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

H. C. Venugopal
Director T S Nagabharna with the crew addressing the press on film Kallarali Hoovagi at Black Box, Kala Academy on the occasion of 37th International Film Festival of India (IFFI-2006) in Panaji, Goa on December 2, 2006.jpg
Venugopal (left), Vijay Raghavendra (right), IFFI (2006)
Born
Other namesH. C. Venu
OccupationCinematographer
Years active1996 - Present
TelevisionRaja Rani
SpouseTara

Career

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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

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

Selected filmography

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  • All films are in Kannada, unless mentioned otherwise.
Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Film Notes
1998 A Debut
1999 Prathyartha
2000 Sparsha
2002 Dhumm
Marma
H2O Bilingual in Kannada and Tamil
Parva
2005 Maharaja
2006 Kallarali Hoovagi
Neenello Naanalle
2007 Aa Dinagalu
Ugadi
2008 Anthu Inthu Preethi Banthu
2009 Birugaali
2010 Modalasala
Suryakaanti
2011 Rajadhani
2012 Chingari
Katari Veera Surasundarangi
2013 Nam Duniya Nam Style
2014 Jaihind 2
Abhimanyu
Bilingual in Tamil and Kannada
Dil Rangeela
2015 RX Soori
2016 Jaggu Dada
Mummy
Nagarahavu
2018 Prema Baraha
Solli Vidava
Bilingual in Kannada and Tamil
2020 Shivarjuna
2023 Kaasina Sara
2024 UI

References

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  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. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013.
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