Appu Prabhakar

Appu Prabhakar is a national award-winning Indian cinematographer who is known for his works in Malayalam, Bengali, Telugu and Nepali films.

Appu Prabhakar
അപ്പു പ്രഭാകർ
NationalityIndian
Alma materSatyajit Ray Film and Television Institute, National Institute of Technology Calicut
OccupationCinematographer
Years active2018–present

Career

Appu Prabhakar completed a Bachelor of Technology degree from National Institute of Technology Calicut , and studied cinematography at Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute.[1][2] He worked as a second camera operator for the Malayalam film Comrade in America (2017). In 2018, he worked as a cinematographer for the short film, Eye Test, for which he received the National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film Cinematography.[3] He worked on several films in Malayalam, Bengali, and Nepali before making his Telugu film debut with Uma Maheswara Ugra Roopasya (2020).[2]

Filmography
YearFilmLanguageNotes
2018Certain Lives in TwilightMalayalam
2019Bhalobashar ShohorBengaliSegments Kolkatar Kobitara and Pori
2019NimtohNepali
2019Robibaar [4]Bengali
2020Uma Maheswara Ugra RoopasyaTelugu
2021 Thimmarusu Telugu
2021BinisutoyBengali
2022Abhijaan [5]Bengali
2023 Aaro Ek Prithibi Bengali
2023 Palan[6] Bengali

Awards and nominations
Year Award CategoryWork Result Notes Ref.
2018 65th National Film AwardsBest Non-Feature Film CinematographyEye Test WonWon the award along with Arnold Fernandes for Dawn [7]

References
  1. "'A Film Like Eye Test Allows You To Experiment': Cinematographer Appu Prabhakar After Winning The National Award". April 27, 2018.
  2. Dundoo, Sangeetha Devi (July 13, 2020). "Appu Prabhakar: Venkatesh Maha didn't want anything glossed over". The Hindu.
  3. Thomas, Elizabeth (April 18, 2018). "Shooting to fame". Deccan Chronicle.
  4. Service, Statesman News (2022-08-12). "Atanu Ghosh's Robibaar is a Cinematic Herbarium of Unjaded Romance". The Statesman. Retrieved 2023-02-02.
  5. Sarkar, Roushni. "Abhijaan review: Soumitra Chatterjee is the guiding star in this fitting tribute". Cinestaan. Archived from the original on April 19, 2022. Retrieved 2023-02-02.
  6. Ganguly, Ruman. "Kaushik Ganguly's next is a tribute to Mrinal Sen". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2023-02-02.
  7. "National Awards: Sridevi Wins Best Actress Posthumously For MOM, Dadasaheb Phalke For Vinod Khanna". NDTV.com.
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