Venugopal Madathil

Venugopal Madathil (born 5 June 1966) is an Indian cinematographer. Over his 75 film produced career, Madathil has worked with the several prominent directors of Malayalam film industry. Some of them include Sibi Malayil, A. K. Lohithadas, Jayaraj, Kamal, V. M. Vinu, Rajasenan, Ente Veedu Appuvinteyum, Joker, Pallavur Devanarayanan, Meghamalhar.

Venugopal Madathil
Venugopal during a shoot (2014)
Born (1966-06-05) 5 June 1966
Kozhikode, Kerala, India
NationalityIndian
OccupationCinematographer

Early life

Madathil.[1] is the son of renowned Ayurveda Doctor Late M.N. Panicker. When he joined for engineering,[2] cinematography and the film industry was in his mind. His passion for photography grew when he spent his free time during his studies in his uncle's studio.

Career

After his course, his father 's close friend Mr. M. T. Vasudevan Nair introduced him to Mr. Jayanan Vincent. He was appointed as Vincent's assistant for the next film "Uyaranagalil". Unfortunately, before he could step into the film industry, Madathil's father died. He put a temporary stop to his ambitions and returned home. After a long interval he returned to the film industry as an assistant for M T Vasudevan Nair's "Anubandam". This was a turning point in Madathil's life. He also worked as an independent cameraman for the Tamil film "Pournami Rojakkal". His first independent Malayalam film was Mr. Kaladharan's "Ellarum Chollanu".

Filmography

Venugopal was Jury member of the 52nd Kerala State Film Awards 2021.

References
  1. "Clipping of the New Indian Express Group - the New Indian Express-Kochi".
  2. "The New Indian Express Group the New Indian Express-Kochi epaper dated Tue, 23 Jun 15".
  3. http://www.nowrunning.com/movie/11754/malayalam/good-bad-ugly/index.htm
  4. YouTube, a Google company. YouTube. Archived from the original on 25 March 2016.
  5. First Print I Episode 182 - Appavum Veenjum I Mazhavil Manorama. YouTube. Archived from the original on 9 December 2021.
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