Chandru Selvaraj

Born in Tamil Nadu’s Ooty, Chandru Selvaraj is an Indian cinematographer and an assistant cinematographer who predominantly works in the South Indian film industry. Currently settled in Chennai, Selvaraj completed his schooling at Senthil Matric Higher Secondary School and later graduated from the College of Engineering, Guindy. In 2015, Selvaraj started working as an assistant cinematographer in the Indian film industry. He was the operative cameraman for the Junior NTR-Mohanlal starrer movie Janatha Garage Click to look into! >> Read More... , released in 2016. Later, he became the assistant cinematographer in several films like Vanamagan and Petta, among others. He assisted national award-winning cinematographer Tirru in several movies.

Selvaraj mentions how his experience with Tirru educated him more about cinematography. Selvaraj was the Director of Photography for the Sanal Kumar Sasidharan Sanal Kumar Sasidharan is a Film Director known fo >> Read More... directorial Kayattam, starring Manju Warrier Manju Warrier is a South-Indian film actress, born >> Read More... . At the 51st Kerala State Film Awards, Selvaraj received the award for best cinematography for Kayattam. Interestingly, Selvaraj shot the movie entirely on an iPhone. Selvaraj's success was lauded by the lead actress of Kayattom, Manju Warrier. She also remarked on how Selvaraj had demonstrated that skill is more significant than the medium of the shoot. Selvaraj was also the DOP for movies like Mahaveeryar and Vazhakku. Raan, a surrealistic thriller, was Selvaraj’s first short film and his first directorial venture. He was also the cinematographer of the short film.