S Nallamuthu

Wildlife and environmental filmmaker S Nallamuthuis a five-time National award winner. He is a director and a cinematographer who primarily works on directories. Subbiah Nallamuthu, popularly known as S Nallamuthu, is from Valliyur town in Tamil Nadu. He has a brother named Subbiah Arunan, who works in the Indian Space Research Organization. He attended St. Mary’s High School and did a three-year course on film technology, Cinematography, and direction at MGR Government Film and Television Institute in Chennai. Nallamuthu always had the passion for working in cinema. Still, under the insistence of his father, who is a headmaster, he had to join the Indian Space Research Organization as a cameraman and stayed for few years.

He filmed the landing of rockets, flamingos, and pelicans. Not satisfied with what he was doing, Nallamuthu quit the job and moved to Delhi to work in televisions. In 1991, he shot an environment film, and that’s how it all started for him. He also worked in the Doordarshan’s weekly show about environmental issues in the name Living on the Edge. He has been a part of the first of many kinds including, the first travel show ‘Off the Beaten Track,’ first automobile show ‘ Wheels Click to look into! >> Read More... ,’ first reality show ‘ Hospital This is a medical television drama series that mad >> Read More... ,’ first full HD Hindi feature film, and more. After that, he did free-lance for popular channels like Discovery, BBC, and National Geographic.

With the documentary Tiger Queen, Nallamuthu started his research on the Tigers. S Nallamuthu shot to fame with the documentary ‘Tiger Dynasty,’ which follows the story of a young tigress called Baghani who gets released in the Sariska National Park. ‘Tiger Dynasty’ got chosen as the Best Non-Feature Environment Film at the 59th National Film Awards The National Film Awards gets presented every year >> Read More... . Also, Nallamuthu received the National Award for Best Non-Feature Film Cinematography. His next documentary shows the life of eight endangered species in the name ‘Life Force – India’s Western Ghats,’ for which he won the Best Adventure Film at the 62nd National Film Awards. His TV Movie documentary Tiger’s Revenge got broadcasted on the National Geographic channel.

S Nallamuthu’s documentary on the World’s Most famous Tiger Machli got released in 2017 under the name ‘The World’s Most Famous Tiger.’ The shooting for the documentary began in 2007 and followed the nine years of Machli’s life journey till its death in 2016. His rigorous efforts earned him the National Award for Best Non-feature Environment film at the 66th National Film Awards. As a cinematographer, S Nallamuthu has worked on Religion, Bodyshock, Mumbai Calling, Soul of Sand, and more.