Gopi Amarnath is an Indian

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, who works in the

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Career

Gopi studied in MGR Film Institute and started to work as an assistant to ace cinematographer, P. S. Vinod. Amarnath received positive reviews for his work in ''

Maalai Pozhudhin Mayakathilaey ''Maalai Pozhudhin Mayakathilaey'' () is a 2012 Indian Tamil-language romance film written and directed by Narayan Nagendra Rao. It stars Aari Arujunan and Shubha Phutela, with Subbu Panchu, R. S. Shivaji, and Balaji Venugopal in other pivotal ...

'' (2012), and was thus signed up by C. V. Kumar to collaborate on another venture. His work in

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's directorial debut ''

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'' (2012), won him critical acclaim and the

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. He subsequently received a breakthrough and began working on bigger budget productions, teaming up with

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for ''

Theeya Velai Seiyyanum Kumaru () is a 2013 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film co-produced and directed by Sundar C. and produced by his wife Khushbu. The film stars Siddharth, Santhanam, and Hansika Motwani. It was simultaneously partially reshot in Telugu as ...

'' (2013) and ''

Aambala ''Aambala'' () is a 2015 Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language action comedy film co-written, co-produced and directed by Sundar C. Produced by Vishal (actor), Vishal, it features him in the leading role alongside an ensemble cast including Han ...

'' (2015). As of 2015, he has five films in various stages of production.

Filmography

As cinematographer

References

External links

* * https://twitter.com/AmarnathGopi at Twitter {{DEFAULTSORT:Amarnath, Gopi Living people People from Tirunelveli district Cinematographers from Tamil Nadu Tamil cinematographers Year of birth missing (living people)