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Rajeevan | |
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Born | Rajeevan Nambiar 31 December 1969 |
Occupation(s) | Production designer, Art director |
Years active | 1994-present |
Rajeevan is an art director in Indian films. He is a graduate of Loyola College, Chennai. [1] [2]
Rajeevan began doing art direction for ad films and television serials, before being given the opportunity to work in a feature film for the first time through Ameer's Mounam Pesiyadhe (2002). Soon after he won acclaim for his work in Parthiban Kanavu (2003), before associating with Gautham Vasudev Menon for the first time in Kaakha Kaakha and has since become a regular feature in the director's ventures. [3]
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