Murali G. is an Indian cinematographer who works mainly in

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and

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. An alumnus of the

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(FTII),

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, he won the National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film Cinematography in 2011.

Early life

Murali was born and brought up in the village near

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. He did his schooling in

and upon completion of his school, he was engaged as a social worker and got involved with the student wing of

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for more than a year before joining a music college. He enrolled himself at the

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for a degree in fine arts and later joined the

, to do a course in motion picture photography. He assisted

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's ''

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'' (2009), before making his feature film debut with the ''

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'' (2012). His subsequent films: ''

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'' (2014), ''

Kabali ''Kabali'' is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language action drama film directed by Pa. Ranjith and produced by Kalaipuli S. Thanu under V Creations. The film stars Rajinikanth, Winston Chao, Radhika Apte, Sai Dhanshika, Kishore, Dinesh Ravi, Kalaiyar ...

'' (2016), '' Kaala'' (2018), and ''

Sarpatta Parambarai ''Sarpatta Parambarai'' () is a 2021 Indian Tamil-language sports action drama film directed by Pa. Ranjith. It was produced by Ranjith under his company Neelam Productions and by Shanmugam Dhakshanaraj of K9 Studios. The film stars Arya, John ...

'' (2021), were all directed by Pa. Ranjith.

Filmography

References

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