Sujith Sarang

Sujith was born into a family of artists. His father, Sarangadharan KR was a drawing teacher in a school in Palakkad. He was also a Karate and Tai chi expert. Sujith Sarang grew up watching his father’s paintings. He never had the intention to go into film making until his brother Sreejith Sarang, a Film Editor & Colorist, guided him to join the film institute. Growing up around his father’s paintings had given Sujith a sense of colour, composition, and framing. He was also a National Champion in Karate along with his brother Sreejith and sister Sreeja. Sujith is graduated from Shri Nehru Maha Vidyalaya, Coimbatore in Physics, and completed a diploma in film technology from M.G.R Film and Television Training Institute, formerly known as Adayar Film Institute.

Sujith hail from Coimbatore. He did his schooling in C.S.I boys higher secondary school & V.L.B Janaki ammal Matriculation school Coimbatore.. He has a bachelor's degree in physics from Shri Nehru Maha Vidyalaya, Coimbatore, as well as a diploma in film technology from M.G.R Film and television training institute formerly known as Adayar Film Institute. He was the gold medallist (T.K.Venkat memorial endowment award) during his 2006-2009 batch.[2]

In 2008, Sujith Sarang started his career as an independent cinematographer. In 2010, subsequently, he started doing short films and advertisements. He was known for his Tamil short films 5 Rooba, Pannaiyarum Padminiyum, Vyugam, Pechhi, Aghavizhi, and Telugu short film Maro Prapancham. Gradually from the year 2011, he began working for feature films, and his debut film was Alias Janaki in the Telugu industry, which won Andhra Govt’s Nandi Award for the Best Feature Film on National Integration.[3]

Later, he did the cinematography for films such as Thaakka Thaakka, Dhuruvangal Pathinaaru (D-16), Angels, IDI (Inspector Dawood Ibrahim), Taxiwaala, Naragasooran, Dear Comrade, Suttupidikka Utharavu, Champion under Suseenthiran direction, Darbuka Siva’s Mudhal Nee Mudivum Nee and an untitled bilingual movie for Dream Warrior Pictures Production No.18 starring Sharwanand, Amala Akkineni, Ritu Varma, Nasser.[2]

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