Aravinnd Singh

Aravinnd Singh is an Indian cinematographer who works in the Tamil film industry. He made abreakthrough with his cinematography work in Demonte Colony (2015).

Early life and Education

Aravinnd was born in Chennai to a family who were into the construction business in Vellore, where he grew up and then eventually completing his higher schooling in Chennai from Latha Rajinikanth's The Ashram International school with A Levels in Psychology and Sociology. He is an B.Sc. Visual communication graduate from SRM University. Upon graduation, he went on to specialise in filmmaking with a post graduate degree from Whistling Woods international in Mumbai. His academic performance resulted in him being selected for the student exchange program involving a semester long course in Griffith University in Brisbane, Australia where he studied Distribution, Editing and Sound Design.

Career

After graduating from Whistling woods international and Griffith University, he assisted cinematographer Santosh Sivan in the films Urumi and Thuppakki. His first debut feature film Demonte Colony went on to be a huge commercial and critical success. An article in Times of India about his work noted, "The film takes place over the course of two days and the entire second half takes place inside a single room but with the help of his cinematographer, Aravinnd Singh, Ajay manages to keep the film visually appealing — the orange glow of a streetlight in the background provides a stark contrast to the saturated tone that is used for the room and the interesting angles in which the cinematographer frames the action (a must in a horror film) adds to the thrill".^[1] Meanwhile Sify cites "cinematographer Aravinnd Singh has done a phenomenal job as he conveys all the thrill moments through his lighting and angles. The aerial shot showcasing the housing board colony and the vivid lighting used in the SINGLE ROOM of the protagonists' house are absolutely brilliant".^[2]

His second film, Aarathu Sinam was a Tamil remake of Jeethu Joseph's Malayalam film Memories. It was directed by Arivazhagan Venkatachalam and starred Arulnidhi and Aishwarya Rajesh.^[3] Upon release the movie was widely appreciated with Hindustan Times quoting "Aarathu Sinam is a taut thriller like the original, Memories. It sails through a thrilling terrain to a wow climax."^[4] Behindwoods - "Aravinnd Singh's cinematography is fast and elegant. His navigation shot of Madurai in a sequence towards the end of the movie, the long encounter sequence in a construction site in the beginning and certain establishment shots are the work of a creatively superior technician."^[5] IB Times - "Technically, cinematography department is top notch."^[6] Rediff - "The film is, however, technically sound with some intriguing camera angles by cinematographer Aravind Singh."^[7] DNA - "Most of the shots by the cinematographer Aravind Singh (like the kids running in the paddy field) are visually quite appealing too."^[8]

He has signed his third Tamil film titled Shaitan Ka Bachcha.^[9]

Filmography

As Cinematographer

• Demonte Colony (2015)
• Aarathu Sinam (2016)
• Shaitan Ka Bachcha (Filming)

As Actor

• Bench Talkies - The First Bench (2013)
• Thakka Thakka (2015)

References

External links

]http://www.imdb.com/name/nm4271685/ Aravinnd Singh at IMDB]