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Cinematographer Mr. C.J. Rajkumar has authored a Cinematography book in Tamil named "Asaiyum Padam" which deals from the history of the cinema to the modern digital cinematography with lot of illustrations and pictures. This book is the first ever book on Cinematography and was widely appreciated by critics, media, film fraternity and students. He started his career as a DOP with the short film named "Aayeesha". His cinematography was widely appreciated for his creative use of old lens for some portions of the short film. This short film opened the flood gates to short film making and went on to win various international awards including MIFF 2002 Best short film. "a mango tree in the front yard" (en veettin mutrathil oru maamaram) - his another short film was selected in competition at the prestigious 59th Berlin international film festival and was critically acclaimed in numerous international film festivals across the world. "The Backwaters" - his short film in Malayalam which went on to represent many international film festivals.

Feature films Kanavu Meippada Vendum (Tamil) Mann (Tamil) Periyar (Tamil)

Recent Feature films Asthamanam (Tamil) Perumaan (Tamil) Panithuli (Tamil) Ball Pen (Kannada)