Murali G is an Indian cinematographer who works mainly in

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. An alumnus of the

Film and Television Institute of India The Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) is a film institute under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting of the Government of India and aided by the Central Government of India. It is situated on the premises of the erstwhile ...

(FTII),

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, he won the

National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film Cinematography The National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film Cinematography is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It is one of ...

in 2011.

Early life

Murali was born and brought up in the village near

Uthangarai Uthangarai is a Taluk, Town Panchayat in Krishnagiri district in the Tamil Nadu state of India. Uthangarai had a total population of 15,393. Demographics India census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and ...

Krishnagiri district Krishnagiri district is one of the 38 districts (a district in the north western part) of the state of Tamil Nadu, in India. This district is carved out from Dharmapuri District by 2004. The municipal town of Krishnagiri is the district head ...

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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

Communist party of India Communist Party of India (CPI) is the oldest Marxist–Leninist communist party in India and one of the nine national parties in the country. The CPI was founded in modern-day Kanpur (formerly known as Cawnpore) on 26 December 1925. H ...

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

Government Arts College, Kumbakonam The Government Arts College, previously known as the Government Arts College for Men, is an autonomous college based in the town of Kumbakonam in Tamil Nadu, India. This college is functioning under Bharathidasan University. The Vice-Chancellor ...

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 ''

Andala Rakshasi ''Andala Rakshasi'' () is a 2012 Indian Telugu-language romance film written and directed by Hanu Raghavapudi. It is produced by Sai Korrapati and S. S. Rajamouli under Vaaraahi Chalana Chitram banner. The film marks the debut of actors Naveen Ch ...

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

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'' (2014), ''

Kabali ''Kabali'' is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language action film written and directed by Pa. Ranjith and produced by Kalaipuli S. Thanu. The film stars Rajinikanth in the titular role, with Radhika Apte, Sai Dhanshika, Winston Chao, Kishore, Dinesh, K ...

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

Sarpatta Parambarai ''Sarpatta Parambarai'' (), known more simply as ''Sarpatta'', is a 2021 Indian Tamil-language period sports action film directed by Pa. Ranjith, who also co-produced the film under his banner Neelam Productions, along with Shanmugam Dhakshanara ...

'' (2021), were all directed by

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Filmography

References

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