Karthik Palani

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Karthik Palani
Born (1985-12-06) 6 December 1985 (age 38)
NationalityIndian
Occupation Cinematographer
Years active2010–present

Karthik Palani is an Indian cinematographer who works in the Indian film industry.

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Career

Karthik worked as an assistant to Tirru during Mercury (2018) and Petta (2019). [1] He also worked as an assistant cinematographer in several Hindi, Telugu, and Tamil-language films. [2] He garnered acclaim for his work in Penguin (2020). A critic from The Times of India noted that "Karthik Phalani's visuals help set the eerie mood" whilst a critic from The Hindu stated how "The filmmaker, however, revelation in terms of his visual sense. Two shots come to mind that are beautifully imagined and shot". [3] [4] His next film was the Kannada film French Biriyani (2020). A critic noted that "Cinematographer Karthik Palani has created the right atmosphere and has employed quirky camera moves to keep us in tune with the film's proceedings". [5]

In 2020, Karthik started working on Adipurush , directed by Om Raut. It was based on the Hindu epic Ramayana. [6] The filming involved combining motion capture technology [7] with live action similar to the methods used on The Jungle Book (2016) and Planet of the Apes (2011). [8]

Karthik is collaborating with Maruthi again after Brand Babu (2018) for The Raja Saab , starring Prabhas in his second collaboration with him following their work on Adipurush. [9] [10]

Filmography

YearFilmLanguageNotes
2016 Love Shagun Hindi
2017 Next Nuvve Telugu [11]
2018 Zeenat Hindi
Brand Babu Telugu [12]
2020 Penguin Tamil [2]
French Biriyani Kannada [13]
2023 Varisu Tamil [14]
Adipurush Hindi
Telugu		 [15]
2024 The Raja Saab †TeluguFilming [16]

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  9. ↑ "EXCLUSIVE: Prabhas- Maruthi's Raja Deluxe is a complete entertainer". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
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