Priyan

Priyan

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Priyan Profile

  • Name:
  • Priyan
  • Died:
  • November 9, 2017

Priyan Biography

Priyan was a very successful cinematographer associated with Tamil film industry. He is best known for his works of Velayudham (2011), Singam 2 (2013), Jilla (2014) and Singam (2010). Priyan started off his career in the early 1990s and worked as assistant to Balu Mahendra during his first phase in cine world, before he moved to independent works. He regularly worked with director Hari for 13 of his projects and earned success as well. He is best known for Singham series with the director. Priyan passed away on 9th November, 2017 so unexpectedly, following a heart attack. He was fully active in the industry and was aged only 53 when he passed away. He was working on the project Saamy 2.

 

Priyan’s real name was Nagendran. Priyan was born and raised in Virudhunagar. His interest in cinema was noticed by his uncle who introduced him to his friend K. Balaji, an actor-producer in the Tamil film industry. Priyan was on his vacation at his uncle’s house while doing his Polytechnic course when his uncle identified his hidden interests. He started off as an assistant in camera unit of Balaji. He worked with his production house, Sujatha International, for 5 years as an assistant cinematographer.

 

Later he was introduced to famous cinematographer-director Balu Mahendra, with whom Priyan worked as an assistant throughout 1980s. He also worked with Mani Ratnam during this period, apart from giving contributions to serials and commercials field for other leading directors of 1980s. K. S. Adhiyaman's Thotta Chinungi marked his debut as an independent cinematographer in 1995.

 

Spent more than 2 decades in the industry as an independent cinematographer, he has worked with all leading film directors of the industry, either as assistant or full-fledged cinematographer. Thenali, Star, Majunu, Singham series, Velayudham etc are his noted works.

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Updated: November 10, 2017

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