […]
Veteran Cinematographer Babu (88) Passes Away in Chennai Veteran cinematographer Babu, known for his mastery in in-camera effects and visual storytelling, passed away this morning in Chennai at the age of 88. A true craftsman behind the lens, Babu was a pillar of Tamil cinema during the late 1970s and […]
A Cinematographer’s Search for Light Through Darkness There was a time when cinematography was defined by the math of light — by foot-candles, motivated sources, and carefully plotted beams. We chased realism by showing the audience where every light came from. Masters like PC Sreeram paved new way of thinking, […]
Lighting the Story: Practical Insights on Contrast, Moonlight, and On-Set Realities Above image from Ghaati: Manojh Reddy Cinematography is often described as “painting with light,” but in practice, it’s far more like engineering emotion under pressure. Every day on set, we’re challenged to balance art and reality — whether we’re […]
Suriya Balaji – A Fresh Eye that Turned Little Hearts into a Celebration When Little Hearts, a modest rom-com directed by Sai Marthand and produced by Aditya Hasan (ETV Win Originals), hit the screens, no one expected it to become a sensation. But what followed was nothing short of […]
