{"id":8580,"date":"2023-07-26T19:18:41","date_gmt":"2023-07-26T19:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesica.in\/?p=8580"},"modified":"2023-07-27T06:48:52","modified_gmt":"2023-07-27T06:48:52","slug":"visual-journey-santosh-sivan-isc-asc-part-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesica.in\/ta\/visual-journey-santosh-sivan-isc-asc-part-two\/","title":{"rendered":"Visual Journey Santosh Sivan ISC ,ASC &#8211; PART TWO!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Santosh Sivan<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>is a filmmaker celebrated in India and beyond for his free, lyrical style, and especially his skill as a cinematographer.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8581\" src=\"http:\/\/thesica.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Santhosh_Sivan-300x217.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesica.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Santhosh_Sivan-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thesica.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Santhosh_Sivan.jpg 672w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In conversation with SICA continues for PART TWO!<\/p>\n<p>* <strong>How do you manage to bring imagery to the\u00a0 films where theme\u00a0 that doesn&#8217;t support\u00a0 Visually?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My first national award winning for best cinematography &#8221; Perumthatchan&#8221; where writer of the film\u00a0 M.T.Vasudevan Nair told me &#8221;Santosh this is not a Visual film where most of the film evolves around characters intense conversations&#8230;then i took it as a challenge and told him that i will treat faces in this film as a &#8216;<strong>&#8216;Landscape&#8221;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/M\/MV5BZmM2Y2VlMDEtNGIyMC00Mzc0LThmMjItYTM4MmQ4YzZiMmQwXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTEzNzg0Mjkx._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_.jpg\" alt=\"Meenaxi: Tale of 3 Cities (2004) - IMDb\" width=\"514\" height=\"730\" \/><\/p>\n<p>* <strong>Can you narrate experiences working\u00a0 as cinematographer with Legendary Painter M.F.Hussain for his film?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>MF Hussaian happened to see my commercials I made for Kerala. Upon that he painted images i had captured&#8230;then i got a call from him to shoot for his film which was supposed to be like more personal one. And experimental, MF Hussain gave me a offer that i cant refuse, he took me to the studio where he had displayed huge canvas of paintings featuring my images that i had shot for Kerala and an image from my Directorial Asoka.<\/p>\n<p>We started collaborating\u00a0 together.. his son Owaiz Hussain was also there &#8221;Meenaxi tale of Three cities&#8221; Hindi language film, on shooting process MF Hussain didnt had any script in written form&#8230;daily morning he used to paint an Image &#8230;we have to shoot the scenes based on the paintings and he was only concerned about we have to use the same color palate in the paintings&#8230;it was a different experience.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/s01.sgp1.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/inline\/mpwevdgugl-1641927279.png\" alt=\"Iruvar at 25: How Mani Ratnam's Iruvar uses mirrors to explore the film's themes\" \/><\/p>\n<p>* <strong>Your Aspect Ratio for Iruvar was very different at that time of release?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Iruvar is a period political drama so we wanted not only costumes and sets to create that particular period..Mani Ratnam\u00a0 also wanted to stick to the aspect ratio of MGR films, So i shot with 1: 1.37 , where i got very good composition on a Square format&#8230;Visuals was very similar to the Satyajit Ray films, it had my signature shots of wide angle close ups,also Macro lenses and it went on to\u00a0 win national award for best cinematography.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/gumlet.assettype.com\/film-companion%2Fimport%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2020%2F06%2F02E52206-1C6E-4A2E-A624-5D63C8F73770.jpeg?auto=format%2Ccompress&amp;fit=max&amp;w=1200\" alt=\"Fifteen Visuals That Prove Mani Ratnam's 'Raavanan' May Have Been 'Too' Beautiful\" \/><\/p>\n<p>*\u00a0 <strong>One of your signature shots is using some very extreme close ups ?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I like close ups &#8230;.ah yes why extreme close ups..is when you show something interesting on the screen why not go little extremes! Rabindernath Tagore once said &#8221;He sees whole world into the tiny droplets of water&#8221;&#8230;i too believe\u00a0 there is a chance to tell a story through extreme close ups!<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.veethi.com\/images\/people\/fullsize\/Santosh_Sivan_20130801050807.jpeg\" alt=\"Santosh Sivan with Karthika Nair | Veethi\" \/><\/p>\n<p>* <strong>How about you landed\u00a0 Acting in films?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In my film <i>Anandabhadram (Malayalam) <\/i>as cinematographer i used for one song i used fully Raja Ravi Verma paintings&#8230;so that time if it is about painting my cinematography in Perumthatchan and Anandabhadram came as a reference..so the Director Lenin Rajendran of the film Makara Manju ..had a story on Raja Ravi Verma &#8230;he wanted me too act in the lead role because i used to paint&#8230;so they needed someone who can paint in real and also popular&#8230;that&#8217;s where i landed in acting.