Vijay Kartik Kannan is an Indian cinematographer who predominantly works in

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Personal life

On 16 March 2022, Vijay married fellow cinematographer Yamini Yagnamurthy after being in a relationship for a few years.

Career

Vijay Kartik started his career in cinematography with the Tamil horror film, ''

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'' (2016). After a brief gap, In 2018,

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had offered him to work as the cinematographer for his maiden production venture, ''Kanaa'' (2018) where he had to decline the offer as he was not confident in completing the film in the specified time. Later, he worked as the cinematographer in Sivakarthikeyan's ''Doctor'' (2021), directed by

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. Vijay Kartik worked on ''

Aadai ''Aadai'' () is a 2019 Indian Tamil-language thriller film written and directed by Rathna Kumar, and produced by V Studios. Pradeep Kumar composed the film's soundtrack alongside the Oorka band, who made their debut with this film. Amala Paul st ...

'' (2019) directed by his long-term friend

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whom he knew for more than 13 years and also worked on

Vijay Sethupathi Vijaya Gurunatha Sethupathi (born 16 January 1978), known professionally as Vijay Sethupathi, is an Indian actor and film producer who predominantly works in Tamil films. He is a recipient of several accolades including a National Film Award. Fo ...

's ''

Sindhubaadh ''Sindhubaadh'' is a 2019 Indian Tamil-language romantic action thriller film written and directed by S. U. Arun Kumar and jointly produced by S. N. Rajarajan and Shan Sutharsan under their production houses Vansan Movies and K Productions. Th ...

'' (2019) the same year. He is also known for his work in ''Sillu Karupatti'' (2019), ''

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'' (2022), ''Ravansura'' (2023) and is currently working on ''Jailer'' (2023).

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kannan, Vijay Kartik Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Tamil film cinematographers Indian Tamil people Cinematographers from Tamil Nadu