P. G. Vinda is an Indian cinematographer and director who works in the

Telugu film industry Telugu cinema, also known as Tollywood, is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Telugu language, widely spoken in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Telugu cinema is based in Film Nagar, Hy ...

. He is known for his work on the 2004 black-and-white film, ''

Grahanam Grahanam () is a 2004 Indian Telugu-language film directed by Indraganti Mohan Krishna. Based on ''Dosha Gunam'' a story written by Chalam, The film won critical acclaim upon release and received National Film Award, for the Best Debut Film of ...

'', which was directed by

Mohan Krishna Indraganti Mohana Krishna Indraganti is an Indian director known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. His debut directorial venture ''Grahanam'' (2005) fetched him eleven awards including the National Film Award for Best First Film of a Director ...

. Other Vinda films include ''

Anumanaspadam ''Anumanaspadam'' is a 2007 Telugu mystery thriller film directed by Vamsy. Aryan Rajesh and Hamsa Nandini play the lead roles. while Tanikella Bharani and Jaya Prakash Reddy play supporting roles. The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja, with cin ...

'', '' Ashta Chemma'', and '' Vinayakudu''. He made his directorial debut with the children's movie '' The Lotus Pond'' (2011).

Early life and education

Vinda was born into a

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-speaking

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farming family in Palem, a village in

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. He studied at AP Residential School from Beechupally, located on the banks of the Krishna river, APRDC silver-jubilee degree college Kurnool. As a child he was also interested in painting. He graduated from the Jawaharlal Nehru Fine Arts University (JNTU) Hyderabad with a degree in fine arts specializing in photography and visual communication. He started his career as an assistant to cinematographer Madhu Ambat for Rajkumar Santoshi's ''Lajja''. Vinda started his career as a cinematographer after graduating from School of Fine Arts. When everyone hesitated to work with Digital format in its earlier days, Vinda earned a distinction of master of digital format in Telugu cinema. Vinda has good association with sensible Director Indraganti Mohana Krishna and they worked together in films like Grahanam (2004) Thanikella Bharani in lead, Ashta Chemma (2008) Nani, Swathi and Sreenivas Avasarala debut film, Antaku Mundhu Aa Tarvata (2014) and now they are working on Bandipotu (2015) starring Allari Naresh. In 2011 he directed the children's movie ''The Lotus Pond'', which was screened at the Banff Mountain Film Festival and the 17th Children's International Film Festival in India. Vinda set up his production houses Flying Mountain Productions in 2012 and Vinda Productions in 2018 at IMPPA, producing commercials, documentaries and feature films.

Filmography

Director and writer

The Lotus Pond (2010) (English and Telugu)

References

External links

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PG Vinda interview on totaltollywood

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vinda, P.G. Telugu film cinematographers Living people 1976 births Cinematographers from Telangana