Vaidy S.

Vaidy S.
Born	Vaidy Somasundaram Tamil Nadu, India
Other names	Vaidy S. Pillai
Alma mater	M.G.R. Government Film and Television Training Institute, Chennai
Occupation	Cinematographer
Years active	2004 – present
Website	http://vaidys.com/

Vaidy Somasundaram, also known as Vaidy S., is an Indian cinematographer, who primarily works in the Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam film industries.

Early life and career

After graduating with a gold medal^{[ citation needed ]} in film technology and cinematography from the M.G.R. Government Film and Television Training Institute, Chennai, he debuted as a cinematographer in the Malayalam movie Kanne Madanguka . Then he worked with director A. K. Lohithadas in the movie Kasthuri Maan . Later he joined with the film director Boopathy Pandian in the movie Thiruvilaiyaadal Aarambam , a box office success. He also worked with Boopathy Pandian in the movies Malaikottai and Pattathu Yaanai .

He is known for his work in movies such as Googly and Rana Vikrama with Pavan Wadeeyar. For Googly, he won a SIIMA Award for Best Kannada Cinematographer. ^[1]

Vaidy teamed up with Santhosh Ananddram’s directorial debut Mr. and Mrs. Ramachari , which he won SIIMA Award for Best Kannada Cinematographer ^[2] for the second consecutive year.

His notable works with the director P. C. Shekar are Romeo and Raaga . ^{[3] [4]}

Filmography

Year	Movie	Language
2004	Kanne Madanguka	Malayalam
2005	Kadhale En Kadhale	Tamil
	Kasthuri Maan	Tamil
2006	Thiruvilayadal Aarambam	Tamil
2007	Marudhamalai	Tamil
	Malaikottai	Tamil
2008	Muniyandi Vilangial Moonramandu	Tamil
2009	Kuthirai	Tamil
2010	Kacheri Arambam	Tamil
2011	Vaadamalli	Malayalam
2012	Njanum Ente Familiyum	Malayalam
	Romeo	Kannada
	Manthrikan	Malayalam
2013	Googly	Kannada
	Pattathu Yaanai	Tamil
2014	Mr. and Mrs. Ramachari	Kannada
2015	Rana Vikrama	Kannada
	Chirakodinja Kinavukal	Malayalam
	Masterpiece	Kannada
2017	Raaga	Kannada
2019	Natasaarvabhowma	Kannada
2020	One	Malayalam
2022	Raymo	Kannada

Awards

3rd South Indian International Movie Awards

• Best Cinematographer Kannada for Googly

4th South Indian International Movie Awards

• Best Cinematographer Kannada for Mr. and Mrs. Ramachari

Sources

• "Review of Mr and Mrs Ramachari". The Times of India . 25 December 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2018.

References

1. "SIIMA AWARDS - 2014 - winners". Siima.in. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
2. "SIIMA AWARDS - 2015 - winners". Siima.in. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
3. "Raaga Movie Review {2.5/5}: Good attempt that can be acknowledged if you like bittersweet love stories of underdogs". The Times of India. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
4. "Check out the nominees for the Times KAFTA 2017 - Times of India". The Times of India. 25 October 2018.

External links

• S. Vaidy at IMDb
• Vaidy S. Pillai at IMDb