Renadive

Renu, professionally credited as Renadive is an Indian cinematographer, who works in Malayalam cinema.

Early life

Born in Kunnamkulam, on 30 August 1979 as the son of Kallayil Vijayaraghavan, a photographer and Shyamala Vijayaraghavan. Renu 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.

Career

In 2006, he joined cinematographer Alagappan as an assistant cinematographer for the film Agnisakshi (1999 film), followed by films such as Photographer (film), Novel (film), Thalappavu. Later he joined cinematographer Jibu Jacob and worked with him in movies namely Shakespeare M.A. Malayalam, Pranayakalam, and 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 he has been a part of every movie directed and produced by Amal Neerad. He debuted as a Cinematographer in 5 Sundarikal, an 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 Amal Neerad venture Iyobinte Pusthakam. He has done the Cinematography for Amal Neerad's Comrade in America.

Filmography

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