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Anand Krishnamoorthi is an
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, sound editor and
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.


Early life

Anand first appeared in
Mani Ratnam Gopala Ratnam Subramaniam (born 2 June 1956), known professionally as Mani Ratnam, is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and producer who predominantly works in Tamil cinema and few Hindi, Telugu and Kannada films. Ratnam has won six ...
's film Anjali and later made appearances in several other films, notably
May Madham ''May Maadham'' () is a 1994 Indian Tamil-language romance film directed by Venus Balu. The film stars Vineeth and Sonali Kulkarni, and has music by A. R. Rahman. It is based on the 1953 American film ''Roman Holiday''. The film was released o ...
, Sathi Leelavathi, Aasai, Thalapathi and several Tamil TV Serials till 1995.


Education

Anand obtained a Bachelor of Science in Visual Communication from the
Loyola College, Chennai Loyola College is a private Catholic higher education institution run by the Society of Jesus in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It was founded in 1925 by the French Jesuit priest, Francis Bertram, along with other European Jesuits. It is an auton ...
and a master's in Electronic Media from the Anna University, Chennai. He later obtained an M.A. in Film and Television Production from the
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in 2005.


Career

Krishnamoorthi assisted Tamil Film Director
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from 2001-2002. After his M.A., Krishnamoorthi also worked as a Sound Trainee with the
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from 2005-2006. Krishnamoorthi reentered mainstream Tamil Cinema as a Production Mixer for
Marmayogi ''Marmayogi'' () is a 1951 Indian Tamil-language swashbuckler film directed by K. Ramnoth and produced by M. Somasundaram. An adaptation of the novel ''Vengeance'' by Marie Corelli and William Shakespeare's play ''Macbeth'', the film was sho ...
which was later shelved after pre production in 2008. He then handled Dialogue Editing and Sound for Unnaipol Oruvan (English: Someone Like You) in 2009 wherein he also made a brief appearance on screen as an IIT dropout turned hacker. Krishnamoorthi was the Supervising Sound Editor on Vishwaroopam, directed by
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, which was produced in Auro 3D format. He later led the ADR for the popular film
Kalyana Samayal Saadham ''Kalyana Samayal Saadham'' (), also known by the initialism ''KSS'', is a 2013 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film written and directed by R. S. Prasanna. It stars Prasanna and Lekha Washington, while Crazy Mohan, Delhi Ganesh, Uma ap ...
. He co-directed On a Quest, a film produced by the Chinmaya Mission on the life of
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which received a limited release around the world. He has directed a shortfilm of Suicide Counselling, an eye opener for students with suicidal tendencies. Since 2015, he has led the sound design of
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projects starting with O Kadal Kanmani, Kaatru Veliyidai, Chekka Chivantha Vaanam, the Payasam: Bheebatsa segment of the anthology
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and is currently working on the forthcoming Ponniyin Selvan. In 2017, he was the sound designer for
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's action thriller
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and 2018, led the sound design on Director Vasanth's Sivaranjaniyum Innum Sila Pengalum which was notable for having no background score and reliant entirely upon sound design and effects. Since 2020, Anand has been editing the podcast "The Moving Curve", hosted by Rukmini S, a data journalist based in Chennai, on COVID-19 related data in India. In 2020 this podcast was awarded the Emergent Ventures Covid-19 India Prize by Marginal Revolution.


Filmography

;Sound designer * Unnaipol Oruvan (2009) (dialogue editing) (sound design) * Manmadhan Ambu (2010) (supervising sound editor) (sound recordist) *
Shadows of Silence ''Shadows of Silence'' is a Tamil short film directed by Pradeepan Raveendran. Cast * Krishna Subramania * Unitha Ananthakumar * Krishanthi Ananthakumar * Kajith Karunagaran * Kalvin Karunagaran Festivals and awards * Cannes International Film ...
(2010) (sound editor) * Vishwaroopam (2012) (sound editor) *
Kalyana Samayal Saadham ''Kalyana Samayal Saadham'' (), also known by the initialism ''KSS'', is a 2013 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film written and directed by R. S. Prasanna. It stars Prasanna and Lekha Washington, while Crazy Mohan, Delhi Ganesh, Uma ap ...
(2013) (ADR) * On a quest (2014) (co-director) *
O Kadhal Kanmani ''O Kadhal Kanmani'' (), also known as ''OK Kanmani'', is a 2015 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film written, directed and produced by Mani Ratnam. The film stars Dulquer Salmaan and Nithya Menen, portraying a young couple in a live-in ...
(2015) (Sound Designer) *
Kuttrame Thandanai ''Kuttrame Thandanai'' () is a 2016 Tamil language neo noir psychological thriller film cinematographed and directed by M. Manikandan and produced by S. Harihara Naganathan, S. Muthu, S. Kaleeswaran under Don Production, co produced with Trib ...
(2016) (Supervising Sound Editor) *
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(2017) (Sound designer) * Kaatru Veliyidai (2017) (Supervising Sound Editor) * Chekka Chivantha Vaanam (2018) (Audiographer) * Payasam: Bhibatsa (2021) (Sound Designer) * Sivaranjiniyum Innum Sila Pengalum (2021) (Sound Designer) * Ponniyin Selvan (in production) ;Actor * Anjali (1990) * Thalapathi (1991) * Thalaivasal (1992) *
May Madham ''May Maadham'' () is a 1994 Indian Tamil-language romance film directed by Venus Balu. The film stars Vineeth and Sonali Kulkarni, and has music by A. R. Rahman. It is based on the 1953 American film ''Roman Holiday''. The film was released o ...
(1994) * Sathi Leelavathi (1995) * Aasai (1995) * Unnaipol Oruvan (2009)


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Krishnamoorthi, Anand Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Indian male child actors Tamil screenwriters Indian sound designers Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan schools alumni Loyola College, Chennai alumni Anna University alumni 20th-century Indian male actors Indian sound editors Production sound mixers