Sujith Sarang (born 22 June 1985) is an Indian cinematographer known for his work in Dhuruvangal Pathinaaru, Taxiwaala, Dear Comrade, Mudhal Nee Mudivum Nee, Kanam, Oke Oka Jeevitham, and Bloody Beggar .[1] He works predominantly in Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam Industries. He is an alumnus of MGR Film and television Institute. He is a Tamil Nadu Government State Award winner for being Best Student Cinematographer of 2008-2009 year.

Sujith Sarang
Born (1985-06-22) 22 June 1985 (age 39)
Alma materM.G.R Film and Television Institute of Tamilnadu
OccupationDirector of Photography
Years active2008–present
RelativesSreejith Sarang (Brother)

Education

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Sujith hails from Coimbatore. He did his schooling in C.S.I boys higher secondary school & V.L.B Janaki ammal Matriculation school Coimbatore.. He has a bachelor's degree in physics from Shri Nehru Maha Vidyalaya, Coimbatore, as well as a diploma in film technology from M.G.R Film and television training institute formerly known as Adayar Film Institute. He was the gold medallist (T.K.Venkat memorial endowment award) during his 2006-2009 batch.He received Tamilnadu state award for being the Best Student Cinematographer in the year 2008-2009 from Government of Tamilnadu [2]

Career

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In 2008, Sujith Sarang started his career as an independent cinematographer. In 2010, subsequently, he started doing short films and advertisements. He was known for his Tamil short films 5 Rooba, Pannaiyarum Padminiyum, Vyugam, Pechhi, Aghavizhi, and Telugu short film Maro Prapancham. Gradually from the year 2011, he began working for feature films, and his debut film was Alias Janaki in the Telugu industry, which won Andhra Govt's Nandi Award for the Best Feature Film on National Integration.

Later, he did the cinematography for films such as Thaakka Thaakka, Dhuruvangal Pathinaaru (D-16), Angels, IDI (Inspector Dawood Ibrahim), Taxiwaala, Naragasooran, Dear Comrade, Suttupidikka Utharavu, Champion under Suseenthiran direction, Darbuka Siva's Mudhal Nee Mudivum Nee, Oke Oka Jeevitham for Dream Warrior starring Sharwanand, Amala Akkineni, Ritu Varma, Nasser and Navarasa for Netflix.[2]

Filmography

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Year Film Language Notes
2013 Alias Janaki Telugu
2014 Angels Malayalam
2015 Thakka Thakka Tamil
2016 Dhuruvangal Pathinaaru Tamil
IDI Malayalam
2018 Taxiwaala Telugu
2019 Suttu Pidikka Utharavu Tamil
Champion Tamil
Dear Comrade Telugu
2020 Mamakiki Tamil released on Zee5
2021 Navarasa Tamil TV series
2022 Aadavallu Meeku Johaarlu Telugu
Mudhal Nee Mudivum Nee Tamil
Oke Oka Jeevitham
Kanam
Telugu
Tamil
2024 Bloody Beggar Tamil
TBA Naragasooran Tamil

References

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  1. ^ Vasudevan, K. V. (7 January 2017). "Lighting the way". The Hindu – via www.thehindu.com.
  2. ^ a b Dundoo, Sangeetha Devi (26 November 2018). "Sujith Sarang on the making of a 'soul-driven' story". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
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