<\/p>\n<p>The film had Madhu Ambat as cinematographer&#8230;he too was excited to speak to an actor who specializes in cinematography&#8230;where he can talk precisely about exposure and lighting positions.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/play-lh.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/NJoQNdFSV-vuuXyRAQ4dQn0cG3039cQ-t5Rcnaf2xIB1GUD7ExhG-FLbxJNHfaf7C9rQmX70g8aW2RZsEvIeKLKIbKM-c8zKaJieQ7KRm_3PVPz1lw=s1920-w1920-h1080\" alt=\"Dil Se - Google Play \u092a\u0930 \u092b\u093c\u093f\u0932\u094d\u092e\u0947\u0902\" width=\"712\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>* <strong>Monsoon plays very important role in your films ?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I grew up in Kerala where i can see water at different moods&#8230;in Terrorist i tried to use water as a metaphor &#8216;sometimes water can be quiet, water can be gentle flow&#8230;it can be strong like a wave in waterfalls&#8230;according to me observing nature is itself an art..for aspiring cinematographers i would say just to watch from Morning to Evening&#8230;the change nature produces is like a Navarasa<em>(the nine emotions are Shringara (love\/beauty), Hasya (laughter), Karuna (sorrow), Raudra (anger), Veera (heroism\/courage), Bhayanaka (terror\/fear), Bibhatsya (disgust), Adbutha (surprise\/wonder) and Shantha (peace or tranquillity).<\/em><\/p>\n<p>For me in films <strong>Land and Water<\/strong> is like a character &#8230;i had that form factor in all my films like Dalapathy. Dilse, Urumi.<\/p>\n<p>* <strong>You had not fancied to a particular\u00a0 brand of Cameras and Lenses&#8230; always tried to shoot with different types of cameras still able to achieve the best result?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I firmly believe that &#8230;the best Cameras is always\u00a0 the Camera in your hand! each cameras have their own character whether big or small&#8230;it is we compose and create..it is cinematographer who uses camera as a tool&#8230;but it is always his imagination stays in first place.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/bharathwajvijayakumar.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/06\/8837_big.jpg\" alt=\"Navarasa (Tamil movie) review | Bharathwaj vijayakumar's Blog\" \/><\/p>\n<p>* <strong>You had Directed a feature film in Tamil &#8221;Navarasa&#8221;(2005) in 16mm format?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I want to do a film on Third Gender &#8230;where they had been always used in films as a fun element&#8230;Navarasa is a story revolves a young girl taking her first steps towards adulthood encounters his uncle a\u00a0 Gender change..!<\/p>\n<p>I wanted to explore this subject\u00a0 in a objective way&#8230;and to shoot at the festival of koovagam as a backdrop in a more candid way&#8230;so i had to film with a 16mm film camera and blow up to 35mm prints.<\/p>\n<p>Visualization of this film had\u00a0the concepts of light and dark, shadow and sunlight to depict the ambiguities that underline human sexuality.<\/p>\n<p>* <strong>How did your romance with small cameras start ?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Oh. According to me when you point finger at the moon &#8230;you have to look at the moon not the finger&#8230;like that the subject matters not the camera we shoot&#8230;yes during pandemic i had a chance to shoot MT Vasudevan Nairs script\u00a0 there was a huge restriction for shooting crew members&#8230;and i had to handle camera single handedly&#8230;so i got to see Canon C-70 camera where i can operate camera and do follow focus option by myself and also shoot without monitor&#8230;the results were very impressive Director Priyadharshan wanted to use the same camera.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/K0OqEinu19k\/maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Kaalapani Trailer | Mohanlal | Priyadarshan | Prabhu Ganesan | Ilaiyaraaja | Amrish Puri | Tabu - YouTube\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" \/><\/p>\n<p>* <strong>While shooting Priyadarshan&#8217;s Kaala Paani magnum opus of that time &#8230;we heard you used fire sticks to light a scene?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>During shooting at Andamans for Kaala Paani ..after the shoot walking towards remote area i could find out some rare\u00a0 sticks which was burning did not create smoky fumes&#8230;so i collected a bunch of sticks and shot for a particular jail sequence as a main source of light.<\/p>\n<p>* <strong>How about recent developments with AI ( Artificial Intelligence)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Currently i am learning AI&#8230;.Planning to use the technology for some portions of a Hindi film&#8230;as i said earlier the technology keeps changing&#8230;the best way is to learn it quickly and use it wisely.<\/p>\n<p>AI technology will not effect cinematography as for as it remains as story telling medium.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>SICA\u00a0 wholeheartedly thanks its member Santosh Sivan for sharing his valuable cinematic journey and wishes all success for his future endeavors.