Indian cinematographers work in a number of regional film centres:

Mumbai Mumbai ( ; ), also known as Bombay ( ; its official name until 1995), is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the financial capital and the most populous city proper of India with an estimated population of 12 ...

for films in Marathi and

Hindi Modern Standard Hindi (, ), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the Standard language, standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the Devanagari script. It is an official language of India, official language of the Government ...

Hyderabad Hyderabad is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part of Southern India. With an average altitude of , much ...

for Telugu films,

Chennai Chennai, also known as Madras (List of renamed places in India#Tamil Nadu, its official name until 1996), is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Tamil Nadu by population, largest city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost states and ...

for

Tamil Tamil may refer to: People, culture and language * Tamils, an ethno-linguistic group native to India, Sri Lanka, and some other parts of Asia **Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka ** Myanmar or Burmese Tamils, Tamil people of Ind ...

films,

Kochi Kochi ( , ), List of renamed Indian cities and states#Kerala, formerly known as Cochin ( ), is a major port city along the Malabar Coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea. It is part of the Ernakulam district, district of Ernakulam in the ...

for films in

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of ...

Kolkata Kolkata, also known as Calcutta ( its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of West Bengal. It lies on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River, west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary ...

for Bengali films,

Bangalore Bengaluru, also known as Bangalore (List of renamed places in India#Karnataka, its official name until 1 November 2014), is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the southern States and union territories of India, Indian state of Kar ...

for

Kannada Kannada () is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly in the state of Karnataka in southwestern India, and spoken by a minority of the population in all neighbouring states. It has 44 million native speakers, and is additionally a ...

films, etc. Most Indian cinematographers are known for their work with one regional industry. Some cinematographers belong to various professional organisations and trade unions.

Western India Cinematographers' Association (WICA)

The Western India Cinematographers Association (WICA) is a society for Indian cinematographers. The society is situated at

Maharashtra Maharashtra () is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. It is bordered by the Arabian Sea to the west, the Indian states of Karnataka and Goa to the south, Telangana to th ...

. Members of this society include the suffix WICA after their name in film credits. The organisation was formed on 2 August 1953 in Mumbai, and was presided over by a leading cinematographer of the time, Faredoon Irani; in the following month the first office bearers were chosen, including

Nitin Bose Nitin Bose (26 April 1897 – 14 April 1986) was an Indian film director, cinematographer and screenwriter of the nation's film industry. He was born in Calcutta and died in the same city. In the 1930s and early 40s, he worked with New Theatr ...

as President and V. Avadhut as the Vice-President. According to WICA, there are 3800 members of the organisation.

Southern India Cinematographers Association (SICA)

The Southern India Cinematographers Association (SICA), a trade union, was founded on 27 November 1972 by A. Vincent.

The Indian Society of Cinematographers

The Indian Society of Cinematographers (ISC) is an educational, cultural, and professional organization founded in 1995. Neither a labor union nor a guild, ISC membership is by invitation and is extended only to directors of photography and special effects experts with distinguished credits in the film industry. The society is situated at

Thiruvananthapuram Thiruvananthapuram ( ), also known as Trivandrum, is the Capital city, capital city of the Indian state of Kerala. As of 2011, the Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation had a population of 957,730 over an area of 214.86 sq. km, making it the ...

Kerala Kerala ( , ) is a States and union territories of India, state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile ...

. The members of this society will show a suffix, ISC with their name in film credits. Sunny Joseph is the current president of the ISC.

Founding members

* Anil Mehta *

Ramachandra Babu K. Ramachandra Babu (15 December 1947 – 21 December 2019) was an Indian cinematographer of over 125 films, out of which most are Malayalam films. He also worked for films in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Arabic and English languages. He served as ...

* Sunny Joseph * P. C. Sreeram *

Santosh Sivan Santosh Sivan ISC (born 8 February 1964) is an Indian cinematographer, film director, producer and actor known for his works in Malayalam, Tamil and Hindi cinema. Santosh graduated from the Film and Television Institute of India and has, to ...

* K. V. Anand *

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* Ravi K. Chandran * Madhu Ambat * P. Sukumar

Members of ISC

* Anay Goswami *Anil Mehta * Amal Neerad * Alagappan N. * Aseem Mishra * C. K. Muraleedharan * Chezhiyan * Chota K. Naidu * Fowzia Fathima * Girish Gangadharan * Hari Nair *K. V. Anand * K. G. Jayan * K. U. Mohanan * Jomon T. John *Madhu Ambat * R. Madhi * Madhu Neelakandan *

Natty Subramaniam Natarajan "Natty" Subramaniam ( born 23 June 1971) is an Indian cinematographer and actor who has worked in blockbuster and highly acclaimed Hindi and Tamil films. As an actor, he achieved recognition through his performance as a con artist in ...

* Preetha Jayaraman *P. C. Sreeram * P. S. Vinod *

Rajeev Ravi Rajeev Ravi is an Indian cinematographer, director, and producer from Kochi, Kerala. He's best known for his work in Hindi and Malayalam films. After graduating from Film and Television Institute of India, Pune in 1997, he started his caree ...

*Ramachandra Babu *Ravi K. Chandran * Ravi Varman *

Sameer Thahir Sameer C. Thahir (born 7 November 1976) is an Indian cinematography, cinematographer, screenwriter, Film producer, producer and film director, who works primarily in Malayalam cinema. He is a graduate of Maharaja's College, Ernakulam, Mahar ...

*Santosh Sivan * Sathyan Sooryan * Shaji N. Karun * Sanu Varghese * Shyju Khalid *Sunny Joseph * Supratim Bhol *Venu * Velraj *

S. R. Kathir S. R. Kathir is an Indian cinematographer in the Tamil cinema, Tamil film industry. He is a member of the Indian Society of Cinematographers, ISC. He is known for his collaborations with M. Sasikumar, Samuthirakani, and Gautham Vasudev Menon. ...

