Arjun Jena

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Arjun Jena
Born (1971-03-06) 6 March 1971 (age 53)
Occupation Cinematographer
Years active1990–present

Arjun Jena is an Indian cinematographer from Chennai.

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Career

Early days

During the 1990s, Jena joined cinematographer P. C. Sreeram's unit as an assistant cameraman. He worked under Sreeram in films such as Thevar Magan (1992), Thiruda Thiruda (1993), May Madham (1994), Subha Sankalpam (1994) and Kurudhipunal (1995). Later in 1996, he joined cinematographer Jeeva, a former assistant of Sreeram, as an operating cameraman. He apprenticed under Jeeva in Indian (1996), Ullasam (1997), Vaali (1999), Kushi (2000), Run (2002), Zor , Hera Pheri and Yeh Teraa Ghar Yeh Meraa Ghar .

Independent work

Jena got his first break with the short film Silent Scream, directed by Vikram Kumar. It won the National Film Award for Best Educational/Motivational/Instructional Film at the 46th National Film Awards in 1998. He made his feature film debut with Kathir's Tamil feature film Kadhal Virus (2000), which won him the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Cinematographer. His other works include Oka Oorilo, Aegan , Love Khichdi and Ala Modalaindi .

Filmography

YearTitleDirectorCast
1998Silent scream Vikram Kumar Short film
2002 Kadhal Virus Kathir Richard, Sridevi Vijaykumar
2005 Oka Oorilo Ramesh Varma Tarun, Saloni
2008 Aegan Raju Sundaram Ajith Kumar, Nayantara
2009 Love Khichdi Srinivas Bhashyam Randeep Hooda, Sadha
2011 Ala Modalaindi Nandini Reddy Nani, Nithya Menen
2011 Angane Thudangi Nandini Reddy Nani, Nithya Menen
2016"Tulasi Apa" Amiya Patnaik Barsha Nayak
2017 Koditta Idangalai Nirappuga R. Parthiepan Shanthanu Bhagyaraj, Parvathy Nair

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