User:MuthuColorist

ABOUT ME Muthu is a well-known Colorist in South Indian Film Industry. He is one of the earlier visionary who forecasted the potential of Digital intermediate in Indian Cinema and led through the transformation from traditional photochemical Color grading process to Digital intermediate. His creative contributions have rendered perfect visual support for the most of the well-known films like Pudhupettai, Azhagiya Tamil Magan, Gaalipata, Varanam Ayiram, Neerparavai, Hotel California etc. He had worked with many of the leading cinematographers of South Indian film industry like Arvind Krishna, R. Rathnavelu, Balasubramaniem. Often DI Colorist is called the third eye of cinematographer who contemplates through each and every frame of the canned film for visual enhancement. Muthu’s films visual opulence reveals his skills and techniques for Digital Intermediate. Early life and education Born in Idaikal, Tamil Nadu, on 4 September 1976, Muthu did his early schooling. Though his family doesn’t bear any roots to film industry, He joined Film & TV Institute of Tamilnadu for D.F.Tech., where he learnt the nuances of film making. Career After graduating from FTIT in 1998, Muthu joined as Junior supervisor in Grading Department of Prasad Film Labs (Hyderabad). Until 2005, He worked as telecine Colorist where he learnt the various techniques of photochemical film finishing process which includes manipulating the color and image characteristics. Later he worked for Ramnaidu Studios for few months. Before undergoing a formal Digital intermediate training while working for EFX Prasad Corp, he worked as DI Colorist. His first digital work was Telugu Film Devadasu (2006). Later in the movie Pudhupettai (2006), Arvind Krishna, the films cinematographer supported him to experimented the possibilities of Digital intermediate for the film and leverage it for the maximum to make the movie visually eloquent. He continued to work on with many movies in south indian film industry.