S. Kumar

Indian cinematographer

S. Kumar
Born	Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Cinematographer
Spouse	Kumari
Children	2

S. Kumar is an Indian cinematographer, who works in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, and Hindi film industry. His first independent work was with the film, Thiranottam in 1978. He is a founding member of the Indian Society of Cinematographers (ISC).

Personal life

S. Kumar is married. His son, Kunjunni S. Kumar is also a cinematographer.^[1]

Awards and nominations

1994 – Won: National Film Award – Special Mention (Feature film) – Parinayam^[2]
1993 – Won: Filmfare Award – Mushkurat^[3]
2004 – Won: Kerala State Film Award for Best Cinematography – Akale
1991 – Won: Kerala State Film Award for Best Cinematography – Kilukkam
2003 – Won: Asianet Film Awards – Pattalam
2005 – Won: Asianet Film Awards – Udayananu Tharam
2007 – Won: Vanitha Film Awards – Calcutta News

Selected filmography

References

^ "Cinematographer Kunjunni S Kumar ties the knot".
^ "National Film Award – Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Feature Film)".
^ "Filmfare Awards Winner in 1993".

External links

S. Kumar at IMDb

Kerala State Film Award for Best Cinematography

1969–1980

Black-and-white	Ashok Kumar (1969) Mankada Ravi Varma (1970) Melli Irani (1971) Mankada Ravi Varma (1972) Ashok Kumar (1973) Mankada Ravi Varma (1974) Balu Mahendra (1975) Vipindas (1976) Ashok Kumar (1977) Madhu Ambat (1978) Hemachandran (1979) Sivan/Mahesh (1980)
Color	E. N. Balakrishnan (1972) — (1973) Balu Mahendra (1974) Masthan (1975) Ramachandra Babu (1976) Shaji N. Karun (1977) Ramachandra Babu (1978) Shaji N. Karun (1979) Ramachandra Babu (1980)

1981–2000

Black-and-white	Vipin Mohan (1981) — (1982) — (1983) Mankada Ravi Varma (1984) Discontinued after 1984
Color	Vasanth Kumar (1982) Mankada Ravi Varma (1983) Jayanan Vincent (1984) Venu (1985) Shaji N. Karun (1986) Madhu Ambat (1987) Sunny Joseph (1988) Ramachandra Babu (1989) Madhu Ambat (1990) S. Kumar (1991) Santosh Sivan / Venu (1992) P. Sukumar (1993) Hari Nair (1994) Santosh Sivan (1995) M. J. Radhakrishnan (1996) Hari Nair (1997) Azhagappan (1998) M. J. Radhakrishnan (1999) Sunny Joseph (2000)

Black-and-white

Vipin Mohan (1981)
— (1982)
— (1983)
Mankada Ravi Varma (1984)
Discontinued after 1984

Color

Vasanth Kumar (1982)
Mankada Ravi Varma (1983)
Jayanan Vincent (1984)
Venu (1985)
Shaji N. Karun (1986)
Madhu Ambat (1987)
Sunny Joseph (1988)
Ramachandra Babu (1989)
Madhu Ambat (1990)
S. Kumar (1991)
Santosh Sivan / Venu (1992)
P. Sukumar (1993)
Hari Nair (1994)
Santosh Sivan (1995)
M. J. Radhakrishnan (1996)
Hari Nair (1997)
Azhagappan (1998)
M. J. Radhakrishnan (1999)
Sunny Joseph (2000)

2001–present

K. G. Jayan (2001)
Mankada Ravi Varma / Sunny Joseph (2002)
Venu (2003)
S. Kumar (2004)
Santosh Sivan (2005)
M. J. Radhakrishnan (2007)
M. J. Radhakrishnan (2008)
K. G. Jayan (2009)
M. J. Radhakrishnan (2010)
Shahanad Jalal (2011)
M. J. Radhakrishnan (2012)
Madhu Neelakandan (2013)
Sujith Vaassudev (2014)
Amal Neerad (2015)
Jomon T. John (2016)
M. J. Radhakrishnan (2017)

v t e National Film Award – Special Mention (feature film)
Mrinal Sen and Muzaffar Ali (1978) – (1979) – (1980) – (1981) – (1982) Kumar Shahani (1983) – (1984) – (1985) Sandip Ray (1986) – (1987) Aamir Khan (1988) Mohanlal and Anupam Kher (1989) Anoubham Kiranmala (1990) Mamata Shankar and Raveendran (1991) Sibaprasad Sen (1992) Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke and Indradhanura Chhai (1993) Mahesh Mahadevan, Bishnu Kharghoria and S. Kumar (1994) Uttara Baokar, Rohini, and Benaf Dadachandji (1995) Dolon Roy and Bhagirathee (1996) Nagarjuna and Jomol (1997) Dasari Narayana Rao, Prakash Raj, and Manju Warrier (1998) Mohan Joshi, Manju Borah and Kavitha Lankesh (1999) – (2000) Panoi-Jongki (2001) Jyothirmayi (2002) H. G. Dattatreya and Nedumudi Venu (2003) Gurdas Maan and Pradeep Nair (2004) – (2005) Thilakan and Prosenjit Chatterjee (2006) – (2007) – (2008) Padmapriya Janakiraman (2009) K. Shivaram Karanth and V. I. S. Jayabalan (2010) Mallika and Sherrey (2011) Lal, H. G. Dattatreya, Bishnu Kharghoria, Parineeti Chopra, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Hansraj Jagtap, and Thilakan (2012) Gauri Gadgil, Sanjana Rai, and Anjali Patil (2013) Musthafa, Palomi Ghosh, and Parth Bhalerao (2014) Rinku Rajguru, Jayasurya, and Ritika Singh (2015) Kadvi Hawa, Mukti Bhawan, Adil Hussain, and Sonam Kapoor (2016) Pankaj Tripathi, Parvathy, Prakruti Mishra, and Yasharaj Karhade (2017) Sruthi Hariharan, Chandrachoor Rai, Joju George, and Savithri Sreedharan (2018)

National Film Award – Special Mention (feature film)