Occupation Cinematographer Spouse(s) sufitha | Years active 1999–present | |
Born 30 May 1979 ( 1979-05-30 ) Kunnamkulam, Thrissur Kerala, India Movies 5 Sundarikal, Comrade in America Similar Syam Pushkaran, Amal Neerad, Shyju Khalid, Sameer Thahir, Aashiq Abu | ||
Renu (Renadive) Born in Kunnamkulam, August 30, 1979. Son of Kallayil Vijayaraghavan, who was also a Photographer by profession. Renu (Renadive) holds a diploma in still photography from Indian Institute of Photography. He has worked for Kairali TV channel as a cameraman and covered 148 episodes of ' Verittakazhchakal ' with V. K. Sreeraman. In 2006 he joined Mr Alagappan,the Kerala State Award winner for the film Agnisakshi (1999 film), as an assistant Cinematographer and while working for him, he covered movies namely Photographer (film), Novel (film) , Thalappavu. Later he joined cinematographer Jibu Jacob and worked with him in movies namely Shakespeare M.A. Malayalam, Pranayakalam , Heartbeats. In 2007 he joined the team of Big B (film) and worked as an assistant Cinematographer to Sameer Thahir. He also worked in Anwar (2010 film) as an assistant Cinematographer. From there on till present has been a part of every single movie directed and produced by Amal Neerad. His talent came into light when he debuted as a Cinematographer in 5 Sundarikal, anthology of 5 movies directed by different directors in which he was the DOP for Kullante Bharya . He was the Associate cameraman and operating cameraman for the next Amal Neerad venture Iyobinte Pusthakam. He is the next Cinematographer for Amal Neerad's upcoming untitled film starring Dulquer Salmaan.