Vetrivel Palanisamy is an Indian cinematographer who primarily works in Tamil and Telugu film industries. He is an alumnus of Film and Television Institute of Tamil Nadu, Chennai. He is known for his work in films such as Souryam, Muni 2: Kanchana, Veeram, Vedalam, Viswasam and Annaatthe.
Early life and career Vetri hails from a village located in the Tiruppur district of Tamil Nadu. After completing the Diploma in film Technology in Cinematography Vetri started assisting with Cinematographer S. Saravanan in the films like Aahaa..!, Auto Driver, Sangamam, Oruvan, Vallarasu, Maayi. Vetri made his debut as a cinematographer in the film Agaram and then he got a break with the action drama film Thenavattu (2008), before working on the comedy Maasilamani (2009) and the successful horror film, Muni 2: Kanchana (2011) with Raghava Lawrence.
Vetri has often collaborated with director Siva and has been a part of his Telugu films, Souryam (2008), Sankham (2009), and Daruvu (2012), as well as his Tamil films with Ajith Kumar: Veeram (2014), Vedalam (2015), Vivegam (2017), and Viswasam (2019). The pair had earlier studied together at M.G.R. Government Film and Television Training Institute.
Filmography Year Film Language Notes2007 Agaram Tamil DebutRameswaram 2008 Thenavattu Souryam Telugu Debut in Telugu cinema 2009 Maasilamani Tamil Sankham Telugu 2011 Venghai Tamil Muni 2: Kanchana Vellore Maavattam 2012 Daruvu Telugu 2013 Ya Ya Tamil 2014 Veeram Loukyam Telugu 2015 Vedalam Tamil 2017 Vivegam Oxygen Telugu 2019 ViswasamTamil Kanchana 3 Chanakya Telugu 2020 Laxmii Hindi Debut in Hindi cinema 2021 Annaatthe Tamil 2023 Ramabanam Telugu 2024 Kanguva Tamil
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