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Preetha Jayaraman

  • Cinematographer
  • Writer
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Preetha is a natural storyteller. She began seeing the world within frames long before she fell in love with cameras. Her love for imagery, both visual and verbal, bolster a deep affinity for narrative. She has a strong sense of nostalgia, and her storytelling is powerful and evocative. Through her lens, she is perceptive, sensitive and honest. Her work has been repeatedly praised for beautifully and effectively capturing emotions and each character's vulnerabilities.

She is a gold medallist from the Chennai Film Institute and her first step on to the sets was at the age of 18, where she worked as an assistant. She then went on to hone her craft at Bond University, Australia.

With a career spanning 19 years, she has shot 15 long format features in multiple languages, and several documentaries, TV commercials and music videos. She is part of The Indian Women Cinematographers' Collective (IWCC). In 2020, she was invited to join the Indian Society of Cinematographers (ISC) and is one of the first women to be part of this elite, pan-Indian group of award winning cinematographers.

She has been honoured with several awards including the Karnataka State Award for excellence (2019) the Galatta Wonder Woman Award for Inspiring Pathbreaker in Cinematography (2019) and The Inspirational Global Woman Award in the field of Cinematography (2020). She was recently awarded Best Cinematographer at the JFW Movie Awards (2021) for the Tamil feature film Vaanam Kottatum produced by Madras Talkies.

Preetha toggles between lenses and words. Her essays have been published in The Hindu's Sunday edition as well as several online magazines. She has most recently shared screenplay credits for Anantham a Tamil web series streaming on Zee 5 and has written the story and co- written the screenplay for the Kannada feature 'Baanadariyalli ' which is under production.
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Abhilash Kalathi, Reeshma Nanaiah, Rangayana Raghu, Deepu S. Kumar, Preetham Gubbi, and Rukmini Vasanth in Baanadariyalli
Baanadariyalli
  • Writer
    Prakash Raj and John Vijay in Anantham (2022)
    Anantham
    8.3
    TV Series
    • Writer
    Priya V., Rockline Venkatesh, Anup Bhandari, Radhika Pandit, and Nirup Bhandari in Aadi Lakshmi Puraana (2019)
    Aadi Lakshmi Puraana
    6.7
    • Cinematographer
    • 2019
    Badava Rascal (2021)
    Badava Rascal
    7.5
    • Cinematographer(dop)
    • 2021

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    Cinematographer

    • Dhoomam
      • In Production
    • Nana Patekar, Lillete Dubey, Iravati Harshe, Shriya Saran, Ali Fazal, and Taapsee Pannu in Tadka (2022)
      Tadka
    • Spiralling into Desire (2022)
      Spiralling into Desire
    • Aditi Rao Hydari, Kajal Aggarwal, and Dulquer Salmaan in Hey Sinamika (2022)
      Hey Sinamika
    • Putham Pudhu Kaalai: Vidiyaadha (2022)
      Putham Pudhu Kaalai: Vidiyaadha
    • Badava Rascal (2021)
      Badava Rascal
      • (dop)
    • Radhika Sarathkumar, R. Sarathkumar, Shanthnu Bhagyaraj, Nandha, Vikram Prabhu, Aishwarya Rajesh, and Madonna Sebastian in Vaanam Kottattum (2020)
      Vaanam Kottattum
    • Priya V., Rockline Venkatesh, Anup Bhandari, Radhika Pandit, and Nirup Bhandari in Aadi Lakshmi Puraana (2019)
      Aadi Lakshmi Puraana
    • Malavika Mohanan in Naanu Mattu Varalakshmi (2016)
      Naanu Mattu Varalakshmi
    • Boxer (2015)
      Boxer
    • Un Samayal Arayil (2014)
      Un Samayal Arayil
      • (as Preetha)
    • Gouravam (2013)
      Gouravam
      • (as Preetha)
    • Aidondla Aidu (2011)
      Aidondla Aidu
    • The Fakir of Venice (2009)
      The Fakir of Venice
      • (as Preetha)
    • Prakash Raj and Trisha Krishnan in Abhiyum Naanum (2008)
      Abhiyum Naanum
      • (as Preetha)
    • Kannamoochi Yenada (2007)
      Kannamoochi Yenada
      • (as Preetha)

    Writer

    • Baanadariyalli
      • In Production
    • Prakash Raj and John Vijay in Anantham (2022)
      Anantham

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