U. K. Senthil Kumar
| U. K. Senthil Kumar | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1972[1] Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Occupation | Cinematographer |
U. K. Senthil Kumar is an Indian cinematographer, who has worked in the Tamil, and Malayalam film industries.[2]
Career
A native of Coimbatore, Senthil Kumar belongs to the 1989-92 batch of the Government Film Institute, Chennai, and has worked in about 50 films.[1] After making his debut in 1993 with Manobala's Karuppu Vellai (1993), Senthil Kumar worked exclusively for director Sundar C in the late 1990s and early 2000s, before being displaced in Sundar's teams by Prasad Murella. He continued working in quickly shot, low budget films and established a reputation as a talented cameraman.[3] He returned to work with Sundar C in the well received comedy films Kalakalappu (2012) and then Aranmanai (2014). He has also helped politicians with their promotion campaigns, helping create hologram-like videos for Narendra Modi's 2014 campaign.[1]
Selected filmography
As cinematographer
- Karuppu Vellai (1993)
- Murai Maman (1995)
- Murai Mappillai (1995)
- Ullathai Allitha (1996)
- Mettukudi (1996)
- Arunachalam (1997)
- Janakiraman (1997)
- Naam Iruvar Namakku Iruvar (1998)
- Unnai Thedi (1999)
- Suyamvaram (1999)
- Unakkaga Ellam Unakkaga (1999)
- Azhagarsamy (2000)
- Kannan Varuvaan (2000)
- Unnai Kann Theduthey (2000)
- Ullam Kollai Poguthae (2001)
- Rishi (2001)
- Maaran (2002)
- Indru (2003)
- Jore (2004)
- Kodambakkam (2006)
- Nenjil Jil Jil (2006)
- Manikanda (2007)
- Naan Avanillai (2007)
- Marudhamalai (2007)
- Pandi (2008)
- Guru En Aalu (2009)
- Kanyakumari Express (2010)
- Muthukku Muthaaga (2011)
- Uppukandam Brothers Back in Action (2011)
- Pandi Oliperukki Nilayam (2012)
- Ullam (2012)
- Vizha (2013)
- Aranmanai (2014)
- Vilasam (2014)
- Appa Takkaru (2015)
- Katham Katham (2015)
- Angali Pangali (2015)
- Pallikoodam Pogamale (2015)
- Aranmanai 2 (2016)