* Sujith Vassudev

List of Indian cinematographers

* Abinandhan Ramanujam * Arjun Jena * A. Vincent * Alagappan N. * A. Vinod Bharathi * Abhik Mukhopadhyay * Anil Mehta * Aravinnd Singh * Arbhindu Saaraa * Amal Neerad *

Adurthi Subba Rao Adurthi Subba Rao (16 December 1912 – 1 October 1975) was an Indian film director, screenwriter, producer, and editor, primarily recognized for his contributions to Telugu cinema, with a few works in Hindi and Tamil cinema. In an era dominate ...

(1912–1975) * Ajayan Vincent * Arthur A. Wilson *

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* Aseem Mishra *

Ashok Kumar Ashok Kumar (born Kumudlal Ganguly; 13 October 1911 – 10 December 2001), was an Indian actor who attained iconic status in Indian cinema. He is regarded as one of the greatest actors of Indian cinema. He is considered to be the first Super-st ...

* Ashok Mehta (1947- 2012), * Baba Azmi *

Balu Mahendra Balanathan Benjamin Mahendran (20 May 1939 13 February 2014), commonly known as Balu Mahendra, was a Sri Lankan Tamil cinematographer, director, screenwriter and film editor who worked in various Indian film industries, primarily in Tamil ...

* Barun Mukherjee * Binod Pradhan * B. Kannan (1951–2020) * Chota K. Naidu * C. K. Muraleedharan * Debu Deodhar (1948–2010) * Deepak Haldankar (born 1947) * Dev Agarwal * Dilip Dutta * Fali Mistry (1919–1979) * Gavemic U. Ary * George C. Williams * Girish Gangadharan *

Govind Nihalani Govind Nihalani (born 19 December 1940) is an Indian film director, cinematographer, screenwriter and producer, known for his works in Hindi cinema, particularly the movement of parallel cinema. He has been the recipient of six National Film Aw ...

* Hari Nair * Jaya Krishna Gummadi * Jayanan Vincent * Jeeva (1963–2007) * Jomon T. John * K V Anand (1966–2021) * K. U. Mohanan * K. K. Mahajan (1944 – 2007) * K.K. Senthil Kumar * K. V. Guhan * Kamal Bose (1915–1995) * Karm Chawla (born 1985) * M J Radhakrishnan(1958 - 2019 * Madhu Ambat * Madhu Neelakandan * Mahesh Muthuswami * Manoj Paramahamsa *

Marcus Bartley Marcus Bartley (22 April 1917 14 March 1993) was an Anglo-Indian cinematographer known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema along with a few Hindi, Malayalam, and Tamil films. He was the cinematographer of all time classics like '' Shav ...

* Nirav Shah * N. K. Ekambaram *

Om Prakash Om Prakash Chibber (19 December 1919 – 21 February 1998) was an Indian film actor. He was born in Jammu and was a well known character actor of Bollywood, Hindi Cinema. His most well-known movies are Mere Hamdam Mere Dost (1968 film), ''Mere ...

* Pappu (cinematographer) * P. S. Nivas * P. C. Sreeram * P.G. Vinda * P. S. Vinod * Padmesh * Prasad Murella * Pratap P Nair * R. D. Rajasekhar * R. Rathnavelu * R. Madhi * R. Velappan Nair *

* Rajesh Yadav * Rajiv Menon *

* Ramananda Sengupta * Ramji * Rasool Ellore * Ravi K. Chandran * Roby Varghese Raj * S. Kumar * S. Ravi Varman *

* S. Gopal Reddy * Saket Saurabh (cinematographer) * Samalabhasker * Sameer Reddy *

* Sanu Varghese *

* Santosh Thundiyil * Sathyan Sooryan * Satish Motling * Satheesh Kurup * Sejal Shah * Shaji Kumar * Shaji N. Karun * Shehnad Jalal * Shyam K. Naidu * Shyju Khalid * Sivakumar Vijayan * Subrata Mitra * Sudeep Chatterjee * Supratim Bhol *

Sudhakar Reddy Yakkanti Sudhakar Reddy Yakkanti is an Indian film cinematographer, turned director, screenwriter, and producer known for his works in Hindi, Telugu language, Telugu, and Marathi language, Marathi cinema. In 1999, Reddy made his foray into cinema as an ...

* Sujith Vaassudev * Sunny Joseph * Theni Eswar * Teja * Tirru * V. N. Reddy (1914–1991) * V. Gopi Krishna * V. Manikandan *

* Velraj *

Vijay Milton S. D. Vijay Milton is an Indian cinematographer and film director working in Tamil films. He directed the romantic comedy film ''Azhagai Irukkirai Bayamai Irukkirathu'' (2006) starring Bharath (actor), Bharath and Mallika Kapoor. He received cr ...

* Vijay C Chakravarthy * Vijay C. Kumar * Vierendrra Lalit * Vishal Sinha * Vishnu Rao * Vishnu Sarma

Awards

* Filmfare Award for Best Cinematographer * Filmfare Best Cinematographer Award (South) * SIIMA Award for Best Cinematographer (Telugu) * IIFA Award for Best Cinematography * Nandi Award for Best Cinematographer * Kerala State Film Award for Best Photography *

National Film Award for Best Cinematography The National Film Award for Best Cinematography is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the National Film Development Corporation of India. It is one of several awards presented for feature films and awarded with Rajat Kamal (S ...

* National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film Cinematography * Star Screen Awards * Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Cinematographer

References

External links

Official Website of WICA

Official Website of ISC

Official Website of SICA
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