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"Filmography\" class=\"mw-headline\">Filmography- WIKIPEDIA\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<table class=\"wikitable sortable jquery-tablesorter\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th class=\"headerSort\" title=\"Sort ascending\" role=\"columnheader button\">Year<\/th>\n<th class=\"headerSort\" title=\"Sort ascending\" role=\"columnheader button\">Film<\/th>\n<th class=\"headerSort\" title=\"Sort ascending\" role=\"columnheader button\">Director<\/th>\n<th class=\"headerSort\" title=\"Sort ascending\" role=\"columnheader button\">Producer<\/th>\n<th class=\"headerSort\" title=\"Sort ascending\" role=\"columnheader button\">Cinematographer<\/th>\n<th class=\"headerSort\" title=\"Sort ascending\" role=\"columnheader button\">Writer<\/th>\n<th class=\"headerSort\" title=\"Sort ascending\" role=\"columnheader button\">Language<\/th>\n<th class=\"unsortable\">Notes<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td rowspan=\"2\">1986<\/td>\n<td><i><a title=\"Nidhiyude Katha\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nidhiyude_Katha\">Nidhiyude Katha<\/a><\/i><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Malayalam<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><i><a title=\"Oru Maymasa Pulariyil\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oru_Maymasa_Pulariyil\">Oru Maymasa Pulariyil<\/a><\/i><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Malayalam<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1988<\/td>\n<td><i>Story of Tiblu<\/i><\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><a title=\"National Film Award for Best Short Fiction Film\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Short_Fiction_Film\">National Film Award for Best Short Fiction Film<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1988<\/td>\n<td><i><a title=\"David David Mr. David\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/David_David_Mr._David\">David David Mr. David<\/a><\/i><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Malayalam<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td rowspan=\"2\">1989<\/td>\n<td><i><a title=\"New Year (1989 film)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/New_Year_(1989_film)\">New Year<\/a><\/i><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Malayalam<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><i><a title=\"Raakh\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Raakh\">Raakh<\/a><\/i><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Hindi<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td rowspan=\"6\">1990<\/td>\n<td><i><a title=\"Midhya\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Midhya\">Midhya<\/a><\/i><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Malayalam<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><i><a title=\"Indrajaalam\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indrajaalam\">Indrajaalam<\/a><\/i><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Malayalam<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><i>Sunday 7 PM<\/i><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Malayalam<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><i>Dr. Pasupathy<\/i><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Malayalam<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><i><a title=\"No.20 Madras Mail\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/No.20_Madras_Mail\">No.20 Madras Mail<\/a><\/i><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Malayalam<\/td>\n<td>Second Unit Cameraman<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><i>Appu<\/i><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Malayalam<\/td>\n<td>Shot first schedule<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td rowspan=\"2\">1991<\/td>\n<td><i><a title=\"Perumthachan (film)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Perumthachan_(film)\">Perumthachan<\/a><\/i><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Malayalam<\/td>\n<td><a title=\"National Film Award for Best Cinematography\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Cinematography\">National Film Award for Best Cinematography<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><i><a title=\"Thalapathi\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thalapathi\">Thalapathi<\/a><\/i><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Tamil<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td rowspan=\"3\">1992<\/td>\n<td><i><a title=\"Roja (film)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roja_(film)\">Roja<\/a><\/i><sup id=\"cite_ref-10\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Santosh_Sivan#cite_note-10\">[10]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Tamil<\/td>\n<td><a title=\"Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Cinematographer\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tamil_Nadu_State_Film_Award_for_Best_Cinematographer\">Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Cinematographer<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><i><a title=\"Aham (film)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aham_(film)\">Aham<\/a><\/i><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Malayalam<\/td>\n<td><a title=\"Kerala State Film Award for Best Cinematography\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kerala_State_Film_Award_for_Best_Cinematography\">Kerala State Film Award for Best Cinematography<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><i><a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Yodha (1992 film)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yodha_(1992_film)\">Yodha<\/a><\/i><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Malayalam<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1993<\/td>\n<td><i><a title=\"Gardish\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gardish\">Gardish<\/a><\/i><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Hindi<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1993<\/td>\n<td><i><a