T. Surendra Reddy
T Surendra Reddy in shooting spot
Born (1960-04-05) 5 April 1960
NationalityIndian
OccupationCinematographer
SpouseT. Samatha Reddy
Children2

T. Surendra Reddy (born 5 April 1960) is an Indian cinematographer known for his works with director Mani Shankar in the Hindi film industry. He is known for his work in films such as Rudraksh, which was released in 2005. He is the pioneer of digital filmmaking in India. Toss is the first digital film in India to be shot with the Thomson Viper Filmstream camera by him.

Biography

Works in multiple languages

He has shot on more than 50 feature films as an independent cinematographer in multiple languages and various cities, including Hyderabad, Chennai, Bangalore, Cochin and Mumbai. T.Surendra Reddy’s distinct experience includes feature films, documentaries, commercials, television serials and shooting a wide range of formats from Negative Film stock to Digital Filming. His collaboration with Indian cinema brought out notable North and South Indian films like Rudraksh - Tango Charlie (Hindi), Alexander - Kunthi Putra(kannada), Thilagam(Tamil), Aa Naluguru - Pellaina Kothalo - Toss - Srimannarayana(Telugu). Along with feature films, Surendra Reddy has been worked as a cameraman more than thousand TV episodes and hundreds of TV commercials.

Early life

T. Surendra Reddy was born in Parlapalli Village in Nellore District. Due to the desire to be a cameraman, he first worked as a "Mitchell studio camera" attender at "Murugalaya Studio". A few months after learning about the camera, in the profession in order to gain more knowledge; he worked with veteran cinematographers like, K. S. Hari, S. S. Lal, K. A. Jyothi, J. J. Vijayam, Lakshman Ghore, Dasaratharam, N. S. Raju, K. S. Mani and also with his friend Chota K Naidu. Around 40 films in 10 years span he worked as an assistant cameraman. When working with various cameramen for more excellence in the profession without wasting time, he used to read books on photography in the American Library of Madras when he had time. While working in cinemas, he was working as a helper to the television serial cameraman Sri Vijay Kumar to hold on to the ever-growing electronic media.

Electronic media

Surendra Reddy, who had a chance to work as a cameraman for the TV serial Tenali Ramakrishna directed by Mani Shankar in 1990 and later worked as a cinematographer for the film Margadarsi directed by B. S. Narayana in 1991 and made a distinctive identity in the electronic media and film industry.

Filmography

As cinematographer

yearTitleLanguage
1991"Margadarsi”Telugu
1992“Thilagam”Tamil
1992“Agni Panjara”Kannada
1994“Alexander”Kannada
1994Kunthi PuthraKannada
1994“Jantar Mantar”Telugu
1994“Kishkinda Kanda”Telugu
1995"Love Game”Telugu
2002“Manasu Telusuko”Telugu
2002“Mee Kosam”Telugu
2003“Hanthakuraalu”Telugu
2003“Utsaham”Telugu
2004Aa NaluguruTelugu
2004RudrakshHindi
2005Tango CharlieHindi
2005Pellam PichoduTelugu
2006ManoduTelugu
200610th ClassTelugu
2006Pellaina KothaloTelugu
2006“Chinnari Pantulamma”Telugu
2006Something Special”Telugu
2007“Premalekha Raasa”Telugu
2007TossTelugu
2007Maisamma IPSTelugu
2008“Myaav”' Telugu
2008“Maha Yagnam"Telugu
2008Adi VishnuTelugu
2009Daddy CoolHindi
2009RechipoTelugu
2009PravarakhyuduTelugu
2010Jai Bolo TelanganaTelugu
2011LootHindi
2011Nee IlladheKannada
2011“Prayogam”Telugu
2011Daggaraga DoorangaTelugu
2011“Ila Aithe Ela?”Telugu
2012AdhinayakuduTelugu
2012SrimannarayanaTelugu
2014“Love Life”Telugu
2014Nagna SathyamTelugu
2014“Prabhanjanam”Telugu
2014Pyar Mein PadipoyaneTelugu
2014“Prema Geema Jantha Nai”Telugu
2015“Veediki Dookudekkuva”Telugu
2016GaramTelugu
2016ShankaraTelugu
2016Chitram Bhalare VichitramTelugu
2018“Manasainodu”Telugu
2018Super SketchTelugu
2018“2 Friends”Telugu
2018“Snehave Preethi”Kannada
2018RanguTelugu
2019SivaranjaniTelugu
2021LSD: Love, Scandal and Doctors Hindi web series
2023 IQTelugu

Awards and nominations

References

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