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class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">B. S. Lokanath</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:B.S.Lokanath.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/B.S.Lokanath.jpg/220px-B.S.Lokanath.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="308" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/B.S.Lokanath.jpg/330px-B.S.Lokanath.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/B.S.Lokanath.jpg/440px-B.S.Lokanath.jpg 2x" data-file-width="685" data-file-height="960" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">B. S. Lokanath</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">c. 1937<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace">Bangalore, Karnataka</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">9 December 2011<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="/wiki/Chennai" title="Chennai">Chennai</a>, India</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Other names</th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Loknath, Lokanathan</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role"><a href="/wiki/Cinematographer" title="Cinematographer">cinematographer</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years active</th><td class="infobox-data">1971 - 1985</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">R.L.Radha</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">B. L. Srinivas, B.L.Sanjay</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Awards</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Cinematography" title="National Film Award for Best Cinematography">National Film Award for Best Cinematography</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu_State_Film_Award_for_Best_Cinematographer" title="Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Cinematographer">Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Cinematographer</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>B. S. Lokanath</b> (c. 1937 – 2011) was an Indian <a href="/wiki/Cinematographer" title="Cinematographer">cinematographer</a> who worked in <a href="/wiki/Tamil_cinema" title="Tamil cinema">Tamil</a>, <a href="/wiki/Telugu_cinema" title="Telugu cinema">Telugu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kannada_cinema" title="Kannada cinema">Kannada</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hindi_cinema" title="Hindi cinema">Hindi</a> films. He is well known as the cinematographer of <a href="/wiki/K._Balachander" title="K. Balachander">K. Balachander</a> and has worked in 55 films with him.<sup id="cite_ref-oneindia_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oneindia-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During his career, he won the <a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Cinematography" title="National Film Award for Best Cinematography">National Film Award for Best Cinematography</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/Apoorva_Raagangal" title="Apoorva Raagangal">Apoorva Raagangal</a></i> (1975) and the <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu_State_Film_Award_for_Best_Cinematographer" title="Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Cinematographer">Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Cinematographer</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/Ninaithale_Inikkum_(1979_film)" title="Ninaithale Inikkum (1979 film)">Ninaithale Inikkum</a></i> (1979).<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He died of a heart attack in <a href="/wiki/Chennai" title="Chennai">Chennai</a> on 9 December 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-oneindia_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oneindia-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Partial_filmography">Partial filmography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=B._S._Lokanath&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Partial filmography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col 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Mahajan">K. K. Mahajan</a> <a href="/wiki/22nd_National_Film_Awards" title="22nd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1974)</span></a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">B. S. Lokanath</a> <a href="/wiki/23rd_National_Film_Awards" title="23rd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1975)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._S._Nivas" title="P. S. Nivas">P. S. Nivas</a> <a href="/wiki/24th_National_Film_Awards" title="24th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1976)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balu_Mahendra" title="Balu Mahendra">Balu Mahendra</a> <a href="/wiki/25th_National_Film_Awards" title="25th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1977)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaji_N._Karun" title="Shaji N. Karun">Shaji N. Karun</a> <a href="/wiki/26th_National_Film_Awards" title="26th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1978)</span></a></li> <li>Kamal Nayak <a href="/wiki/27th_National_Film_Awards" title="27th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1979)</span></a></li> <li>Sivan <a href="/wiki/28th_National_Film_Awards" title="28th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1980)</span></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #DFD98D;width:1%">Color</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>M. N. Malhotra <a href="/wiki/15th_National_Film_Awards" title="15th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1967)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._S._Prasad" title="K. S. Prasad">K. S. Prasad</a> <a href="/wiki/16th_National_Film_Awards" title="16th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1968)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marcus_Bartley" title="Marcus Bartley">Marcus Bartley</a> <a href="/wiki/17th_National_Film_Awards" title="17th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1969)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radhu_Karmakar" title="Radhu Karmakar">Radhu Karmakar</a> <a href="/wiki/18th_National_Film_Awards" title="18th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1970)</span></a></li> <li>Ramachandra <a href="/wiki/19th_National_Film_Awards" title="19th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1971)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._K._Mahajan" title="K. K. Mahajan">K. K. Mahajan</a> <a href="/wiki/20th_National_Film_Awards" title="20th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1972)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soumendu_Roy" title="Soumendu