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Arvind Sastry is the youngest filmmaker to have received the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Original Screenplay, which he won for his debut film, KAHI (2016). The film was also screened at the 9th Bengaluru International Film Festival. It was one of the first Kannada films to stream on Netflix. His second film, ALIDU ULIDAVARU (2019), went on to complete 100 days of the theatrical run before the COVID-19 lockdown shut down theatres. The film is currently streaming on Amazon Prime and has garnered a good following. Arvind’s third film is titled, DASARA, and it is currently in post-production.

Arvind has completed shooting his fourth film (title not announced yet) in June 2022.

In October 2022, he completed shooting a web series titled, PRIMETIME WITH THE MURTHYS; produced by Estrella Stories for Viacom18-MTV India.

Arvind heads the production house Boiled Beans Pictures and has served as an Assistant Professor (Film Direction Department) at LV Prasad College of Media Studies, Bengaluru. He has also served as a Visiting Faculty for film students at St. Joseph’s College, Bengaluru, and Tent Cinema, Bengaluru. He was a Jury Member for the Asian Cinema Competition category of the 13th Bengaluru International Film Festival.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arvind_Sastry

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5757671/

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Abhaya Simha is a two-time National Award-winning filmmaker. An alumnus of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII). In his career spanning over 15 years, he has directed four feature films and over 300 video films. His films are screened in various International Film Festivals. His debut venture ‘Gubbachchigalu’ won National Award for the best children’s film for the year 2008. His second venture was a bilingual ‘Shikari’ that was released across Karnataka and Kerala. His third film ‘Sakkare’ in Kannada was released across Karnataka and his ‘Paddayi’ in Tulu won the 65th National award for Best Feature Film in Tulu.

Abhaya Simha is a visiting faculty in prestigious institutions and he conducts workshops on various subjects like writing, direction, editing, and so on.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abhaya_Simha

https://abhayatalkies.com/

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After attaining a diploma in cinematography, Abhishek Kasargod went on to assist various cinematographers assisting on movies such as ‘Super’, ‘Porki’, ‘Jungli’, and ‘Simple Agi Ondh Love Story’. Abhishek made his debut as an independent cinematographer with comedy-thriller ‘Operation Alamelamma’. His other projects include the Kannada movies ‘Kinare’, ‘Ananthu v/s Nusrath’, ‘Krishna Talkies, and a horror-thriller movie directed by Vijayanandha.

https://in.bookmyshow.com/person/abhishek-kasargod/1084433

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Bharath Parashuram is a cinematographer based in Bengaluru, India, and works in feature films, advertising films, music videos, and web series. His music video piece ‘This is Bengaluru’ for ‘Explosions in The Sky’ topped several best-of-the-year lists in 2015. He started his career in film through the lenses of still photography cameras. His goal is to make his next project look as unique as possible. In his spare time, he takes photos on 120mm film.

Bharath Parashuram is also a Founder and expert at Robotic Arm Studio ‘Mocobotstudio’ (http://www.mocobotstudio.com/ ) in Bengaluru.

https://bharathparashuram.com/

https://vimeo.com/bharathparashuram

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C. K. Muraleedharan is one of the most accomplished cinematographers in India. He graduated from the Film and Television Institute of India Pune and his major works are in Hindi cinema, Telugu cinema, and Malayalam cinema. Having worked in several short movies, Muraleedharan made his debut on the silver screen with the Bollywood film ‘Ek Hasina Thi’ in 2004. He subsequently went on to work in many popular films like ‘Lage Raho Munna Bhai’, ‘3 Idiots’, ‘Agent Vinod’, ‘PK’, and ‘Mohenjo Daro’. After a successful stint in Bollywood, he made his debut in a South Indian film ‘Jai Lava Kusa’ a Telugu action drama. His latest release includes ‘Panipat’.

C. K. Muraleedharan has conducted a research project on the History and Practice of Cinematography in India, along with Raqs Media Collective for India Foundation for the Arts.

https://www.muraleedharanck.com/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._K._Muraleedharan

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1381050/

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Piyush Shah graduated from the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune in 1985 specializing in Motion Picture Photography. He has worked as a cinematographer with several prominent directors with diverse attitudes to filmmaking. Moving through the theoretically rigorous approach to visuals of Mani Kaul to the kinetic style of Ram Gopal Varma, he is one of the most important cinematographers of Indian cinema. He has worked with Mani Kaul (Before My Eyes, Siddheshwari, Nazar and The Idiot), Shyam Benegal (Discovery of India, Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda), Arun Khopkar (Figures of Thought, Colors of Absence, Sanchari), Pankaj Butalia (Moksh-Widows of Vrindavan), Kabir Mohanty (Riyaz), Rajan Khosa (Bodh Vriksh, Dance of the Wind), Vijay Singh (Jaya Ganga), Pan Nalin (Nagas, The Devdasis, Khajuraho), Kumar Shahani (Var Var Vari and stage plays Kunti and The Human Voice), Natasha De Betak (Kaal), Iikka Vehkalahti (Memories of Death, A man who looked like christ), Rajkumar Santoshi (China Gate), Ramgopal Varma (Mast), Nikhil Advani (Salaam – e – Ishq), Ashutosh Gowarikar (What’s your Rashee?) and Amol Gupte’s Saina (2021). Piyush Shah works across documentaries, features, commercial films, and advertising films. Piyush Shah has published fiction in his mother tongue Gujarati. His artistic canvas also expands to brush and charcoal.

https://mubi.com/cast/piyush-shah/films/cinematography

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