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Prasad Murella
Born
Vijayawada, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh, India
OccupationDirector of Photography
Years active2000–present

Prasad Murella is an Indian cinematographer, who predominantly works in Telugu cinema. He debut film was Azhagana Naatkal in Tamil.

Personal life

He was born in Vijayawada where he completed his schooling and his higher studies. Due to his passion for films, he travelled to Chennai and assisted many cinematographers, such as Ravi Yadav and D. Shanker.

Career

He started his career with the Tamil film Azhagana Naatkal directed by Sundar C. in 2000. Later he made his debut in Telugu with the film Venky, directed by Srinu Vaitla in 2004, and shot another film called Chanti in the same year. He went back to Tamil films in 2004 with Devathayai Kanden and was there until the year 2006 working for the films Chinna and Rendu.

In 2007, he started shooting Telugu films with the film Dhee and has remained in this film industry. He was awarded with the 2010 Nandi Award for Best Cinematographer for the film Namo Venkatesa.[1] It is an award given by Andhra Pradesh state government. He also won the SIIMA Award for Best Cinematographer (Telugu) for the 2013 film Attharintiki Daaredhi [2]

Filmography

Year Film Notes
2001 Azhagana Naatkal Tamil
2003 Winner Tamil
2004 Venky
Chanti
Devathayai Kanden Tamil
2005 Chinna Tamil
2006 Rendu Tamil
2007 Dhee
Raju Bhai
Chandamama
2008 Ready
King
2010 Namo Venkatesa Nandi Award for Best Cinematographer[1]
2011 Dookudu
2012 Poola Rangadu
2013 Shadow
Attharintiki Daaredhi SIIMA Award for Best Cinematographer (Telugu) [2]
2015 S/O Satyamurthy [3]
Soukhyam
2017 Katamarayudu [3]
MLA [4]
2018 Pantham [5]
2019 Venky Mama
2021 Tuck Jagadish [6]
2022 Macherla Niyojakavargam
2023 Aadikeshava Additional cinematography[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Nandi honours for Balakrishna, Nitya Menon". 6 August 2011. Archived from the original on 4 April 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2018 – via www.thehindu.com.
  2. ^ a b Seshagiri, Sangeetha. "SIIMA 2014: Pawan Kalyan's 'Attarintiki Daredi', Mahesh Babu Bag Awards [Winners List]". ibtimes.co.in. Archived from the original on 10 November 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  3. ^ a b India, The Hans (22 September 2016). "Rao Ramesh, Ali in 'Katamarayudu'; Murella replaces Rajan". www.thehansindia.com. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  4. ^ "What is Kajal Agarwal's role in Kalyan Ram's 'MLA'?". thenewsminute.com. 20 December 2017. Archived from the original on 4 April 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  5. ^ "Teaser of Gopichand's 'Pantham' to be out soon". The Times of India. 2 June 2018. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  6. ^ Correspondent, Special (3 December 2019). "Nani's next is 'Tuck Jagadish', directed by Shiva Nirvana". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  7. ^ "Leelammo from Aadikeshava out". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 1 November 2023.

External links

SIIMA Award for Best Cinematographer – Telugu
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