Roy">Soumendu Roy</a> <a href="/wiki/21st_National_Film_Awards" title="21st National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1973)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soumendu_Roy" title="Soumendu Roy">Soumendu Roy</a> <a href="/wiki/22nd_National_Film_Awards" title="22nd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1974)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ishan_Arya" title="Ishan Arya">Ishan Arya</a> <a href="/wiki/23rd_National_Film_Awards" title="23rd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1975)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._Ramachandra" title="S. Ramachandra">S. Ramachandra</a> <a href="/wiki/24th_National_Film_Awards" title="24th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1976)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soumendu_Roy" title="Soumendu Roy">Soumendu Roy</a> <a href="/wiki/25th_National_Film_Awards" title="25th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1977)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Govind_Nihalani" title="Govind Nihalani">Govind Nihalani</a> <a href="/wiki/26th_National_Film_Awards" title="26th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1978)</span></a></li> <li>Rajan Kinagi <a href="/wiki/27th_National_Film_Awards" title="27th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1979)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashok_Kumar_(cinematographer)" title="Ashok Kumar (cinematographer)">Ashok Kumar</a> <a href="/wiki/28th_National_Film_Awards" title="28th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1980)</span></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #BDB76B;width:1%">1981–2000</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #DFD98D;width:1%">Black-and-white</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Shripati R. Bhat <a href="/wiki/29th_National_Film_Awards" title="29th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1981)</span></a></li> <li>No Award <a href="/wiki/30th_National_Film_Awards" title="30th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1982)</span></a></li> <li>B. Bindhani and Raj Shekharand <a href="/wiki/31st_National_Film_Awards" title="31st National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1983)</span></a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">Discontinued after 1983</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #DFD98D;width:1%">Color</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ashok_Mehta" title="Ashok Mehta">Ashok Mehta</a> <a href="/wiki/29th_National_Film_Awards" title="29th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1981)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balu_Mahendra" title="Balu Mahendra">Balu Mahendra</a> <a href="/wiki/30th_National_Film_Awards" title="30th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1982)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madhu_Ambat" title="Madhu Ambat">Madhu Ambat</a> <a href="/wiki/31st_National_Film_Awards" title="31st National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1983)</span></a></li> <li>Jehangir Choudhary <a href="/wiki/32nd_National_Film_Awards" title="32nd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1984)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Subrata_Mitra" title="Subrata Mitra">Subrata Mitra</a> <a href="/wiki/33rd_National_Film_Awards" title="33rd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1985)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venu_(cinematographer)" title="Venu (cinematographer)">Venu</a> <a href="/wiki/34th_National_Film_Awards" title="34th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1986)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._C._Sreeram" title="P. C. Sreeram">P. C. Sreeram</a> <a href="/wiki/35th_National_Film_Awards" title="35th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1987)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apurba_Kishore_Bir" title="Apurba Kishore Bir">Apurba Kishore Bir</a> <a href="/wiki/36th_National_Film_Awards" title="36th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1988)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virendra_Saini" title="Virendra Saini">Virendra Saini</a> <a href="/wiki/37th_National_Film_Awards" title="37th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1989)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santosh_Sivan" title="Santosh Sivan">Santosh Sivan</a> <a href="/wiki/38th_National_Film_Awards" title="38th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1990)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apurba_Kishore_Bir" title="Apurba Kishore Bir">Apurba Kishore Bir</a> <a href="/wiki/39th_National_Film_Awards" title="39th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1991)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venu_(cinematographer)" title="Venu (cinematographer)">Venu</a> <a href="/wiki/40th_National_Film_Awards" title="40th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1992)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venu_(cinematographer)" title="Venu (cinematographer)">Venu</a> <a href="/wiki/41st_National_Film_Awards" title="41st National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1993)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._V._Anand" title="K. V. Anand">K. V. Anand</a> <a href="/wiki/42nd_National_Film_Awards" title="42nd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1994)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santosh_Sivan" title="Santosh Sivan">Santosh Sivan</a> <a href="/wiki/43rd_National_Film_Awards" title="43rd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1995)</span></a></li> <li>Mrinal Kanti Das <a href="/wiki/44th_National_Film_Awards" title="44th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1996)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santosh_Sivan" title="Santosh Sivan">Santosh Sivan</a> <a href="/wiki/45th_National_Film_Awards" title="45th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1997)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santosh_Sivan" title="Santosh Sivan">Santosh Sivan</a> <a href="/wiki/46th_National_Film_Awards" title="46th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1998)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anil_Mehta" title="Anil Mehta">Anil Mehta</a> <a href="/wiki/47th_National_Film_Awards" title="47th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(1999)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashok_Mehta" title="Ashok Mehta">Ashok Mehta</a> <a