Vetri (cinematographer)


Vetri Palanisamy is an Indian cinematographer who primarily works in Tamil and Telugu film industries. He is an alumnus of Film and Television Institute of Tamil Nadu, Chennai. He is known for his work in films such as Souryam, , Veeram and Vedalam.

Early life and Career

After completing the Diploma in film Technology in Cinematography Vetri started assisting with Cinematographer S. Saravanan in the films like Aahaa, Auto Driver, Sangamam, Oruvan, Vallarasu,Maayi.
Vetri made his debut as a cinematographer in the film Agaram and then he got a break with the action drama film Thenavattu, before working on the comedy Maasilamani and the successful horror film, with Raghava Lawrence. Vetri has often collaborated with director Siva and has been a part of his Telugu films, souryam Sankham and Daruvu, as well as his Tamil films with Ajith Kumar, Veeram, Vedalam and Vivegam. The pair had earlier studied together at Adyar Film Institute.

Filmography


YearFilmLanguageDirector
2007AgaramTamilT. Nagarajan
2007RameswaramTamilS. Selvam
2008ThenavattuTamilV. V. Kathir
2008SouryamTeluguSiva
2009MaasilamaniTamilR. N. R. Manohar
2009SankhamTeluguSiva
2011VenghaiTamilHari
2011Tamil/TeluguRaghava Lawrence
2011Vellore MaavattamTamilR. N. R. Manohar
2012DaruvuTeluguSiva
2013Ya YaTamilI. Rajasekar
2014VeeramTamilSiva
2014LoukyamTeluguSriwass
2015VedalamTamilSiva
2017VivegamTamilSiva
2017OxygenTeluguA. M. Jyothi Krishna
2019ViswasamTamilSiva
2019Kanchana 3TamilRaghava Lawrence
2019ChanakyaTeluguThiru
2020Laxmmi BombHindiRaghava Lawrence
2020AnnaattheTamilSiva