Occupation Cinematographer | ||
Born 5 June 1966 (age 50) ( 1966-06-05 ) Calicut, Kerala, India Movies Ishtam, Ente Veedu Appuvinteyum, Pallavur Devanarayanan, Nakshathragal Parayathirunnathu, Joker | ||
Venugopal Madathil (born 5 June 1966) is an Indian cinematographer. He has worked with the most eminent directors of Malayalam film industry. Sibi Malayil, A. K. Lohithadas, Jayaraj, Kamal, V.M. Vinu, Rajasenan etc., are the directors with whom he has been able to bring out his cinematographic talents. Ente Veedu Appuvinteyum, Joker, Pallavur Devanarayanan, Meghamalhar etc., are a few to name among the 75 films he has worked for.
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Engineering to Photography
Venugopal. is the son of renowned Ayurveda Doctor Late M.N. Panicker. His father's ambition was to make him an engineer, but Venugopal could not fulfil the wishes of his father. When he joined for engineering, cinematography or film industry was blank in his mind. His passion for photography grew when he spent his free time during his studies in his Uncle's studio. IAB Digital Studio at Coimbatore brought out the Cinematographer in Venugopal. He learnt film developing and other related jobs during his free time. This interest totally drifted him away from engineering to Cinematography. A strict father was totally troubled with his son's attitude. He was not at all interested in his son entering the film industry, but the adamant son finally got the permission from his father and went to Chennai to do a course in photography.
Gateway to Cinema
After his course, his father 's close friend Mr. M. T. Vasudevan Nair introduced him to MR. Jayanan Vincent. He was appointed as MR. Jayanan Vincent's assistant for the next film "Uyaranagalil". Unfortunately, before he could step into the film industry a great storm came in the form of his Father's death. He put a temporary full stop to his ambitions and returned home.
Return to Cinema
After a long interval he returned to the film industry as an assistant for M T Vasudevan Nair's "Anubandam". This was a turning point in his life. He worked as an Independent Cameraman for the Tamil film "Pournami Rojakkal". His first independent Malayalam film was Mr. Kaladharan's "Ellarum Chollunnu". He was also given the freedom to work with His Guru for the film "Oh Fabby". The most unexpected and memorable moment was the release of this film as Cinematography title was - " Jayanan Vincent and Venugopal". This is the greatest gift he received from his Guru.
Creation of Love songs
Most of the romantic songs like the ones in Jalolsavam, Nammal, Meghamalhar are still remembered and treasured among the audience
Malayalam to Telugu Industry
The dedication and hardwork in the Malayalam film industry rendered a path to the Telugu film industry. The same dedication and hardwork reaped the fruits of labour. Mr. Venugopal received the Bharathamuni award for the best cinematography of veteran director K. Viswanath's film Subapradam.