Arvind Krishna

Biography:

Arvind Krishna is an Indian cinematographer, producer and actor in Indian film and television industry. He is well known for his work in 7G Rainbow Colony (2004) and Pudhupettai (2006)

Born in New Delhi on 11 May, Arvind Krishna spent his childhood traversing between Chennai and Delhi. He was educated at the Vidya Mandir Senior Secondary School, Mylapore, and holds a professional graduate degree in Visual Communication from Loyola College, Chennai. His father, a producer, was one of the first to produce a TV series for Doordarshan called “Adade Manohar”. S.Krishnan ( Arvind’s father) owned a film lab called “Aarkay Home Movies” and a production company called “Ark Media”. Arvind was inspired by his father and thus chose to pursue a career in film and television.

His first stint was with P.C.Sreeram, with whom he interned for six years. In this role he assisted him in the cinematography department and worked on several prestigious ad campaigns, television commercials and feature films. He then moved to work independently as a cinematographer.

Subsequently, he met film director Selvaraghavan and was his chief camera person for “Kadhal Kondein, 7G Rainbow Colony and Pudhupettai”. Gautham Vasudev Menon noted producer and director collaborated with Arvind Krishna on “Pachaikili Muthucharam”. Arvind has also worked with Veteran P.Vasu for the film “Kuselan”. A.L.Vijay and Arvind worked together on “Poi Solla Porom” (a remake of “Khosla Ka Ghosla”). Some of the creative influences for Arvind’s work as a cinematographer are the works of Vilmos Zsigmond Janusz Kamiński and Ashok Mehta.