Kharthik Palani

Kharthik Palani is an Indian cinematographer who works in the Indian film industry.

Kharthik Palani
Born	6 December 1985
Nationality	Indian
Other names	Karthik Phalani
Occupation	Cinematographer
Years active	2010–present

Career

Kharthik Palani worked as an assistant to Tirru during Mercury (2018) and Petta (2019).[1] He also worked as an assistant cinematographer in several Hindi, Telugu, and Tamil-language films.[2] He garnered acclaim for his work in Penguin (2020). A critic from The Times of India noted that "Kharthik Phalani's visuals" help set "set the eerie mood" whilst a critic from The Hindu stated how "The filmmaker, however, revelation in terms of his visual sense. Two shots come to mind that are beautifully imagined and shot".[3][4] His next film was the Kannada film French Biriyani (2020). A critic noted that "Cinematographer Kharthik Palani has created the right atmosphere and has employed quirky camera moves to keep us in tune with the film’s proceedings".[5]

Filmography

Year	Film	Language	Notes
2016	Love Shagun	Hindi
2017	Next Nuvve	Telugu
2018	Zeenat	Hindi
	Brand Babu	Telugu
2020	Penguin	Tamil Telugu
	French Biriyani	Kannada
TBA	Adipurush	Hindi Telugu	[6]

References

1. Rajan, Ayyanar (4 July 2020). "``கொடைக்கானல் காடு, மிட்நைட் ஷூட்... கீர்த்தி சுரேஷை சுற்றி விஷத் தேனீ!" - `பெண்குயின்' அனுபவம்". Vikatan (in Tamil).
2. Rajendran, Gopinath (24 June 2020). "No recent Tamil film has as many wide shots: 'Penguin' cinematographer Kharthik Palani". New Indian Express.
3. "Penguin Movie Review: Some chills and many cheats in this underwhelming emotional thriller". The Times of India.
4. S, Srivatsan (19 June 2020). "'Penguin' movie review: A confusing thriller with great visuals". The Hindu.
5. Sharadhaa, A. (24 July 2020). "French Biryani Review: A comedy in times of malady". The New Indian Express.
6. "Penguin cinematographer roped in for Adipurush". The New Indian Express.

External links

• Kharthik Palani at IMDb