Karthik Palani

Karthik Palani is an Indian cinematographer who works in the Indian film industry.

Karthik Palani
Born	(1985-12-06) 6 December 1985 (age 38)
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Cinematographer
Years active	2010–present

Career

Karthik worked as an assistant to Tirru during Mercury (2018) and Petta (2019).^[1] He also worked as an assistant cinematographer in several Hindi, Telugu, and Tamil-language films.^[2] He garnered acclaim for his work in Penguin (2020). A critic from The Times of India noted that "Karthik Phalani's visuals help set the eerie mood" whilst a critic from The Hindu stated how "The filmmaker, however, revelation in terms of his visual sense. Two shots come to mind that are beautifully imagined and shot".^[3][4] His next film was the Kannada film French Biriyani (2020). A critic noted that "Cinematographer Karthik Palani has created the right atmosphere and has employed quirky camera moves to keep us in tune with the film's proceedings".^[5]

In 2020, Karthik started working on Adipurush, directed by Om Raut. It was based on the Hindu epic Ramayana.^[6] The filming involved combining motion capture technology^[7] with live action similar to the methods used on The Jungle Book (2016) and Planet of the Apes (2011).^[8]

Karthik is collaborating with Maruthi again after Brand Babu (2018) for The Raja Saab, starring Prabhas in his second collaboration with him following their work on Adipurush.^[9][10]

Filmography

Year	Film	Language	Notes
2016	Love Shagun	Hindi
2017	Next Nuvve	Telugu	[11]
2018	Zeenat	Hindi
	Brand Babu	Telugu	[12]
2020	Penguin	Tamil	[2]
	French Biriyani	Kannada	[13]
2023	Varisu	Tamil	[14]
	Adipurush	Hindi Telugu	[15]
2024	The Raja Saab†	Telugu	Filming[16]

References

1. Rajan, Ayyanar (4 July 2020). "கொடைக்கானல் காடு, மிட்நைட் ஷூட்... கீர்த்தி சுரேஷை சுற்றி விஷத் தேனீ!" - 'பெண்குயின்' அனுபவம்". Vikatan (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 21 July 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
2. Rajendran, Gopinath (24 June 2020). "No recent Tamil film has as many wide shots: 'Penguin' cinematographer Kharthik Palani". New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 16 July 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
3. "Penguin Movie Review: Some chills and many cheats in this underwhelming emotional thriller". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 19 June 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
4. S, Srivatsan (19 June 2020). "'Penguin' movie review: A confusing thriller with great visuals". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 20 June 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
5. Sharadhaa, A. (24 July 2020). "French Biryani Review: A comedy in times of malady". Cinema Express. Archived from the original on 25 July 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
6. "Prabhas spotted in Mumbai, to start shooting for Adipurush in March. Trending pic". India Today. 28 February 2021. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
7. "Motion capture work on Prabhas-Saif Ali Khan's 'Adipurush' begins". The New Indian Express. 19 January 2021. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
8. "Even commercial cinema needs a visual signature: 'Varisu' cinematographer Karthik Palani". The New Indian Express. 30 January 2023. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
9. "EXCLUSIVE: Prabhas- Maruthi's Raja Deluxe is a complete entertainer". Cinema Express. 17 January 2023. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
10. "Prabhas joins the sets of Maruthi's film; see leaked pic". The Times of India. 25 December 2022. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
11. "'Next Nuvve' team to tour towns - Telugu News". IndiaGlitz.com. 5 November 2017. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
12. HaribabuBolineni (2 August 2018). "Brand Babu Movie Review". Chitramala. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
13. "Hope viewers relish the French Biriyani delivered right to their homes: Director Pannaga Bharana". Cinema Express. 23 July 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
14. "Vijay starrer Varisu's first song gets release date". The Indian Express. 19 October 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
15. Azad, Easha (18 January 2023). "150 days to Adipurush release: Rs 600 crore budget movie & the controversies that it got entangled into". NewsroomPost. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
16. "Pic Talk: Prabhas from The Sets of Maruthi's Film". Filmy Focus. 26 December 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2023.

External links

• Karthik Palani at IMDb