href="/wiki/48th_National_Film_Awards" title="48th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2000)</span></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #BDB76B;width:1%">2001–2020</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Ramachandra Halkare <a href="/wiki/49th_National_Film_Awards" title="49th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2001)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abhik_Mukhopadhyay" class="mw-redirect" title="Abhik Mukhopadhyay">Abhik Mukhopadhyay</a> <a href="/wiki/50th_National_Film_Awards" title="50th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2002)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abhik_Mukhopadhyay" class="mw-redirect" title="Abhik Mukhopadhyay">Abhik Mukhopadhyay</a> <a href="/wiki/51st_National_Film_Awards" title="51st National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2003)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahesh_Aney" title="Mahesh Aney">Mahesh Aney</a> <a href="/wiki/52nd_National_Film_Awards" title="52nd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2004)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madhu_Ambat" title="Madhu Ambat">Madhu Ambat</a> <a href="/wiki/53rd_National_Film_Awards" title="53rd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2005)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goutam_Ghose" title="Goutam Ghose">Goutam Ghose</a> <a href="/wiki/54th_National_Film_Awards" title="54th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2006)</span></a></li> <li>Shanker Raman <a href="/wiki/55th_National_Film_Awards" title="55th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2007)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abhik_Mukhopadhyay" class="mw-redirect" title="Abhik Mukhopadhyay">Abhik Mukhopadhyay</a> <a href="/wiki/56th_National_Film_Awards" title="56th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2008)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anjuli_Shukla" title="Anjuli Shukla">Anjuli Shukla</a> <a href="/wiki/57th_National_Film_Awards" title="57th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2009)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madhu_Ambat" title="Madhu Ambat">Madhu Ambat</a> <a href="/wiki/58th_National_Film_Awards" title="58th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2010)</span></a></li> <li>Satya Rai Nagpaul <a href="/wiki/59th_National_Film_Awards" title="59th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2011)</span></a></li> <li>Sudheer Palsane <a href="/wiki/60th_National_Film_Awards" title="60th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2012)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajeev_Ravi" title="Rajeev Ravi">Rajeev Ravi</a> <a href="/wiki/61st_National_Film_Awards" title="61st National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2013)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sudeep_Chatterjee" title="Sudeep Chatterjee">Sudeep Chatterjee</a> <a href="/wiki/62nd_National_Film_Awards" title="62nd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2014)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sudeep_Chatterjee" title="Sudeep Chatterjee">Sudeep Chatterjee</a> <a href="/wiki/63rd_National_Film_Awards" title="63rd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2015)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tirru" title="Tirru">Tirru</a> <a href="/wiki/64th_National_Film_Awards" title="64th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2016)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nikhil_S._Praveen" title="Nikhil S. Praveen">Nikhil S. Praveen</a> <a href="/wiki/65th_National_Film_Awards" title="65th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2017)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._J._Radhakrishnan" title="M. J. Radhakrishnan">M. J. Radhakrishnan</a> <a href="/wiki/66th_National_Film_Awards" title="66th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2018)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Girish_Gangadharan" title="Girish Gangadharan">Girish Gangadharan</a> <a href="/wiki/67th_National_Film_Awards" title="67th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2019)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supratim_Bhol" title="Supratim Bhol">Supratim Bhol</a> <a href="/wiki/68th_National_Film_Awards" title="68th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2020)</span></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #BDB76B;width:1%">2021–present</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Avik_Mukhopadhyay" title="Avik Mukhopadhyay">Avik Mukhopadhyay</a> <a href="/wiki/69th_National_Film_Awards" title="69th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2021)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ravi_Varman" title="Ravi Varman">Ravi Varman</a> <a href="/wiki/70th_National_Film_Awards" title="70th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size:85%;">(2022)</span></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Tamil_Nadu_State_Film_Award_for_Best_Cinematographer" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Tamil_Nadu_State_Film_Award_Best_Cinematography" title="Template:Tamil Nadu State Film Award Best Cinematography"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Tamil_Nadu_State_Film_Award_Best_Cinematography" title="Template talk:Tamil Nadu State Film Award Best Cinematography"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Tamil_Nadu_State_Film_Award_Best_Cinematography" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Tamil Nadu State Film Award Best Cinematography"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Tamil_Nadu_State_Film_Award_for_Best_Cinematographer" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu_State_Film_Awards" title="Tamil Nadu State Film Awards">Tamil Nadu State Film Award</a> for <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu_State_Film_Award_for_Best_Cinematographer" title="Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Cinematographer">Best Cinematographer</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1968–1980</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/P._N._Sundaram" title="P. N. Sundaram">P. N. Sundaram</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1968)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marcus_Bartley" title="Marcus Bartley">Marcus Bartley</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1969)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amirtham" title="Amirtham">Amirtham</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1970)</span></li> <li>— <span style="font-size:85%;">(1971)</span></li> <li>— <span