Chandru Selvaraj | |
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Born | Ooty, Tamil Nadu, India |
Occupation | Cinematographer |
Years active | 2020–present |
Notable work | Kayattam (2020) Vazhakku (2022) Marco (2024) |
Awards | Kerala State Film Award for Best Cinematography (2020, 2022) |
Chandru Selvaraj is an Indian cinematographer who works in the Malayalam film industry. [1] [2] [3] He has received two Kerala State Film Awards for Best Cinematography for his acclaimed work in Kayattam (2020) and Vazhakku (2022). [4] [5]
Chandru was born in Ooty, Tamil Nadu. His father's job required frequent transfers, which eventually led his family to settle in Chennai. Initially, Chandru pursued a career in engineering because of the suggestions from his family. However, he made the bold decision to take up filmmaking despite initial objections from his family. [3]
He started his career by assisting cinematographer Tirru. He has assisted on seven films in a span of four years, during which he was introduced to Sanal Kumar Sasidharan by an associate of Karthik Subbaraj while they were working on Petta (2019). [1]
In 2021, Chandru won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Cinematography for his work in Kayattam (2020), which was his feature debut film. The film was entirely shot on an iPhone XS Max in the Himalayas. [2] [6]
In 2022, he worked on Mahaveeryar , directed by Abrid Shine and starring Asif Ali and Nivin Pauly in the lead roles. He won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Cinematography, again, for his acclaimed work in the film. His collaboration with Sanal Kumar Sasidharan on Kayattam was a significant turning point in his career as he got to work with him again in 2022, in Vazhakku . [1] [7]
† | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Year | Film | Notes | Ref. |
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2020 | Kayattam | Kerala State Film Award for Best Cinematography | [8] |
2022 | Mahaveeryar | [9] [10] | |
Vazhakku | Kerala State Film Award for Best Cinematography; Selected for IFFSA-SEOUL 2022 | [11] [12] | |
2023 | Madhura Manohara Moham | [13] | |
2024 | Jai Ganesh | [14] | |
Her | [15] | ||
Marco | |||
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