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 39)
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]