Soundararajan is an Indian cinematographer who has worked in the Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam film industries.
Early life Soundar Rajan was born in Uthiramerur, Tamil Nadu to Saranathan and Chandra. His childhood days were spent in Kancheepuram. He graduated with Bachelor's degree in Visual Communications from Loyola College.
Career Soundar Rajan completed a degree in Visual Communications at Loyola College, Chennai before approaching P. C. Sreeram for work experience. Sreeram recommended him to K. V. Anand, who accepted him as an assistant, and they subsequently worked on films including Nerukku Ner (1997), Mudhalvan (1999) and Josh (2000), before continuing as an apprentice till Khakee (2004). Soundar Rajan made his debut as a lead cinematographer with Sukran (2005), before going on to work on Kana Kandaen (2005), directed by his mentor K. V. Anand. He was also given an opportunity by director Shankar to shoot Chimbu Deven's Arai En 305-il Kadavul (2008).
He is an acclaimed ad film cinematographer with more than 3000 ad films to his credit. He has since worked on Telugu films including the fantasy film, Anaganaga O Dheerudu (2011), where he worked extensively on visual effects for the first time. Soundar Rajan also then continued work on Tamil films including a collaboration with Anand again in Maattrraan (2012), where Suriya portrayed conjoined twins and the crew used up to five different techniques to get the desired illusion on screen. He also won critical acclaim for his work in the bilingual Vaayai Moodi Pesavum (2014) for his depiction of a fictional hill town. In 2017, he won critical acclaim for his work in Lakshman's action film Bogan.
Personal life Soundar Rajan married Anusha L on 11 December 2005. They have two children Advaith Soundar (born 22 December 2008) and Nikita Soundar (born 29 September 2006)
Filmography As cinematographer
Year Film Language Notes2005 SukranTamil Kana Kandaen 2006 Aathi 2008 Arai En 305-il Kadavul 2009 Billa Telugu 2010 Bale Pandiya Tamil 2011 Anaganaga O Dheerudu Telugu 2012 Maattrraan Tamil 2014 Samsaaram Aarogyathinu HaanikaramVaayai Moodi Pesavum MalayalamTamil2015 IsaiTamil Romeo Juliet Bengal Tiger Telugu2017 Bogan Tamil Goutham NandaTelugu 2018 Paper Boy2019 Charlie Chaplin 2Tamil High Priestess Web series 2021 SeetimaarrTelugu 2022 Odela Railway Station Direct streaming release on Aha2023 Amigos Devil: The British Secret Agent2025 Odela 22026 Nagabandham: The Secret Treasure
As guest cinematographer Year Film Language Notes 2007 Billa TamilChase sequence 2007 Sivaji: The Boss 2008 Velli Thirai Song: Thaiyya Thaiyya 2011 Engeyum Kadhal Song: Thee Ilai 2016 Saagasam Song: Desi Girl 2022 Godfather Telugu
As associate cinematographer Year Film Language Notes 1997 Nerukku Ner Tamil 1998 Doli Saja Ke Rakhna Hindi 1999 Mudhalvan Tamil 2000 Josh Hindi 2001 Nayak: The Real Hero Hindi Remake of Mudhalvan 2002 Virumbugiren Tamil 2002 The Legend of Bhagat Singh Hindi 2004 Khakee Hindi
As actor Bogan (2017)
Behind the Scenes Goutham Nanda Romeo Juliet Isai Bengal Tiger- Raaye Raaye song Charlie Chaplin 2
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