Vetri (cinematographer)

Vetri Palanisamy is an Indian cinematographer who primarily works in Tamil and Telugu film industries.[1] He is an alumnus of Film and Television Institute of Tamil Nadu, Chennai. He is known for his work in films such as Souryam, Muni 2: Kanchana, Veeram and Vedalam.[2]

Vetri Palanisamy
Born
Vetri Palanisamy

Palladam, Tamil Nadu, India
Alma materFilm and Television Institute of Tamil Nadu
OccupationDirector of photography
Years active2007-present
Parent(s)N. S. Palanisamy (father)
Rathinam (mother)

Early life and Career

After completing the Diploma in film Technology in Cinematography Vetri started assisting with Cinematographer S. Saravanan in the films like Aahaa..!, Auto Driver, Sangamam, Oruvan, Vallarasu, Maayi. Vetri made his debut as a cinematographer in the film Agaram and then he got a break with the action drama film Thenavattu (2008), before working on the comedy Maasilamani (2009) and the successful horror film, Muni 2: Kanchana (2011) with Raghava Lawrence. Vetri has often collaborated with director Siva and has been a part of his Telugu films, souryam(2008) Sankham (2009) and Daruvu (2012), as well as his Tamil films with Ajith Kumar, Veeram(2014), Vedalam(2015) and Vivegam(2017). The pair had earlier studied together at Adyar Film Institute.[3][4]

Filmography


YearFilmLanguageDirector
2007Agaram TamilT. Nagarajan
RameswaramS. Selvam
2008ThenavattuV. V. Kathir
SouryamTeluguSiva
2009MaasilamaniTamilR. N. R. Manohar
SankhamTeluguSiva
2011VenghaiTamilHari
Muni 2: KanchanaTamil/TeluguRaghava Lawrence
Vellore MaavattamTamilR. N. R. Manohar
2012DaruvuTeluguSiva
2013Ya Ya TamilI. Rajasekar
2014VeeramSiva
LoukyamTeluguSriwass
2015Vedalam Tamil Siva
2017Vivegam
Oxygen Telugu A. M. Jyothi Krishna
2019ViswasamTamil Siva
Kanchana 3TamilRaghava Lawrence
ChanakyaTeluguThiru
2020LaxmiiHindiRaghava Lawrence
AnnaattheTamilSiva

References
  1. "Vetri - Profile - CineUlagam". CineUlagam.com. 2 December 2013. Archived from the original on 9 June 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
  2. "Cinematographer Vetri (Cinematographer) - News, Photos & Videos - Silverscreen, Tamil Movies". Silverscreen.in.
  3. S. R. ASHOK KUMAR. "Showbitz". The Hindu.
  4. S. R. ASHOK KUMAR. "Great expectations". The Hindu.
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