Natarajan Subramaniam
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Natarajan Subramaniam | |
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Born | A. Natarajan Subramaniam |
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Years active | 1999–present |
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).
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 romantic-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), Raanjhanaa (2013) and Holiday: A Soldier Is Never Off Duty (2014).[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] However, his 2015 action film Katham Katham is not very impressive.[6] Once again, Natty plays the good-man-turned-evil-mind, whose biggest weakness is spondulicks. His dialogue delivery is titch and screen presence, casual, on a believable act of bad cop.[7] In 2017, he had three film releases including Enkitta Mothathe, Bongu and Richie. In Pandiraj's Namma Veettu Pillai (2019), he has a muscular presence, perfect for a character actor.[8] He acted in the lead role in Sandimuni (2020) and Godfather (2020).[9][10] He has played a important role in Sibi's cop drama Walter (2020), which was directed by U. Anbarasan. Natty experienced playing the ruthless cop Kannabiran in Mari Selvaraj in Karnan (2021). The film was Natty’s second collaboration with Dhanush, the first being as the cinematographer of the latter’s Hindi debut, Raanjhanaa. Natty remembers being awed by the actor's talent even back then.[11]
Filmography[]
As actor[]
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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2002 | Youth | Customer | Uncredited |
2006 | Naalai | Natty | |
2008 | Chakkara Viyugam | Kanna | |
2010 | Milaga | Azhagar | |
2011 | Muthukku Muthaaga | Raman | |
2014 | Sathuranga Vettai | Gandhi Babu | |
2014 | Jeeva | Man at bar | Special appearance in "Oru Rosa" song |
2015 | Katham Katham | Inspector Pandiyan | |
2017 | Enkitta Mothathe | Ravi | |
2017 | Bongu | Deva | |
2017 | Richie | Selva | |
2019 | Namma Veetu Pillai | Ayyanar | |
2020 | Sandimuni | Sandimuni | |
2020 | Godfather | Adhyamaan | |
2020 | Walter | Arjun Sampath | |
2021 | Karnan | SP Kannabiran | |
2021 | Infinity | CBI officer | Filming[12] |
As cinematographer[]
Year | Film | Language | Notes |
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1999 | Last Train to Mahakali | Hindi | Short Film |
2002 | Youth | Tamil | Debut Tamil film |
2003 | Paanch | Hindi | Debut Hindi film Unreleased |
2004 | Black Friday | ||
2005 | Parineeta | ||
2007 | Eklavya: The Royal Guard | ||
Jab We Met | |||
2008 | Phir Kabhi | ||
Halla Bol | |||
Golmaal Returns | |||
2009 | Love Aaj Kal | ||
2010 | Lafangey Parindey | ||
Knock Out | |||
2011 | Desi Boyz | ||
2012 | Thuppakki | Tamil | "Vennilave" song only |
2013 | Raanjhanaa | Hindi | |
2014 | Holiday: A Soldier Is Never Off Duty | ||
2015 | Puli | Tamil | |
2016 | A Aa | Telugu | Debut Telugu film |
2017 | My Story | Malayalam | |
2018 | Chal Mohan Ranga | Telugu |
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Shrewd Business: The Natarajan Subramaniam Interview - Silverscreen.in". silverscreen.in. 26 May 2015. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
- ^ "An exclusive interview with cinematographer Natarajan Subramanian". behindwoods.com. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
- ^ "It's buddies, animus and action again - Naalai". thehindu.com. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
- ^ "I love the action masala films: Natrajan - Times of India". indiatimes.com. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
- ^ "Review". www.sify.com. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
- ^ https://www.rediff.com/movies/review/review-katham-katham-is-a-total-waste-of-time/20150313.htm
- ^ https://www.indiaglitz.com/katham-Katham-Review-tamil-movie-review-18399
- ^ https://www.filmcompanion.in/reviews/tamil-review/namma-veettu-pillai-review-sivakarthikeyan-pandiraj-aishwarya-rajesh-anu-emmanuel/
- ^ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movie-reviews/sandimuni/movie-review/74008285.cms
- ^ https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/movie-reviews/220220/review-godfather-is-enjoyable-in-parts.html
- ^ https://www.cinemaexpress.com/stories/interviews/2021/apr/20/karnans-response-is-a-huge-validation-for-my-acting-24064.html
- ^ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/natty-plays-a-cbi-officer-in-his-next/articleshow/78424821.cms
External links[]
- Living people
- Tamil film cinematographers
- Indian male film actors
- Tamil male actors
- People from Ramanathapuram district
- Male actors from Tamil Nadu
- Cinematographers from Tamil Nadu
- 21st-century Indian male actors
- Male actors in Tamil cinema
- 1971 births