Prasad Murella

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Prasad Murella
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Occupation Director of Photography
Years active2000–present

Prasad Murella is an Indian cinematographer, who predominantly works in Telugu cinema. He debut film was Azhagana Naatkal in Tamil.

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Personal life

He was born in Vijayawada where he completed his schooling and his higher studies. Due to his passion for films, he travelled to Chennai and assisted many cinematographers, such as Ravi Yadav and D. Shanker.

Career

He started his career with the Tamil film Azhagana Naatkal directed by Sundar C. in 2000. Later he made his debut in Telugu with the film Venky , directed by Srinu Vaitla in 2004, and shot another film called Chanti in the same year. He went back to Tamil films in 2004 with Devathayai Kanden and was there until the year 2006 working for the films Chinna and Rendu .

In 2007, he started shooting Telugu films with the film Dhee and has remained in this film industry. He was awarded with the 2010 Nandi Award for Best Cinematographer for the film Namo Venkatesa . [1] It is an award given by Andhra Pradesh state government. He also won the SIIMA Award for Best Cinematographer (Telugu) for the 2013 film Attharintiki Daaredhi [2]

Filmography

YearFilmNotes
2001 Azhagana Naatkal Tamil
2003 Winner Tamil
2004 Venky
Chanti
Devathayai Kanden Tamil
2005 Chinna Tamil
2006 Rendu Tamil
2007 Dhee
Raju Bhai
Chandamama
2008 Ready
King
2010 Namo Venkatesa Nandi Award for Best Cinematographer [1]
2011 Dookudu
2012 Poola Rangadu
2013 Shadow
Attharintiki Daaredhi SIIMA Award for Best Cinematographer (Telugu) [2]
2015 S/O Satyamurthy [3]
Soukhyam
2017 Katamarayudu [3]
MLA [4]
2018 Pantham [5]
2019 Venky Mama
2021 Tuck Jagadish [6]
2022 Macherla Niyojakavargam
2023 Aadikeshava Additional cinematography [7]

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