style="font-size:85%;">(1972)</span></li> <li>— <span style="font-size:85%;">(1973)</span></li> <li>— <span style="font-size:85%;">(1974)</span></li> <li>— <span style="font-size:85%;">(1975)</span></li> <li>— <span style="font-size:85%;">(1976)</span></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Babu_(cinematographer&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Babu (cinematographer (page does not exist)">Babu</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1977–78)</span></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=A._Somasundaram&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="A. Somasundaram (page does not exist)">A. Somasundaram</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Nallusamy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nallusamy (page does not exist)">Nallusamy</a> / <a href="/w/index.php?title=Gnanasekar&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gnanasekar (page does not exist)">Gnanasekar</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Tiwary_(cinematographer)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tiwary (cinematographer) (page does not exist)">Tiwary</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1978–79)</span></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">B. S. Lokanath</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1979–80)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashok_Kumar_(cinematographer)" title="Ashok Kumar (cinematographer)">Ashok Kumar</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1980–81)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1981–2000</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/B._Kannan" title="B. Kannan">B. Kannan</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1981–82)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soumendu_Roy" title="Soumendu Roy">Soumendu Roy</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1982–83)</span></li> <li>— <span style="font-size:85%;">(1984)</span></li> <li>— <span style="font-size:85%;">(1985)</span></li> <li>— <span style="font-size:85%;">(1986)</span></li> <li>— <span style="font-size:85%;">(1987)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ajayan_Vincent" title="Ajayan Vincent">Ajayan Vincent</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1988)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashok_Kumar_(cinematographer)" title="Ashok Kumar (cinematographer)">Ashok Kumar</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1989)</span></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Abdul_Rahman_(cinematographer)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Abdul Rahman (cinematographer) (page does not exist)">Abdul Rahman</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1990)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raghunatha_Reddy" title="Raghunatha Reddy">Raghunatha Reddy</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1991)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santosh_Sivan" title="Santosh Sivan">Santosh Sivan</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1992)</span></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=M._C._Shekar&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="M. C. Shekar (page does not exist)">M. C. Shekar</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1993)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeeva_(director)" title="Jeeva (director)">Jeeva</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1994)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santosh_Sivan" title="Santosh Sivan">Santosh Sivan</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1995)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_A._Wilson" title="Arthur A. Wilson">Arthur A. Wilson</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1996)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thangar_Bachan" title="Thangar Bachan">Thangar Bachan</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1997)</span></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Annadurai_(cinematographer)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Annadurai (cinematographer) (page does not exist)">Annadurai</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1998)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ilavarasu" title="Ilavarasu">Ilavarasu</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1999)</span></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ananda_Kuttan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ananda Kuttan (page does not exist)">Ananda Kuttan</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2000)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2001–present</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/R._Rathnavelu" title="R. Rathnavelu">R. Rathnavelu</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2001)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arjun_Jena" title="Arjun Jena">Arjun Jena</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2002)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N._K._Ekambaram" title="N. K. Ekambaram">N. K. Ekambaram</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2003)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._Kannan" title="B. Kannan">B. Kannan</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2004)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._D._Rajasekhar" title="R. D. Rajasekhar">R. D. Rajasekhar</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2005)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ravi_Varman" title="Ravi Varman">Ravi Varman</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2006)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nirav_Shah" title="Nirav Shah">Nirav Shah</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2007)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_A._Wilson" title="Arthur A. Wilson">Arthur A. Wilson</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2008)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manoj_Paramahamsa" title="Manoj Paramahamsa">Manoj Paramahamsa</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2009)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santosh_Sivan" title="Santosh Sivan">Santosh Sivan</a> / <a href="/wiki/V._Manikandan" title="V. Manikandan">V. Manikandan</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2010)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balasubramaniem" title="Balasubramaniem">Balasubramaniem</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2011)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._Sukumar" title="M. Sukumar">M. 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