H. C. Venugopal

H. C. Venugopal
Venugopal (left), Vijay Raghavendra (right), in IFFI (2006)
Born
Other nameH. C. Venu
OccupationCinematographer
Years active1996 - Present
TelevisionRaja Rani
SpouseTara

H. C. Venugopal, known professionally as H. C. Venu, is an Indian cinematographer who mainly works in Kannada cinema, along with Tamil cinema.

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]

Filmography

  • All films are in Kannada, unless mentioned otherwise.
Key
† Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearFilmNotes
1998ADebut
1999Prathyartha
2000Sparsha
2002Dhumm
Marma
H2OBilingual in Kannada and Tamil
Parva
2005Maharaja
2006Kallarali Hoovagi
Neenello Naanalle
2007Aa Dinagalu
Ugadi
2008Anthu Inthu Preethi Banthu
2009Birugaali
2010Modalasala
Suryakaanti
2011Rajadhani
2012Chingari
Katari Veera Surasundarangi
2013Nam Duniya Nam Style
2014Jaihind 2
Abhimanyu
Bilingual in Tamil and Kannada
Dil Rangeela
2015RX Soori
2016Jaggu Dada
Mummy
Nagarahavu
2018Prema Baraha
Solli Vidava
Bilingual in Kannada and Tamil
2019Devaki
2020Shivarjuna
2023Kaasina Sara
2024UI
2025Flirt
2026Balaramana Dinagalu

References

  1. ↑ "Sandalwood Cinematographer H C Venu Biography, News, Photos, Videos".
  2. ↑ "It was Panasonic for 'KVSS' - HC Venu - Tamil News". 18 May 2012.
  3. ↑ "'Prema Baraha' audio launched, film marks Aishwarya Arjun's Kannada debut". 23 December 2017.
  4. ↑ "Jaihind 2 (Aka) Jaihind 2 review".
  5. ↑ "Tara delivers a baby boy at 48!". The Times of India. 2 February 2013.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)