Indian cinematographers

Indian cinematographers work in a number of regional film centres: Mumbai for films in Marathi and Hindi, Hyderabad for Telugu films, Chennai for Tamil films, Kochi for films in Malayalam, Kolkata for Bengali films, Bangalore for Kannada films, etc. Most Indian cinematographers are known for their work with one regional industry.[1][2] Some cinematographers belong to various professional organisations and trade unions.

## Western India Cinematographers' Association (WICA)

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The Western India Cinematographers Association (WICA) is a society for Indian cinematographers. The society is situated at Mumbai in Maharashtra. 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 as President and V. Avadhut as the Vice-President.[3] According to WICA, there are 3800 members of the organisation.[4]

## Southern India Cinematographers Association (SICA)

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The Southern India Cinematographers Association (SICA), a trade union, was founded on 27 November 1972 by A. Vincent.[5]

## The Indian Society of Cinematographers

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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 in Kerala. The members of this society will show a suffix, ISC with their name in film credits.[6] Sunny Joseph is the current president of the ISC.

### Founding members

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* Anil Mehta
* Ramachandra Babu
* Sunny Joseph
* P. C. Sreeram
* Santosh Sivan
* K. V. Anand
* Venu
* Ravi K. Chandran
* Madhu Ambat
* P. Sukumar

### Members of ISC

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* Anay Goswami
* Anil Mehta
* Amal Neerad
* Alagappan N.
* Aseem Mishra
* C. K. Muraleedharan
* Chezhiyan
* Chota K. Naidu
* Fowzia Fathima
* Gireesh Gangadharan
* Hari Nair
* K. V. Anand
* K. G. Jayan
* K. U. Mohanan
* Jomon T. John
* Madhu Ambat
* R.Madhi
* Madhu Neelakandan
* Natty Subramaniam
* Preetha Jayaraman
* P. C. Sreeram
* P. S. Vinod
* Rajeev Ravi
* Ramachandra Babu
* Ravi K. Chandran
* Ravi Varman
* Sameer Thahir[7]
* Santosh Sivan
* Sathyan Sooryan
* Shaji N. Karun
* Sanu Varghese
* Shyju Khalid
* Sunny Joseph
* Supratim Bhol
* Venu
* Velraj
* S. R. Kathir
* Sujith Vassudev

## List of Indian cinematographers

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* Abinandhan Ramanujam
* Arjun Jena
* A. Vincent
* Alagappan N.
* A. Vinod Bharathi
* Abhik Mukhopadhyay
* Anil Mehta
* Aravinnd Singh
* Arbhindu Saaraa
* Amal Neerad
* Adurthi Subba Rao (1912–1975)
* Ajayan Vincent
* Arthur A. Wilson
* Arvind Krishna
* Aseem Mishra
* Ashok Kumar
* Ashok Mehta (1947- 2012),
* Baba Azmi
* Balu Mahendra
* 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
* 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
* Nirav Shah
* N. K. Ekambaram
* Natty Subramaniam
* Om Prakash
* 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
* Rajeev Ravi
* Rajesh Yadav
* Rajiv Menon
* Ramachandra Babu
* Ramananda Sengupta
* Ramji
* Rasool Ellore
* Ravi K. Chandran
* S. Kumar
* S. Ravi Varman
* S. R. Kathir
* S. Gopal Reddy
* Saket Saurabh (cinematographer)
* Samalabhasker
* Sameer Reddy
* Sameer Thahir
* Sanu Varghese
* Santosh Sivan
* 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
* Sujith Vaassudev
* Sunny Joseph
* Theni Eswar
* Teja
* Tirru
* V. N. Reddy (1914–1991)
* V. Gopi Krishna
* V. Manikandan
* Venu
* Velraj
* Vijay Milton
* Vijay C Chakravarthy
* Vijay C. Kumar
* Vierendrra Lalit
* Vishal Sinha
* Vishnu Rao
* Vishnu Sarma

## Awards

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

## See also

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* Cinema of India
* Cinema of South India
* Indian film directors

## References

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1. ^ Vasudevan, Ravi (1 January 2000). Making Meaning in Indian Cinema. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-564545-3 - via Google Books.
2. ^ "Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema".
3. ^ "History". Western India Cinematographers' Association. Archived from the original on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
4. ^ "About | Western India Cinematographers Association".
5. ^ "History of SICA | Southern India Cinematographers Association". www.thesica.in. Archived from the original on 14 December 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
6. ^ "Indian Society of Cinematographers (ISC) (Associate)".
7. ^ "Members". The ISC Website. Retrieved 27 December 2021.

## External links

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* Official Website of WICA
* Official Website of ISC
* Official Website of SICA