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Appu Prabhakar

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

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

Career

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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

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Year Film Language Notes
2018 Certain Lives in Twilight Malayalam
2019 Bhalobashar Shohor Bengali Segments Kolkatar Kobitara and Pori
2019 Nimtoh Nepali
2019 Robibaar [4] Bengali
2020 Uma Maheswara Ugra Roopasya Telugu
2021 Thimmarusu Telugu
2021 Binisutoy Bengali
2022 Abhijaan [5] Bengali
2023 Aaro Ek Prithibi Bengali
2023 Palan[6] Bengali

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Work Result Notes Ref.
2018 65th National Film Awards Best Non-Feature Film Cinematography Eye Test Won Won the award along with Arnold Fernandes for Dawn [7]

References

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  1. ^ "'A Film Like Eye Test Allows You To Experiment': Cinematographer Appu Prabhakar After Winning The National Award". April 27, 2018.
  2. ^ a b 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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