Natarajan Subramaniam

Natarajan Subramanian, better known as Natty, is an Indian cinematographer who has worked on Tamil,Telugu and Hindi films. He has also worked as an actor in Tamil films and achieved recognition through his performance as a conman in Sathuranga Vettai (2014).

Natarajan Subramaniam
Born
A. Natarajan Subramaniam

27 June
Paramakudi, Tamil Nadu, India
OccupationCinematographer, Film Actor, producer
Years active2001–present

Career

Natarajan pursued an interest in photography and quit school at 18, choosing to take up a series of odd jobs to fund his interest rather than going through college. He worked as a still photographer at weddings, and then performed as a videographer at ceremonies. He briefly assisted cinematographer B. R. Vijayalakshmi but was unable to get a break in the film industry, so chose to work on documentaries instead, before venturing into work on commercials and music videos. He shot videos of the music band Euphoria's first album, and his work was well received.[1] He became acquainted with director Ram Gopal Varma and the pair discussed a film project which did not materialise, before he was recommended by Varma to Anurag Kashyap, whom he worked with for three Hindi projects - Last Train to Mahakali (1999), Paanch (2003), and Black Friday (2004). In between he had also worked for Tamil romanctic-comedy Youth (2002) starring Vijay, and had briefly agreed to be a part of AR Murugadoss's Ramanaa (2001), which he later opted out from.[1] Despite being active in Tamil films, he has chosen to prioritise work as a cinematographer in Hindi films, working on successful films including Jab We Met (2007), Golmaal Returns (2008) and Raanjhanaa (2013).[2]

Away from cinematography in big-budget Hindi films, Natarajan has embarked on an alternate career as an actor in small-budget Tamil films. He initially appeared in two films by his friend Uday Mahesh, Naalai (2006) and Chakkara Viyugam (2008), both of which went unnoticed at the box office but won positive acclaim for Natarajan's performances as an actor.[3] He starred in two further action-masala films aimed at the village and town audiences, Milaga (2010) and Muthukku Muthaaga (2011), which received similar lukewarm responses.[4] In 2014, Natarajan featured in the Tamil caper film, Sathuranga Vettai directed by newcomer Vinoth and produced by Manobala. The film opened to positive reviews and became a surprise success at the box office, with a critic noting Natarajan "is brilliant as Gandhi Babu. He does his part with relish using his brains more than brawn with expressive body and eye language".[5]

Filmography

As actor
YearFilmRoleNotes
2002YouthCustomeruncredited
2006NaalaiNatty
2008Chakkara ViyugamKanna
2010MilagaAzhagar
2011Muthukku MuthaagaRaman
2014Sathuranga VettaiGandhi Babu
2014JeevaMan at barSpecial appearance in "Oru Rosa" song
2015Katham KathamPandiyan
2017Enkitta MothatheRavi
2017BonguDeva
2017RichieSelva
2019Namma Veetu PillaiAyyanar
2020SandimuniSandimuni
2020GodfatherAdhyamaan
2020WalterArjun Sampath

As cinematographer
YearFilmLanguageNotes
1999Last Train to MahakaliHindiShort Film
2002YouthTamilDebut Tamil film
2003PaanchHindiDebut Hindi film
Unreleased
2004Black Friday
2005Parineeta
2007Eklavya: The Royal Guard
Jab We Met
2008Phir Kabhi
Halla Bol
Golmaal Returns
2009Love Aaj Kal
2010Lafangey Parindey
Knock Out
2011Desi Boyz
2012ThuppakkiTamil"Vennilave" song only
2013RaanjhanaaHindi
2014Holiday: A Soldier Is Never Off Duty
2015PuliTamil
2016A AaTeluguDebut Telugu film
2017My StoryMalayalam
2018Chal Mohan RangaTelugu

References
  1. "Shrewd Business: The Natarajan Subramaniam Interview - Silverscreen.in". silverscreen.in. 26 May 2015. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  2. "An exclusive interview with cinematographer Natarajan Subramanian". behindwoods.com. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  3. "It's buddies, animus and action again - Naalai". thehindu.com. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  4. "I love the action masala films: Natrajan - Times of India". indiatimes.com. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  5. "Review :". www.sify.com. Retrieved 6 August 2017.

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