M. Sukumar is an Indian

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, who has worked in the Telugu, Tamil, Hindi and Malayalam language films.

Career

Sukumar began his career in 1995 by assisting his brother M. Jeevan, who had then, broken into the Tamil film industry as a photographer. While studying for his degree in agriculture, Sukumar stepped in to assist Jeevan for a shoot of

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's '' Minsara Kanavu'' (1997). He subsequently continued working as an assistant photographer in films including '' Minnale'' (2001), ''

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'' (2002) and ''

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'' (2002) and struck up a good relationship with the lead actor Vikram. His association with Vikram later led to him being offered the role as the main photographer for the actor's films including '' Dhool'' (2003) and ''

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'' (2005). While launching '' Kokki'' (2006), director

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asked Sukumar to make his first foray into cinematography but his reluctance meant that his brother Jeevan, was handed the opportunity. Towards the end of the shoot, Jeevan became busy with other projects and Sukumar was brought in to work on a few portions in the film, including a song shoot in Chalakudi. After ''Kokki'', he worked on other Prabhu Solomon films including '' Laadam'' (2009), ''

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'' (2010) and '' Kumki'' (2012), the latter two, winning him acclaim and fetching him opportunities to work in big budget ventures. Critics described his work as "spellbinding", and both films became critical and commercial successes. His work in ''

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'' and '' Nimirndhu Nil'' (2014), meant that he was unable to continue working with Solomon in '' Kayal'' (2012).

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also picked Sukumar to work on a single song in his Hindi action film ''

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'' (2014), during a shoot in

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Filmography

As cinematographer

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sukumar, M. Living people Artists from Madurai Telugu film cinematographers Tamil cinematographers Malayalam film cinematographers 21st-century Indian photographers Cinematographers from Tamil Nadu Year of birth missing (living people)