Mahesh Muthuswami

Mahesh Muthuswami
Born Palani, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation Cinematographer
Years active 2005-present

Mahesh Muthuswami is an Indian cinematographer working in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi films.

Career

Upon his graduation from Film and Television Institute of India he started working with cinematographer P. C. Sreeram. With him he worked in features - Kushi (Telugu), Vaanam Vasappadum (Tamil) and a lot of ad films. He worked with ace cinematographer Ramji in Sandhya, a Hindi film. His diploma short film, Chaitra was the official student Oscar entry in the year 2002.

His first film was Rightaa Thappaa for director, producer Bhuvana. The film went on to win two State Awards. His second movie Chithiram Pesuthadi, Mysskin's directorial debut, became a hit owing to the unique style the film was written in. The camera work of Chithiram Pesuthadi also got accolades. Post Chithiram Pesuthadi, Mahesh shot the Hindi Film Risk starring Randeep Hooda, Vinod Khanna and Tanushree Dutta for director Vishram Sawant.

Then he teamed up with director Mysskin again and shot Anjaathey and Nandalala. Both films were critically well acclaimed. Anjathey was a big commercial success. Nandalala got him the Best Cinematographer award for the year 2010 from the reputed and popular Tamil weekly magazine Ananda Vikatan.

In 2009 he did camerawork for a Hindi 3D Animation Feature film, Alibaba & 41 Thieves, produced by UTV Motion Pictures and directed by Soumitra Ranade. Vamsam was the next Tamil film he shot for director Pandiraj, of Pasanga fame. The film was the launchpad for actor Arulnidhi paired with Sunaina. His next release was Mouna Guru which has Arulnidhi and Iniya in lead roles for debutant director Shantakumar. It was a brooding, crime thriller and went on to earn raving reviews.

His first Telugu film, Jabardasth, was with Director Nandini Reddy, one of the few successful female directors in the Telugu film industry. Jabardast starred Siddharth, Samantha and Nithya Menen. Kutti Puli directed by debutant director Muthaiah starring Director, Actor Sasikumar was his next release in Tamil. The film was commercially a huge success. Idharkuthane Aasaipattai Balakumara, was his next release in September 2013, produced by V S Rajkumar of Leo vision of Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom fame and directed by Gokul whose debut film was Rowthiram. The film features Vijay Sethupathi, Ashwin Kakumanu, Swati Reddy and Nandita in the lead roles.

He has started work in Director Krishna's debut film Naalu Policeum Nall iruntha Oorum starring Arulnidhi and produced V S Rajkumar of Leo Vision, in the last quarter of 2013.

He has also joined as faculty for Cinematography course in BOFTA, Blue Ocean Film and Television Academy, a newly formed institute for film and television technology.

Filmography

Film Year Language Director Starring Notes
Chaitra 2000 Marathi Kranti Kanade -Short film
Rightaa Thappaa 2005 Tamil Bhuvana Seetha Parthiban, Ramana Actress Seetha Paarthiban won state award
Chithiram Pesuthadi 2006 Tamil Mysskin Narain, BavanaReleased
Risk 2007 Hindi Vishram Sawant Randeep Hooda, Vinod Kanna,Tanushree duttaReleased
Anjaathey 2008 Tamil Mysskin Narain, Prasanna, Vijayalakshmi Released
Vamsam 2010 Tamil Pandiraj Arul Nithi, SunainaReleased
Nandalala 2010 Tamil Mysskin Mysskin, Master Ashwath Released
Alibaba and 41 Thieves - Hindi Soumitra Ranade 3D animated Movie by UTV productions Yet to be released
Mouna Guru 2011 Tamil Santhakumar Arul Nithi, Iniya, Uma Riyaz and John VijayReleased
Jabardasth 2013 Telugu Nandini Reddy Siddharth, Samantha Released
Kutti Puli 2013 Tamil Muthaiah M. Sasi Kumar, Lakshmi Menon Released
Idharkuthane Aasaipattai Balakumara 2013 Tamil Gokul Vijay Sethupathi, Nandita, Ashwin, Swati and PasupathiReleased
Naalu Policeum Nalla Irundha Oorum 2015 Tamil Krishna Arul Nithi, Remya NambeesanReleased
Uppu Karuvaadu 2015 Tamil Radha Mohan Karunakaran, Nandita Released
Thirunaal 2016 Tamil Ramnath Jeeva, Nayanthara Released
Soorapuli 2016 Tamil Anand Chakravarthy V Aditya,Vithika Sheru Under Production
Bongu 2016 Tamil Tej Natraj, Ruhi Singh Under Production
Oru Kuppai Kathai 2016 Tamil Kali Rengasami Dinesh Master, Manisha Ready to release

Awards & Scholarships

References

    Early life and family

    Mahesh Muthuswami was born in Palani, Tamil Nadu, India. to R. Muthuswami and P. Vijayalakshmi, Rtd HOD of Government Arts College, Dindigul. His maternal uncle was his first inspiration for his visual media. He completed his schooling from MSP Solai Nadar Memorial Higher Secondary school, Dindigul and graduation in Mechanical Engineering from PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore. Then he got placed in Bajaj Auto, Pune. During his college days he further developed his interest in Photography from his close friend Muthuselvan. That passion made him to leave Bajaj and join FTII, Pune to pursue a course in Cinematography. He is married to Manimalar, multimedia professional who worked in Robert Bosch, Coimbatore. He has a daughter named Sanchita.

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