H. C. Venugopal

H. C. Venugopal is an Indian cinematographer, who has worked in the Kannada and Tamil film industries.

H. C. Venugopal
Venugopal (left), IFFI (2006)
Born	Doddaballapura Taluk, Bengaluru, India
Other names	H. C. Venu
Occupation	Cinematographer

Career

H. C. Venugopal is a cinematographer who has predominantly worked for Kannada films. He has been active since the late 1990s, regularly collaborating for high-profile Kannada films including A (1998), Sparsha (1999), H2O (2002), Aa Dinagalu (2007), Jaggu Dada (2016) to name a few.[1] He was also involved in the shoot of the first 3D Kannada film Katari Veera Surasundarangi (2012) .[2]

In recent years, he has collaborated with Arjun Sarja for the bilingual films, Jaihind 2 (2014) and Prema Baraha (2018).[3][4]

Personal life

Venugopal married actress-politician Tara in 2005. They have a son named Shreekrishna (b. 2013) together.[5]

Selected filmography

As cinematographer

• A (1998)
• Sparsha (1999)
• Prathyartha (1999)
• Dhumm (2002)
• Marma (2002)
• H2O (2002)
• Parva (2002)
• Maharaja (2005)
• Kallarali Hoovagi (2006)
• Neenello Naanalle (2006)
• Aa Dinagalu (2007)
• Ugadi (2007)
• Anthu Inthu Preethi Banthu (2008)
• Birugaali (2009)
• Modalasala (2010)
• Suryakaanti (2010)
• Rajadhani (2011)
• Chingari (2012)
• Katari Veera Surasundarangi (2012)
• Nam Duniya Nam Style (2013)
• Jaihind 2 / Abhimanyu (2014)
• Dil Rangeela (2014)
• RX Soori (2015)
• Jaggu Dada (2016)
• Mummy (2016)
• Nagarahavu (2016)
• Prema Baraha / Solli Vidava (2018)
• Shivarjuna (2020)

References

1. http://www.nettv4u.com/celebrity/kannada/cinematographer/h-c-venu
2. https://www.indiaglitz.com/it-was-panasonic-for-kvss-hc-venu-tamil-news-82256
3. https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/prema-baraha-audio-launched-film-marks-aishwarya-aruns-kannada-debut-73613
4. http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies/jaihind-2/jaihind-2-review.html
5. "Tara delivers a baby boy at 48!". The Times of India. 2 February 2013.

External links

• H. C. Venugopal at IMDb