S. Ravi Varman (born 9 May 1972) is an Indian cinematographer, filmmaker, producer and writer. He has predominantly worked in films of Indian languages such as Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi. Known for his realistic and poetic framing sense, Ravi Varman began his career in Malayalam films. He has directed a romantic film in Tamil titled ''

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'' and also filmed the music video for the song "

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" by British Tamil songwriter M.I.A.

Early life

Ravivarman was born in a village of

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district,

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, India.

Career

He started his career by assisting cinematographer Ravi K Chandran. After working in Malayalam films since 1999 for three years, he worked in

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for the film ''

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'' in 2003. He later worked in the

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film '' Jai'' and received more offers in

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, such as '' Armaan'', ''Bee Busthar'', ''

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'', and '' Phir Milenge'', His next project is going to be with Maniratnam. It was not until 2002 when he started to work in

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films, with his first one being

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's '' Five Star''. He continued to work with popular directors as cinematographer in Tamil films, including

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's '' Anniyan'', Gautham Vasudev Menon's ''

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'', K. S. Ravikumar's '' Dasavathaaram'' and '' Villu'', which was directed by Prabhu Deva. Besides feature films, he has credit of working on more than 500 Television Commercials, Music Albums, Short Films and Documentary. Nonetheless, his flair for literature has led him to embark on writing for an on-line literary magazine 'Yavarum kelir' for Tamiz studio.

Awards and honours

*23rd EME France Film Festival Best Cinematographer Award for ''Santham Malayalam'' (2000) *

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for '' Anniyan'' (2006) *

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for ''

'' (2007) * Vikitan Best Cinematography Award (South) for ''

'' (2007) *

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for '' Dasavathaaram'' (2009) * Star Guild Awards for Best Cinematography for '' Barfi!'' (2012) * Screen Awards for Best cinematography for '' Barfi!'' (2012) * TOIFA Awards for Best Cinematography for '' Barfi!'' (2012) *

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for

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for '' Barfi!'' (2012) * Zee Cine Awards for Best cinematography for '' Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela'' (2014) * Vijay Award for Best Cinematography for '' Kaatru Veliyidai'' (2017) *

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for Best Cinematography for '' Kaatru Veliyidai'' (2017)

Filmography

As director

* ''

'' (2010) * ''Treasure Music Video'' (2011) ''Also as Cinematographer and Lyricist''

As producer

* ''

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'' (2010) * '' Vellaiya Irukiravan Poi Solla Maatan'' (2015)

As cinematographer

Films

As guest cinematographer

Music videos

* "

" by M.I.A. (2007) *" Aarachar" by Thaikkudam Bridge (2016)

Documentaries

* ''Child Environment''

Notes

References

External links

Official Website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Varman, Ravi .S Living people Cinematographers from Tamil Nadu Malayalam film cinematographers Filmfare Awards South winners People from Thanjavur district Tamil film cinematographers Tamil Nadu State Film Awards winners 21st-century Indian photographers Film producers from Tamil Nadu Film directors from Tamil Nadu Telugu film cinematographers Tamil film producers Tamil film directors 1972 births