Jaya Krishna Gummadi (born in

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) is an

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who has worked in

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and

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. Even though he is from same village as that of Gummadi Venkateswara Rao, they are not related. Gummadi has received the

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at the 56th National Film Awards, for his short film ''When This Man Dies''. His diploma film ''Vadhakramam'' won the critics jury award at the Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival.

Background

Gummadi was in 10th class when he got inspired by the spectacular cinematography in '' Geethanjali'' in 1989 and that's where his aspiration of being a cinematographer got wings. After getting his Degree in Photography from JNTU, he worked as an assistant to the noted cinematographer

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for 2 years. By 2004, he did Graduation in Motion Picture Photography from

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, Pune. As a student at FTII his dialogue film won

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Film school competition at the national level for his cinematography.

Telugu cinema

After graduating from FTII, he came back to Hyderabad, to make his debut, as a cinematographer, for the Telugu film, ''

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''. This was followed by the 2009 Malayalam thriller, ''

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'', starring

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. In 2007, ''

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'' was released. In 2008, he was credit for '' Idhi Sangathi'', starring

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and Abbas. The film was noted for being shot on HD (High definition/viper camera). He has also been associated with a couple of short films. The most prominent being ''22 Minutes'', directed by renowned music director,

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, and ''I am Famous'', directed by R. Hanumantha Rao.

International honor

In 2010, his significant contribution in Cinematography to a Marathi feature film

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won Best Cinematography Award in Asia Pacific Screen Awards, Australia.

Filmography

References

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