G. Ramesh is an Indian

cinematographer The cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the person responsible for the recording of a film, television production, music video or other live-action piece. The cinematographer is the chief of the camera ...

and director, who works in the

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film industry.

Career

Born in Chinnalampatti, Madurai, Ramesh studied commerce and dreamt of becoming a cinematographer in films. He assisted cinematographers Ashokrajan in films like ''Purusha Lakshanam'' (1993), ''Nattamai'' (1994) and ''Muthu'' (1995) while also assisting B. Kannan. He made his debut as a cinematographer with the romantic drama ''

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'' (1998), before working on

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's ''

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'' (1999) and ''

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'' (2002) with Vikram. Ramesh has often collaborated with cinematographer

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and has been a part of his Hindi films, canning scenes in ''

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'' (2005) and '' Black Friday'' (2007), as well as in his acting debut ''

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'' (2006). Other notable films Ramesh has worked on include the

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-starrers ''

Thiruda Thirudi ''Thiruda Thirudi'' () is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film written and directed by debutant Subramaniam Siva. The film stars Dhanush and Chaya Singh (in her Tamil film debut), with Karunas, Manikka Vinayagam, and Krishna in supp ...

'' (2003) and ''

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'' (2004), as well as the Ajith-starrer ''

Aalwar ''Aalwar'' () is a 2007 Indian Tamil-language action drama film directed by S. Chella in his directoral debut and produced by Mohan Natarajan. The film stars Ajith Kumar and Asin in the lead roles. Vivek, Keerthi Chawla, Lal, Shwetha Bandekar ...

'' (2007). He made his directorial debut with '' Kallattam'' (2016).

Filmography

;Cinematographer * ''

'' (1998) * ''

'' (1999) * ''

'' (2002) * ''

'' (2003) * ''

'' (2004) * '' Selvam'' (2005) * ''

'' (2006) * ''

'' (2007) * '' Nesi'' (2009) *''

Paakanum Pola Irukku ''Paakanum Pola Irukku'' () is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film directed by S. P. Rajkumar, starring Bharathan and Ansiba Hassan. Plot Bharathan lives in the village with his three friends Choo Choo Maari (Ganja Karuppu), So ...

'' (2017) ;Director * '' Kallattam'' (2016) * '' Adavi'' (2020) * '' Iruvar Ullam'' (2021)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ramesh, G. Living people Artists from Chennai Telugu film cinematographers Tamil cinematographers Cinematographers from Tamil Nadu Year of birth missing (living people)