Prasad Murella


Prasad Murella is an Indian film cinematographer, who mainly works for Telugu cinema. He started his career in the Tamil film industry.

Personal life

He was born in Vijayawada where he completed his schooling and his higher studies. Due to his passion for films, he travelled to Chennai and assisted many cinematographers such as Ravi Yadav, and D Shanker.

Career

He started his career with the Tamil film Azhagana Naatkal directed by Sundar C. in 2000. Later he made his debut in Telugu with the film Venky, directed by Srinu Vaitla in 2004, and shot another film called Chanti in the same year. He went back to Tamil films in 2004 with Devathayai Kanden and was there until the year 2006 working for the films Chinna and Rendu.
In 2007, he started shooting Telugu films with the film Dhee and has remained in this film industry. He was awarded with the 2010 Nandi Award for Best Cinematographer for the film Namo Venkatesa. It is an award given by Andhra Pradesh state government. He also won the SIIMA Award for Best Cinematographer for the 2013 film Attharintiki Daaredhi

Filmography

YearFilmLanguageAwards & Achievements
2001Azhagana NaatkalTamil
2003WinnerTamil
2004VenkyTelugu
2004ChantiTelugu
2004Devathayai KandenTamil
2005ChinnaTamil
2006RenduTamil
2007DheeTelugu
2007Raju BhaiTelugu
2007ChandamamaTelugu
2008ReadyTelugu
2008KingTelugu
2010Namo VenkatesaTeluguNandi Award for Best Cinematographer
2011DookuduTelugu
2012Poola RangaduTelugu
2013ShadowTelugu
2013Attharintiki DaaredhiTeluguWon SIIMA Award for Best Cinematography-Telugu
2015S/O SatyamurthyTelugu
2015SoukhyamTelugu
2017KatamarayuduTelugu
2017MLATelugu
2018PanthamTelugu
2019Venky MamaTelugu