title=\"Gandharvam\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gandharvam\">Gandharvam<\/a><\/i><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Malayalam<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1994<\/td>\n<td><i><a title=\"Pavithram\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pavithram\">Pavithram<\/a><\/i><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Malayalam<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1995<\/td>\n<td><i><a title=\"Nirnayam (1995 film)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nirnayam_(1995_film)\">Nirnayam<\/a><\/i><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Malayalam<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1995<\/td>\n<td><i><a title=\"Barsaat (1995 film)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Barsaat_(1995_film)\">Barsaat<\/a><\/i><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Hindi<\/td>\n<td><a title=\"Filmfare Award for Best Cinematography\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Cinematography\">Filmfare Award for Best Cinematography<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1995<\/td>\n<td><i><a title=\"Indira (film)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indira_(film)\">Indira<\/a><\/i><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Tamil<\/td>\n<td>Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Cinematographer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1996<\/td>\n<td><i><a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Kala Pani (1996 film)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kala_Pani_(1996_film)\">Kalapani<\/a><\/i><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Malayalam<\/td>\n<td>National Film Award for Best Cinematography<br \/>\n<a title=\"Kerala State Film Award for Best Cinematography\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kerala_State_Film_Award_for_Best_Cinematography\">Kerala State Film Award for Best Cinematography<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1996<\/td>\n<td><i><a title=\"Halo (1996 film)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Halo_(1996_film)\">Halo<\/a><\/i><\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td>Hindi<\/td>\n<td><a title=\"National Film Award for Best Children's Film\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Children%27s_Film\">National Film Award for Best Children&#8217;s Film<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1997<\/td>\n<td><i><a title=\"Iruvar\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iruvar\">Iruvar<\/a><\/i><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Tamil<\/td>\n<td><a title=\"National Film Award for Best Cinematography\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Cinematography\">National Film Award for Best Cinematography<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Filmfare Award for Best Cinematographer \u2013 South\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Cinematographer_%E2%80%93_South\">Filmfare Award for Best Cinematographer \u2013 South<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1997<\/td>\n<td><i><a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Darmiyan\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Darmiyan\">Darmiyan<\/a><\/i><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Hindi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1998<\/td>\n<td><i><a title=\"Dil Se..\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dil_Se..\">Dil Se..<\/a><\/i><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Hindi<\/td>\n<td>National Film Award for Best Cinematography<br \/>\nFilmfare Award for Best Cinematography<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1998<\/td>\n<td><i><a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"The Terrorist (1997 film)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Terrorist_(1997_film)\">The Terrorist<\/a><\/i><\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td>Tamil<\/td>\n<td><a title=\"National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Feature_Film_in_Tamil\">National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1998<\/td>\n<td><i><a title=\"Malli (film)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Malli_(film)\">Malli<\/a><\/i><\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td>Tamil<\/td>\n<td><a title=\"National Film Award for Best Film on Environment Conservation\/Preservation\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Film_on_Environment_Conservation\/Preservation\">National Film Award for Best Film on Environment Conservation\/Preservation<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1999<\/td>\n<td><i><a title=\"Vanaprastham\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vanaprastham\">Vanaprastham<\/a><\/i><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Malayalam<\/td>\n<td>Filmfare Award for Best Cinematography \u2013 South<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td rowspan=\"3\">2000<\/td>\n<td><i><a title=\"Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Phir_Bhi_Dil_Hai_Hindustani\">Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani<\/a><\/i><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Hindi<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><i><a title=\"Pukar (2000 film)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pukar_(2000_film)\">Pukar<\/a><\/i><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Hindi<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><i><a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Fiza (2000 film)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fiza_(2000_film)\">Fiza<\/a><\/i><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Hindi<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2001<\/td>\n<td><i><a title=\"Asoka (2001 film)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Asoka_(2001_film)\">Asoka<\/a><\/i><\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td>Hindi<\/td>\n<td>Filmfare Award for Best Cinematography<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2003<\/td>\n<td><i><a title=\"Tehzeeb (2003 film)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tehzeeb_(2003_film)\">Tehzeeb<\/a><\/i><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Hindi<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td rowspan=\"3\">2004<\/td>\n<td><i><a title=\"Meenaxi: A Tale of Three Cities\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Meenaxi:_A_Tale_of_Three_Cities\">Meenaxi: A Tale of Three Cities<\/a><\/i><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Hindi<\/td>\n<td><a title=\"Zee Cine Award for Best Cinematography\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zee_Cine_Award_for_Best_Cinematography\">Zee Cine Award for Best Cinematography<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><i><a title=\"Aparichithan\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aparichithan\">Aparichithan<\/a><\/i><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Malayalam<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><i><a title=\"Bride and Prejudice\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bride_and_Prejudice\">Bride and Prejudice<\/a><\/i><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>English<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td rowspan=\"3\">2005<\/td>\n<td><i><a title=\"Anandabhadram\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anandabhadram\">Anandabhadram<\/a><\/i><\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Malayalam<\/td>\n<td>Kerala State Film Award for Best Cinematography<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><i><a title=\"Navarasa (film)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Navarasa_(film)\">Navarasa<\/a><\/i><\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td>Tamil<\/td>\n<td><a title=\"National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Feature_Film_in_Tamil\">National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><i><a title=\"The Mistress of Spices\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Mistress_of_Spices\">The Mistress of Spices<\/a><\/i><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>English<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2007<\/td>\n<td><i><a title=\"Prarambha\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prarambha\">Prarambha<\/a><\/i><\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Kannada<\/td>\n<td>short film<br \/>\n<a title=\"National Film Award for Best Educational\/Motivational\/Instructional Film\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Educational\/Motivational\/Instructional_Film\">National Film Award for Best Educational\/Motivational\/Instructional Film<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2007<\/td>\n<td><i><a title=\"Before the Rains\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Before_the_Rains\">Before the Rains<\/a><\/i><\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>English &amp; Malayalam<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2008<\/td>\n<td><i><a title=\"Tahaan\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tahaan\">Tahaan<\/a><\/i><\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td>Hindi<\/td>\n<td>Best feature film award, CIFEJ Award (Centre International du Film pour l&#8217; Enfant et la Jeunesse)<br \/>\nUNICEF Award at 11th Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People,\u00a0<a title=\"Greece\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greece\">Greece<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td rowspan=\"2\">2010<\/td>\n<td><i><a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Raavan (2010 Hindi film)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Raavan_(2010_Hindi_film)\">Raavan<\/a><\/i><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Hindi<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><i><a title=\"Raavanan (2010 film)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Raavanan_(2010_film)\">Raavanan<\/a><\/i><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Tamil<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td rowspan=\"3\">2011<\/td>\n<td><i><a title=\"Varnam (2011 film)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Varnam_(2011_film)\">Varnam<\/a><\/i><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Tamil<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><i><a title=\"Urumi (film)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Urumi_(film)\">Urumi<\/a><\/i><\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Malayalam<\/td>\n<td>Best Director at the Imagine India International Film Festival,\u00a0<a title=\"Madrid\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Madrid\">Madrid<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><i><a title=\"Indian Rupee (film)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indian_Rupee_(film)\">Indian Rupee<\/a><\/i><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Malayalam<\/td>\n<td><a title=\"National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Feature_Film_in_Malayalam\">National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2012<\/td>\n<td><i><a