Murali G.

Murali G is an Indian cinematographer who works mainly in Tamil cinema. An alumnus of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune, he won the National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film Cinematography in 2011.

Early life

Murali was born and brought up in the village of Uthangarai, which is now a part of Krishnagiri district, Tamil Nadu. He did his schooling in the village and upon completion of his school, he was engaged as a social worker and got involved with the student wing of Communist party of India for more than a year before joining a music college. He enrolled himself at the Government Arts College, Kumbakonam for a degree in fine arts and later joined the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, to do a course in motion picture photography. He assisted Rajeev Ravi in Anurag Kashyap's Dev.D (2009),^[1] before making his feature film debut with the Andala Rakshasi (2012). His subsequent films Madras (2014), Kabali (2016) and Kaala were directed by Pa. Ranjith.

Filmography

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