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 '' Moscowin Kavery'' 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'', '' Ramji Londonwale'', 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 Susi Ganeshan's ''

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

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's ''

Anniyan ''Anniyan'' () is a 2005 Indian Tamil-language psychological action thriller film written and directed by S. Shankar and produced by V. Ravichandran of Aascar Films. The plot centres on a disillusioned everyman whose frustration at what he se ...

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'',

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's ''

Dasavathaaram ''Dasavathaaram'' () is a 2008 Indian Tamil-language science fiction action film directed by K. S. Ravikumar. It stars Kamal Haasan, who also wrote the script, in ten distinct roles. Asin appears in two roles and Mallika Sherawat plays a subs ...

'' and '' Villu'', which was directed by

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. 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 ''

'' (2006) *

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for ''

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

'' (2007) *

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for ''

'' (2009) *

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for Best Cinematography for ''

Barfi! ''Barfi!'' is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy drama film directed by Anurag Basu and produced by Ronnie Screwvala and Siddharth Roy Kapur under UTV Motion Pictures. The film stars Ranbir Kapoor as the eponymous lead, alongside ...

'' (2012) *

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for Best cinematography for ''

'' (2012) * TOIFA Awards for Best Cinematography for ''

'' (2012) *

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for Best Cinematography for ''

'' (2012) *

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for Best cinematography for ''

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'' (2014) * Vijay Award for Best Cinematography for ''

Kaatru Veliyidai ''Kaatru Veliyidai'' () is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language romantic war film, produced, written and directed by Mani Ratnam. Made under the Madras Talkies banner, it features music composed by A. R. Rahman, cinematography by Ravi Varman and editi ...

'' (2017) * SIIMA Award for Best Cinematography for ''

'' (2017)

Filmography

As director

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

As producer

* ''

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'' (2010) * ''

Vellaiya Irukiravan Poi Solla Maatan ''Vellaiya Irukiravan Poi Solla Maatan'' () is a 2015 Tamil language comedy film written and directed by newcomer A. L. Abanindran. The film features an ensemble cast of Praveen Kumar, Sanam Shetty, Shalini Vadnikatti, Bala Saravanan, Aruldoss ...

'' (2015)

As cinematographer

Films

As guest cinematographer

Music videos

* "

" by M.I.A. (2007) *"

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" 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