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K. V. Anand
Born (1966-04-30) April 30, 1966 (age 58)
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation(s)Cinematographer
Film director
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K. V. Anand(Template:Lang-ta) is a Tamil cinematographer and film director in Chennai, India. Anand proved to be a successful director with his critically acclaimed Tamil film, Kana Kandaen (2005), and rose to fame with his second film, Ayan (2009). He has been a cinematographer for a number of major box office hits in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu. Anand won the National Film Award for Best Cinematography for his debut film as a cinematographer, Thenmavin Kombath, in 1995.

Early life

K. V. Anand was born in Chennai, India graduated with Bachelor's degree in Physics from D.G.Vaishnav, Chennai followed by Master's in Visual Communications from Loyola College, Chennai. Anand, during his college days participated in annual trekking expeditions in the Himalayas. His exploratory trips to various remote locations in India triggered his passion in photography. Anand participated in inter-collegiate, state and national level photography contests. His visual images earned him numerous photography awards.

Career

Photo Journalist (1988-1992)

Anand worked as a freelance photo journalist for leading newspapers and magazines such as Kalki, India Today, Illustrated Weekly, Aside and other national publications. Within a short period of time, his photos were published in more than 200 magazine covers and had taken photos of 10 Chief Ministers in close quarters. Anand continued to freelance in industrial photography, advertisements and cover pages for fictional Tamil novels.

Anand applied for a full-time position as a photo journalist for India Today, a leading publication group in India, but failed to get the job offer. Anand, disappointed, left to Andaman Islands for a month. During this wilderness trip, Anand decided to transition from photo journalism to cinematography.

Cinematographer

Anand met cinematographer P. C. Sreeram and expressed his interest to work for him as an assistant. He joined him, serving as an apprentice for Sreeram's film such as Gopura Vasalile, Amaran, Meera, Devar Magan and Thiruda Thiruda. Anand got his breakthrough when he was recommended by Sreeram to director Priyadarshan for Thenmavin Kombathu. Anand got the National Film Award for Best Cinematography for his work in his debut film. Anand's first Tamil film was Kadal Desam followed by his first Hindi film, Josh.

Anand has wielded the camera for 14 films in languages including Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi for notable directors such as Priyadarshan, S. Shankar, Mansoor Khan and Rajkumar Santoshi. He has worked as a cinematographer for more than 100 commercials with leading advertisement agencies in India.

Film director

Kana Kandaen

He then turned a film director with Kana Kandaen. The film, penned by novelist duo Suba and starring Srikant, Gopika, Prithviraj, received favorable reviews from critics and was a moderate success.

Ayan

In 2009, Anand's second directorial venture, Ayan, starring Surya Sivakumar, Prabhu Ganesan and Tamanna Bhatia[1], became a blockbuster success and the year's highest-grossing Tamil language film, having collected more than Rs. 75 Crores worldwide. As per the trade sources, Ayan has taken a share of Rs 7.9 Crores from Chennai, the third highest share for a Tamil film in the city. [2]. He also achieved the Best Director of the year for Ayan in Edison Awards 2010[3]

KO

Ko was released on April 22, 2011 to very positive response from media and public. Ko starring Jeeva along with Ajmal Ameer and Karthika Nair in the lead roles. This film opened up to mostly positive reviews. One of the critics neatly summarized it by saying "For an audience numbed by predictable Kollywood potboilers week after week, here is an original offering from KV Anand, a fearless filmmaker who doesn't insult your intelligence. He is able to cater to the needs of both the elite as well as mass audiences, which should be applauded."

Maatraan

Following Ko, Anand would commence his next project, titled Maatraan colloborating with Surya again. Kajal Agarwal will play the lead actress. AGS entertainment is producing the movie.

Filmography

As cinematographer

As director

Year Film Language Notes
2005 Kana Kandaen Tamil Acclaimed
2009 Ayan Tamil Blockbuster
2011 Ko Tamil Blockbuster
2012 Maatraan Tamil Pre production[4]

Awards

References

  1. ^ http://www.behindwoods.com/features/Interviews/interview-5/kv-anand/index.html
  2. ^ http://sify.com/movies/tamil/fullstory.php?id=14898871
  3. ^ http://mytamilmovie.com/gallary/Edison%20Awards%202010/0Edison%20Awards2010%20(74).JPG
  4. ^ http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/58843.html

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