Anandakuttan (1954 – 2016) was an Indian cinematographer who worked predominantly in
Malayalam cinema
Malayalam cinema, also referred to as Mollywood, is a segment of Cinema of India, Indian cinema dedicated to producing films in the Malayalam, Malayalam language, primarily spoken in Kerala and the Lakshadweep islands. It encompasses both th ...
. He worked on over 150 films including ''
His Highness Abdullah'', ''
Bharatham'', ''
Kamaladalam'', ''
Sadayam
''Sadayam'' () is a 1992 Indian Malayalam-language psychological drama written by M. T. Vasudevan Nair and directed by Sibi Malayil. It stars Mohanlal, Thilakan, Nedumudi Venu, Murali, Sreenivasan, Maathu, K. P. A. C. Lalitha, and T. G. R ...
'', ''
Chronic Bachelor'', ''
Akashadoothu'',
Pappayude Swantham Appoos '',
Punjabi House,
Hitler
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,'' ''
Aniyathipraavu and
Manivathoorile Aayiram Sivarathrikal. He'' died in 2016, at the age of 61.
Biography
In 1954, Anandakuttan was born in vazhappilly, a small town near
Changanassery
Changanassery, () formerly Changanacherry, is a municipality in the Kottayam district of Kerala, India. It is located south of the district headquarters in Kottayam and about north of the state capital Thiruvananthapuram. As per the 2011 ...
, in
Kottayam district
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of the south Indian state of
Kerala
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, to a school teacher couple, Ramakrishnan Nair and Karthyayani Amma, as their only son among three children. He attended NSS School, Changanassery then moved to
Chennai
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where he studied cinematography to join
K. Ramachandra Babu as his assistant.
His debut as an independent cinematographer was in 1977, with the movie, ''
Manassoru Mayil'', directed by
P. Chandrakumar, which started a career which covered over 150 movies, some of which were commercially and critically successful such as ''
His Highness Abdullah'', ''
Bharatham'', ''
Kamaladalam'', ''
Sadayam
''Sadayam'' () is a 1992 Indian Malayalam-language psychological drama written by M. T. Vasudevan Nair and directed by Sibi Malayil. It stars Mohanlal, Thilakan, Nedumudi Venu, Murali, Sreenivasan, Maathu, K. P. A. C. Lalitha, and T. G. R ...
'', ''
Chronic Bachelor'', ''
Akashadoothu'', ''
Harikrishnans'', ''
Punjabi House'' and ''
Aniyathipraavu''.
Anandakuttan was married to Geethamani and the couple had a son, Sreekumar and two daughters named Neelima and Karthika.
[ He died from cardiac arrest on 14 February 2016, aged 61, at a private hospital in Kochi. He was cremated at Ravipuram crematorium.]
Selected filmography
See also
* Jayanan Vincent
* Madhu Ambat
References
Further reading
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People from Kottayam district
1954 births
2016 deaths
Malayalam film cinematographers
Tamil cinematographers
Cinematographers from Kerala