Venu (cinematographer)
Venu | |
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Born | Venugopal Pillai 26 January 1957 |
Alma mater | FTII |
Occupation(s) | Cinematographer Film director |
Spouse |
Karur Neelakanta Pillai (Grandfather) |
Venugopal Pillai (born 26 January 1957), popularly known as Venu, is an Indian
Indian Society of Cinematographers
(ISC).
Personal life
Venu is the grandson of Malayalam author,
Englishman and is the manager of the Great North Museum: Hancock.[1]
Career
Venu graduated from the
K G George, John Abraham, Buddhadeb Dasgupta, Pamela Rooks, Padmarajan, Bharathan and M. T. Vasudevan Nair.[citation needed
]
In 1987, Venu received his first
Namukku Parkkan Munthiri Thoppukal).[2] He went onto receive two more awards for Miss Beatty's Children (1993) and Ponthan Mada (1994).[3][4] In 1998, he made his directorial debut with Daya, a period fiction written by M. T. Vasudevan Nair.[5] The film won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Debut Director and Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director. In 2014, he directed his second film, Munnariyippu, starring Mammootty.[5] His latest work is Carbon, starring Fahadh Faasil.[citation needed
]
Filmography
This section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources. (September 2022) |
As cinematographer
As director
- Daya (1998)
- Munnariyippu(2014)
- Carbon (2018)[6]
- Aanum Pennum (2021)
Awards
Year | Film | Language | Category | Notes |
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1986 | Amma Ariyan Namukku Parkkan Munthirithoppukal |
Malayalam | National Film Award for Best Cinematography | |
1992 | Miss Beatty's Children | English | National Film Award for Best Cinematography | |
1993 | Ponthan Mada | Malayalam | National Film Award for Best Cinematography |
- 1985 - Irakal - Best Cinematography
- 1992 – Aham – Best Cinematography
- 2003 - Margam - Best Cinematography
References
- ^ "Great North Museum: Hancock welcomes Malavika Anderson as new Museum Manager | Great North Museum: Hancock".
- ^ "34th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals.
- ^ "40th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals.
- ^ "41st National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
- ^ a b Nagarajan, Saraswathy (5 June 2014). "Prisoners of circumstance". The Hindu. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
- ^ Nagarajan, Saraswathy (18 January 2018). "Fahadh Faasil was in his element in 'Carbon': Venu". The Hindu.
External links
- Venu at IMDb