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R. D. Rajasekhar 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 ...
who predominantly works in films of Indian languages such as Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, and Hindi. He is a recipient of the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Cinematographer and Filmfare Award for Best Cinematographer – Tamil. He is the member of the Indian Society of Cinematographers (ISC).


Film career


Early career

After graduating, Rajasekhar found work as an assistant cinematographer, working under Rajiv Menon for about nine years in many advertisement films.


Feature film

Rajasekhar's debut was in 2001, with the romantic drama '' Minnale''. The camerawork of the advertisement films impressed his former colleague and frequent collaborator, Gautham Vasudev Menon. The film was well received and became extremely popular amongst the youth. Subsequently, Rajasekhar and Gautham vasudev menon teamed up again for the crime thriller, '' Kaakha Kaakha'' (2003). It was highly praised for its unique style of visuals and scenic views through the lens, which Rajasekhar achieved through a process known as Bleach bypass, where the silver is retained in the print, creating a washed-outlook that reflected in films. He followed it up with the remake of ''Kaakha Kaakha'', '' Gharshana'' (2004), and '' Manmadhan'' (2004), which were received well amongst the audience. In 2005, Rajasekhar began his collaboration with A. R. Murugadoss, which started with '' Ghajini''. It earned him huge recognition and awards for the cinematography. Rajasekhar spent two months fine-tuning the look and de-saturating the overall images. It won him the Best Cinematographer award at the Tamil Nadu State Film Awards in 2005 and was nominated for the Best Cinematographer award in
Filmfare Awards South The Filmfare Awards South are annual awards that honour artistic and technical excellence in the Telugu cinema, Tamil cinema, Malayalam cinema and Kannada cinema. They are presented by ''Filmfare'' magazine of The Times Group. When it was intr ...
, in 2006. He made his Malayalam debut with '' 4 the People'' (2004). He reunited with A. R. Murugadoss for '' Akira'' (2016), the remake of '' Mouna Guru'', having previously worked on ''Ghajini''.


Awards and recognitions

He had been nominated for
Filmfare Awards South The Filmfare Awards South are annual awards that honour artistic and technical excellence in the Telugu cinema, Tamil cinema, Malayalam cinema and Kannada cinema. They are presented by ''Filmfare'' magazine of The Times Group. When it was intr ...
for Best Cinematographer in 2004, winning the Best Cinematographer on his first
Filmfare Awards South The Filmfare Awards South are annual awards that honour artistic and technical excellence in the Telugu cinema, Tamil cinema, Malayalam cinema and Kannada cinema. They are presented by ''Filmfare'' magazine of The Times Group. When it was intr ...
in 2003 for Kaakha Kaakha. He also received award from prestigious Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Cinematographer for film ''Ghajini''. He shot '' Imaikkaa Nodigal'' (2018), for which he won Best Cinematographer in SIIMA Award for Best Cinematographer - Tamil in the same year after the release.


Filmography


References

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