T. Surendra Reddy

T. Surendra Reddy (born 1960), is an Indian cinematographer known for his works with Director Mani Shankar in the Hindi film industry. He is known for his works in films such as Rudraksh which was released on 2005. He is the pioneer of digital filmmaking in India. 2007 "Toss" is the first digital film in India to be shot with the Thomson Viper Filmstream camera by Surendra Reddy.[1]

T. Surendra Reddy
T Surendra Reddy in shooting spot
BornApril 5, 1960
NationalityIndian
OccupationCinematographer
Spouse(s)T. Samatha Reddy
ChildrenT. Vinaya Datta (elder son), T. Sameer Datta (younger Son)

Biography

Works in multiple languages

He has shot on more than 50 feature films as an independent cinematographer in multiple languages and various cities, including Hyderabad, Chennai, Bangalore, Cochin and Mumbai. T.Surendra Reddy’s distinct experience includes feature films, documentaries, commercials, television serials and shooting a wide range of formats from Negative Film stock to Digital Filming. His collaboration with Indian cinema brought out notable North and South Indian films like Rudraksh - Tango Charlie (Hindi), Alexander - Kunthi Putra(kannada), Thilagam(Tamil), Aa Naluguru - Pellaina Kothalo - Toss - Srimannarayana(Telugu). Along with feature films, Surendra Reddy has been worked as a cameraman more than thousand TV episodes and hundreds of TV commercials.

Early life

T. Surendra Reddy was born in Parlapalli Village in Nellore District. Due to the desire to be a cameraman, he first worked as a "Mitchell studio camera" attender at "Murugalaya Studio". A few months after learning about the camera, in the profession in order to gain more knowledge; he worked with veteran cinematographers like, K. S. Hari, S. S. Lal, K. A. Jyothi, J. J. Vijayam, Lakshman Ghore, Dasaratharam, N. S. Raju, K. S. Mani and also with his friend Chota K Naidu. Around 40 films in 10 years span he worked as an assistant cameraman. When working with various cameramen for more excellence in the profession without wasting time, he used to read books on photography in the American Library of Madras when he had time. While working in cinemas, he was working as a helper to the television serial cameraman Sri Vijay Kumar to hold on to the ever-growing electronic media.

Electronic media

Surendra Reddy, who had a chance to work as a cameraman for the TV serial Tenali Ramakrishna directed by Mani Shankar in 1990 and later worked as a cinematographer for the film Margadarsi directed by B.S.Narayana in 1991 and made a distinctive identity in the electronic media and film industry.

Filmography

as Cinematographer

yearTitleDirectorLanguage
1991"Margadarsi”B. S. NarayanaTelugu
1992“Thilagam”Raghu VaasanTamil
1992“Agni Panjara”Srinivasa ReddyKannada
1994“Alexander”Srinivasa ReddyKannada
1994Kunthi PuthraVijayKannada
1994“Jantar Mantar”Bharath ParepalliTelugu
1994“Kishkinda Kanda”T. PrabhakarTelugu
1995Love Game”M.S.Kota ReddyTelugu
2002“Manasu Telusuko”Y.V.RaoTelugu
2002“Mee Kosam”Vallabhaneni JanardhanTelugu
2003“Hanthakuraalu”Vallabhaneni JanardhanTelugu
2003“Utsaham”Allani SridharTelugu
2004Aa NaluguruChandra SiddharthaTelugu
2004RudrakshMani ShankarHindi
2005Tango CharlieMani ShankarHindi
2005Pellam PichoduJonnavithula Ramalingeswara RaoTelugu
2006ManoduPriyadarshini RamTelugu
200610th ClassChanduTelugu
2006Pellaina KothaloMadanTelugu
2006“Chinnari Pantulamma”Afshan.JTelugu
2006Something Special”CH. SrinivasTelugu
2007“Premalekha Raasa”Kula ShekarTelugu
2007TossPriyadarshini RamTelugu
2007Maisamma IPSBharath ParepalliTelugu
2008“Myaav”VidyaTelugu
2008“Maha Yagnam"Thota KrishnaTelugu
2008AdivishnuBharath ParepalliTelugu
2009Daddy CoolK. Murali Mohan RaoHindi
2009RechipoParachuri MuraliTelugu
2009PravarakhyuduMadanTelugu
2010Jai Bolo TelanganaN. ShankarTelugu
2011LootRajnish Raj ThakurHindi
2011Nee IlladheSiva GanapathiKannada
2011“Prayogam”Bhanu Prakash BalusuTelugu
2011Daggaraga DoorangaRavi c. kumarTelugu
2011“Ila Aithe Ela?”P.Chandrasekhar ReddyTelugu
2012AdhinayakuduParachuri MuraliTelugu
2012SrimannarayanaRavi C. kumarTelugu
2014“Love Life”KotiTelugu
2014Nagna SathyamKurapati RamaraoTelugu
2014“Prabhanjanam”Bhaskarrao VendrathiTelugu
2014Pyar Mein PadipoyaneRavi C. kumarTelugu
2014“Prema Geema Jantha Nai”Subbu. RVTelugu
2015“Veediki Dookudekkuva”Satyanarayana DwarapudiTelugu
2016'GaramMadanTelugu
2016ShankaraTatineni SatyaTelugu
2016“Chitram Bhalare vichitram”Bhanu Prakash BalusuTelugu
2018“Manasainodu”Satyavarapu Venkateswara RaoTelugu
2018Super SketchRavi ChavaliTelugu
2018“2 Friends”GLB. SrinivasTelugu
2018“Snehave Preethi”GLB. SrinivasKannada
2018RanguKarthikeya. VTelugu
2019SivaranjaniNaaga PrabakkaranTelugu

References

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