| P.S.Nivas | |
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| Born | Kozhikode, Kerala, India[1] |
| Occupation | Cinematographer, Film director, Producer |
P. S. Nivas (Malayalam: പി എസ് നിവാസ്), lang-tamil- பி.எஸ்.நிவாஸ், born in Kozhikode, Kerala, India) is an Indian cinematographer, film director, and film producer who has worked Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, and Hindi cinema.
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He graduated from the St. Joseph's College, Devagiri, Kozhikode and passed Diploma in Film Technology From Institute of film Technology, Adayar, Madras. He was awarded the National Film Awards for Best Cinematographer for the Malayalam movie Mohiniyattam in the year 1977.
Nivas started his film career as an operative camera man in P. N. Menon’s Malayalam movies - Kuttyedathi (1971), Mappusakshi (1972), Chembarathi (1972) and Swapnam (1973), in which Ashok Kumar was the camera man. His first film as an independent camera man was Sathyathinte Nizhalil for which Babu Nanthankode was the director.
Nivas got opportunity to enter the tamil movie industry during the year 1977. His first movie was 16 Vayathinile for which Bharathiraja was the director. Pathinaru Vayathinile broke convention to create a new genre of village cinema. If there is one influential movie in the modern history of Tamil Cinema, it is Pathinaru vayathinile. A move that was the Director Bharathi rajaa's own words.