title=\"Thuppakki\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thuppakki\">Thuppakki<\/a><\/i><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Tamil<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td rowspan=\"2\">2013<\/td>\n<td><i><a title=\"Rangrezz\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rangrezz\">Rangrezz<\/a><\/i><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Hindi<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><i><a title=\"Ceylon (film)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ceylon_(film)\">Ceylon<\/a><\/i><\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td rowspan=\"2\">2014<\/td>\n<td><i><a title=\"Ceylon (film)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ceylon_(film)\">Inam<\/a><\/i><\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td>Tamil<\/td>\n<td><sup id=\"cite_ref-11\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Santosh_Sivan#cite_note-11\">[11]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><i><a title=\"Anjaan (2014 film)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anjaan_(2014_film)\">Anjaan<\/a><\/i><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Tamil<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td rowspan=\"2\">2017<\/td>\n<td><i><a title=\"The Great Father\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Great_Father\">The Great Father<\/a><\/i><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Malayalam<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><i><a title=\"Spyder (film)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spyder_(film)\">Spyder<\/a><\/i><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Telugu &amp; Tamil<\/td>\n<td>Debut in\u00a0<a title=\"Telugu cinema\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Telugu_cinema\">Telugu cinema<\/a>.<sup id=\"cite_ref-12\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Santosh_Sivan#cite_note-12\">[12]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2018<\/td>\n<td><i><a title=\"Chekka Chivantha Vaanam\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chekka_Chivantha_Vaanam\">Chekka Chivantha Vaanam<\/a><\/i><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Tamil<\/td>\n<td><sup id=\"cite_ref-13\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Santosh_Sivan#cite_note-13\">[13]<\/a><\/sup><sup id=\"cite_ref-14\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Santosh_Sivan#cite_note-14\">[14]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2020<\/td>\n<td><i><a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Darbar (2020 film)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Darbar_(2020_film)\">Darbar<\/a><\/i><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Tamil<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2022<\/td>\n<td><i><a title=\"Jack N' Jill\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jack_N%27_Jill\">Jack N&#8217; Jill<\/a><\/i><\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Malayalam<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2023<\/td>\n<td><i><a title=\"Mumbaikar (film)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mumbaikar_(film)\">Mumbaikar<\/a><\/i><\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Hindi<\/td>\n<td>Remake of\u00a0<a title=\"Maanagaram\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maanagaram\">Maanagaram<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2023<\/td>\n<td class=\"partial table-partial\"><i>Kaliyugam<\/i>\u00a0\u2020<\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td class=\"table-yes\">Yes<\/td>\n<td>Malayalam<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2022<\/td>\n<td class=\"partial table-partial\"><i><a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Barroz: Guardian of D'Gama's Treasure\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Barroz:_Guardian_of_D%27Gama%27s_Treasure\">Barroz: Guardian of D&#8217; Gama&#8217;s Treasure<\/a><\/i>\u00a0\u2020<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td 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In conversation with SICA continues for PART TWO! * How do you manage to bring imagery to the\u00a0 films where theme\u00a0 that doesn&#8217;t support\u00a0 Visually? My first national award winning for best cinematography &#8221; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8581,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"2.8.1","language":"ta","enabled_languages":["en","ta"],"languages":{"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"ta":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesica.in\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8580"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesica.in\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesica.in\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesica.in\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesica.in\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8580"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thesica.in\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8580\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8584,"href":"https:\/\/thesica.in\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8580\/revisions\/8584"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesica.in\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesica.in\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesica.in\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesica.in\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}