Anand Krishnamoorthi is an

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, sound editor and

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Early life

Anand first appeared in

Mani Ratnam Gopala Ratnam Subramaniam (born 2 June 1956), known professionally as Mani Ratnam, is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and producer who predominantly works in Tamil cinema and few Hindi, Telugu and Kannada films. Ratnam has won six Nat ...

's film Anjali and later made appearances in several other films, notably

May Madham ''May Maadham'' () is a 1994 Indian Tamil-language romance film directed by Venus Balu. The film stars Vineeth and Sonali Kulkarni, and has music by A. R. Rahman. It is based on the 1953 American film ''Roman Holiday''. The film was released on ...

, Sathi Leelavathi,

Aasai ''Aasai'' () () is a 1995 Indian Tamil-language romantic thriller film, written and directed by Vasanth and produced by Mani Ratnam. The film stars Ajith Kumar and debutant Suvaluxmi, with Prakash Raj, Rohini, Poornam Viswanathan, Nizhalgal Ra ...

Thalapathi ''Thalapathi'' () is a 1991 Indian Tamil-language gangster drama film written and directed by Mani Ratnam, and produced by G. Venkateswaran. The film stars Rajinikanth and Mammootty with Arvind Swamy in his feature-film debut, Jaishankar, Amri ...

and several Tamil TV Serials till 1995.

Education

Anand obtained a Bachelor of Science in Visual Communication from the

Loyola College, Chennai Loyola College is a private Catholic higher education institution run by the Society of Jesus in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It was founded in 1925 by the French Jesuit priest, Francis Bertram, along with other European Jesuits. It is an auto ...

and a master's in Electronic Media from the

Anna University, Chennai Anna University is a public state university located in Tamil Nadu, India. The main campus is in Chennai. It was originally established on 4 September 1978 and was named after C. N. Annadurai, the former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. History & ...

. He later obtained an M.A. in Film and Television Production from the

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in 2005.

Career

Krishnamoorthi assisted Tamil Film Director

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from 2001-2002. After his M.A., Krishnamoorthi also worked as a Sound Trainee with the

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from 2005-2006. Krishnamoorthi reentered mainstream Tamil Cinema as a Production Mixer for

Marmayogi ''Marmayogi'' () is a 1951 Indian Tamil-language swashbuckler film directed by K. Ramnoth and produced by M. Somasundaram. An adaptation of the novel ''Vengeance'' by Marie Corelli and William Shakespeare's play ''Macbeth'', the film was sho ...

which was later shelved after pre production in 2008. He then handled Dialogue Editing and Sound for Unnaipol Oruvan (English: Someone Like You) in 2009 wherein he also made a brief appearance on screen as an IIT dropout turned hacker. Krishnamoorthi was the Supervising Sound Editor on

Vishwaroopam ''Vishwaroopam'' (titled ''Vishwaroop'' in Hindi; ) is a 2013 Indian action spy film directed and produced by Kamal Haasan, who also enacts the lead role, and is written by Kamal Hassan, Chakri Toleti and Atul Tiwari. The film has Rahul Bose ...

, directed by

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, which was produced in Auro 3D format. He later led the ADR for the popular film

Kalyana Samayal Saadham ''Kalyana Samayal Saadham'' (), also known by the initialism ''KSS'', is a 2013 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film written and directed by R. S. Prasanna. It stars Prasanna and Lekha Washington, while Crazy Mohan, Delhi Ganesh, Uma a ...

. He co-directed On a Quest, a film produced by the Chinmaya Mission on the life of

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which received a limited release around the world. He has directed a shortfilm of Suicide Counselling, an eye opener for students with suicidal tendencies. Since 2015, he has led the sound design of

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projects starting with O Kadal Kanmani,

Kaatru Veliyidai ''Kaatru Veliyidai'' () is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language romantic war film, produced, written and directed by Mani Ratnam. Made under the Madras Talkies banner, it features music composed by A. R. Rahman, cinematography by Ravi Varman and editi ...

Chekka Chivantha Vaanam ''Chekka Chivantha Vaanam'' () is a 2018 Indian Tamil-language crime drama film directed by Mani Ratnam, co-written with Siva Ananth. Produced by Mani Ratnam under the banner Madras Talkies, along with Lyca Productions, the film features an en ...

, the Payasam: Bheebatsa segment of the anthology

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and is currently working on the forthcoming Ponniyin Selvan. In 2017, he was the sound designer for AR Murugadoss's action thriller

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and 2018, led the sound design on Director Vasanth's Sivaranjaniyum Innum Sila Pengalum which was notable for having no background score and reliant entirely upon sound design and effects. Since 2020, Anand has been editing the podcast "The Moving Curve", hosted by Rukmini S, a

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based in Chennai, on COVID-19 related data in India. In 2020 this podcast was awarded the Emergent Ventures Covid-19 India Prize by Marginal Revolution.

Filmography

;Sound designer * Unnaipol Oruvan (2009) (dialogue editing) (sound design) *

Manmadhan Ambu ''Manmadan Ambu'' () is a 2010 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film directed by K. S. Ravikumar. Written by Kamal Haasan, it stars himself alongside Trisha, Sangeetha and R. Madhavan, while featuring Oviya, Ramesh Aravind, Usha Uthup, M ...

(2010) (supervising sound editor) (sound recordist) * Shadows of Silence (2010) (sound editor) *

(2012) (sound editor) *

(2013) (ADR) * On a quest (2014) (co-director) *

O Kadhal Kanmani ''O Kadhal Kanmani'' (), also known as ''OK Kanmani'', is a 2015 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film written, directed and produced by Mani Ratnam. The film stars Dulquer Salmaan and Nithya Menen, portraying a young couple in a live-in r ...

(2015) (Sound Designer) *

Kuttrame Thandanai ''Kuttrame Thandanai'' () is a 2016 Tamil language neo noir psychological thriller film cinematographed and directed by M. Manikandan and produced by S. Harihara Naganathan, S. Muthu, S. Kaleeswaran under Don Production, co produced with Tri ...

(2016) (Supervising Sound Editor) *

(2017) (Sound designer) *

(2017) (Supervising Sound Editor) *

(2018) (Audiographer) * Payasam: Bhibatsa (2021) (Sound Designer) *

Sivaranjiniyum Innum Sila Pengalum ''Sivaranjiniyum Innum Sila Pengalum'' () is a 2021 Indian Tamil-language anthology film directed by Vasanth, Vasanth S Sai. The film notably has no score, instead featuring sounds designed by Anand Krishnamoorthi. The production of the film st ...

(2021) (Sound Designer) *

Ponniyin Selvan ''Ponniyin Selvan'' () is a historical fiction novel by Indian author Kalki Krishnamurthy, written in Tamil. It was first serialized in the weekly editions of ''Kalki'', a Tamil magazine, from 29 October 1950 to 16 May 1954 and later integrat ...

(in production) ;Actor * Anjali (1990) *

(1991) *

Thalaivasal Thalaivasal ( ta, தலைவாசல்) is a town in the Salem district of Tamil Nadu, India. It is located 18 km away from the Sub-district headquarter Attur and 70 km away from the Salem District Headquarter. It is one of the Ta ...

(1992) *

(1994) * Sathi Leelavathi (1995) *

(1995) * Unnaipol Oruvan (2009)

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Krishnamoorthi, Anand Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Indian male child actors Tamil screenwriters Indian sound designers Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan schools alumni Loyola College, Chennai alumni Anna University alumni 20th-century Indian male actors Indian sound editors Production sound mixers