K.A.Sakthivel, is an Indian cinematographer, primarily working in

Tamil cinema Tamil cinema, also known as Kollywood is a part of Indian Cinema; primarily engaged in production of motion pictures in the Tamil language. Based out of the Kodambakkam neighbourhood in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, it is popularly called ''Kollywo ...

Early life and career

He was born in Pattukottai,

Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a state in southern India. It is the tenth largest Indian state by area and the sixth largest by population. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu is the home of the Tamil people, whose Tamil language ...

. He received his early training from the Ace Cinematographer turned Director Jeeva. Shakthi started his career by assisting in films such as ''

12B ''12B'' is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language romance film directed and written by cinematographer Jeeva; it is his directorial debut. The film stars Shaam in his debut, with Simran and Jyothika. Hindi actors Suniel Shetty and Moonmoon Sen play s ...

'', '' Ullam Ketkume'', '' Run'', ''

Unnale Unnale ''Unnale Unnale'' () is a 2007 Indian Tamil-language romantic musical film.The movie is directed and co-written by Jeeva and produced by Oscar Ravichandran. It stars Vinay, Sadha and Tanisha Mukherjee in lead roles; Srinath, Raju Sundaram and S ...

'', and '' Anandha Thandavam'' before becoming independent. Renigunta was Shakthi's debut film written and directed by newcomer Paneer Selvam. Starring Johnny, son of producer, S. S. Chakravarthy of Nic Arts and newcomers. The film was a success at box office and its cinematography was well-praised including other technical aspects like stunts and editing. Then he worked on ''

Muppozhudhum Un Karpanaigal ''Muppozhudhum Un Karpanaigal'' () is a 2012 Indian Tamil-language romantic thriller film directed by Elred Kumar starring Atharvaa and Amala Paul, while Jayaprakash, Anupama Kumar, Santhanam, Yashika and Nassar played supporting roles. The m ...

'' starring Adharvaa,

Amala Paul Amala Paul (born 26 October 1991) is an Indian actress who mainly appears in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu films. She made her acting debut by appearing in a supporting role in the Malayalam-language film ''Neelathamara'', and she later became no ...

written, directed & produced by a newcomer Elred Kumar. Though the film was technically sounded good it bombed in the box office due to its poor content. Later, he worked on '' 18 Vayasu'', starring Johnny with the same team of '' Renigunta''. And also he working on the multi-starrer ''

Vettai Mannan Silambarasan Thesingu Rajendar, nicknamed as Simbu or his initials S. T. R., is an Indian actor, filmmaker and musician in Tamil cinema. He began his acting career by playing roles as a child artist in films directed by his father T. Rajendar, ...

'', starring

Silambarasan Silambarasan Thesingu Rajendar, nicknamed as Simbu or his initials S. T. R., is an Indian actor, filmmaker and musician in Tamil cinema. He began his acting career by playing roles as a child artist in films directed by his father T. Rajendar, b ...

, Hansika Motwani, Jai,

Deeksha Seth Deeksha Seth (born 14 February 1990) is an Indian actress and model. A finalist in Femina Miss India in 2009, she made her acting debut in the Telugu film '' Vedam'' (2010). Early life Seth was born on 14 February 1990 in Delhi. Since her fathe ...

which is also written and directed by debutant ''Nelson''. Moreover, he is handling the cinematography for STR's ''Love Anthem'', an International Music Album, also composed by ''

'' where the lyrics are penned in several world languages. The music video has been shot with the latest digital cinema camera '' RED EPIC 5K''. In 2015, much awaited film ''

Vaalu ''Vaalu'' () is a 2015 Indian Tamil-language romantic action comedy film written and directed by debutante Vijay Chandar. The film stars Silambarasan and Hansika Motwani, with Santhanam, VTV Ganesh and Brahmanandam portraying supporting role ...

'', got released starring STR's And Hansika Motwani with his cinematography. 3 June 2016, his latest movie ''

Velainu Vandhutta Vellaikaaran ''Velainu Vandhutta Vellaikaaran'' () is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language screwball comedy film written and directed by Ezhil and produced by Vishnu Vishal for Vishnu Vishal Studios, Ezhil and Rajan Natraj for Ezhilmaaran Production alone with Fox ...

'' hit the screen with positive reviews. In May 2017, he was signed to be the cinematographer of ''Sandaikozhi 2'', which is the sequel of '' Sandaikozhi''.

Filmography

References

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