How Priyadarshan discovered K.V. Anand
The Hindu
Director recalls his association with the late cinematographer who made his debut with Thenmavin Kombathu
KOZHIKODE Priyadarshan was in a spot of bother. There was barely a month before the shoot of his new film began, but he did not have a cinematographer. He was planning to give the job to P.C. Sreeram, who, however, had taken up a Mani Ratnam film. He then tried Venu, who too was unavailable. Sreeram, though, came up with a suggestion. He recommended an assistant of his, named K.V. Anand. “I had met Anand when he came to the set of my Tamil film Gopura Vasalile, which was shot by Sreeram,” Priyadarshan told The Hindu over phone from Chennai on Friday. “He was a still photographer then and wanted to learn cinematography from Sreeram. When he asked me to try Anand out, I did.” Priyadarshan called up his friend Suresh Kumar, who was producing Kashmeeram at the time, and requested him to let Anand shoot a few sequences. The result was spectacular, literally. Anand was thus signed up as the cinematographer of Thenmavin Kombathu. The beautiful frames of the Mohanlal-starrer caught the eye straight away, back in 1994.More Related News
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