Sanu John Varghese is an Indian

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, who has worked in the

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, Tamil and

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films. After beginning his career as a technician in DD News, commercials and documentaries, he worked on Hindi, Tamil and Malayalam films. He won acclaim for his work in

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's spy thriller, '' Vishwaroopam'' (2013).

Career

Sanu Varghese attended College of Fine Arts Trivandrum and upon graduation went on to join the Sarojini Naidu School of Arts and Communication at

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, before beginning work with DD News. He became acquainted with Ravi K. Chandran and assisted him on a couple of ventures and documentaries, before making his debut as an independent cinematographer with ''

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'' (2003). He continued to work on commercials, filming over six hundred, before getting opportunities to work on the Hindi film ''

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'' (2010) and the Malayalam psychological thriller, ''

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'' (2010). During the period, he also began work on

's historical Tamil film, ''Marmayogi'', but the film was shelved after pre-production.In love with the lens – The New Indian Express
/ref> In early 2010, Kamal Haasan called Varghese to work with him on the production of his bilingual spy-thriller '' Vishwaroopam'' (2013). The film subsequently was in production for two years, with Varghese working extensively on travelling the globe to find locations to shoot. He won acclaim for his work in capturing the terrain of

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, which was shown as Afghanistan in the film, and the technical brilliance of the film was noted by his peers in the film industry. The team of the film also shot for significant portions of a sequel during the making of the first film, though Varghese's busy schedule meant that he was unable to join the team for further schedules of the sequel. He also later collaborated with Kamal Haasan during the making of the bilingual '' Thoongaa Vanam'' (2015) and A. R. Rahman for videos in his album, '' Raunaq''.Rajesh Selva tell about what is it like to direct Kamal in one’s debut film - The Hindu
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Filmography

As cinematographer

As Director

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Varghese, Sanu Living people Telugu film cinematographers Malayalam film cinematographers Tamil film cinematographers Artists from Kottayam Cinematographers from Kerala Year of birth missing (living people)