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Natarajan Subramaniam
Born
A. Natarajan Subramaniam
Occupations
Years active1999–present

Natarajan Subramanian, better known as Natty, is an Indian cinematographer who has worked on Tamil films. He has also worked as an actor in Tamil films and achieved recognition through his performance as a conman in Sathuranga Vettai (2014).

Career

Born into a Tamil-speaking family, Natarajan pursued an interest in photography and quit school at 18, choosing to take up a series of odd jobs to fund his interest rather than going through college. He worked as a still photographer at weddings, and then performed as a videographer at ceremonies. He briefly assisted cinematographer B. R. Vijayalakshmi but was unable to get a break in the film industry, so chose to work on documentaries instead, before venturing into work on commercials and music videos. He shot videos of the music band Euphoria's first album, and his work was well received.[1] He became acquainted with director Ram Gopal Varma and the pair discussed a film project which did not materialise, before he was recommended by Varma to Anurag Kashyap, whom he worked with for three Hindi projects - Last Train to Mahakali (1999), Paanch (2003), and Black Friday (2004). In between he had also worked for Tamil romantic-comedy Youth (2002) starring Vijay, and had briefly agreed to be a part of AR Murugadoss's Ramanaa (2001), which he later opted out from.[1] Despite being active in Tamil films, he has chosen to prioritise work as a cinematographer in Hindi films, working on successful films including Jab We Met (2007), Golmaal Returns (2008), Raanjhanaa (2013) and Holiday: A Soldier Is Never Off Duty (2014).[2]

Away from cinematography in big-budget Hindi films, Natarajan has embarked on an alternate career as an actor in small-budget Tamil films. He initially appeared in two films by his friend Uday Mahesh, Naalai (2006) and Chakkara Viyugam (2008), both of which went unnoticed at the box office but he won positive acclaim for his performance in Naalai.[3] He starred in two further action-masala films aimed at the village and town audiences, Milaga (2010) and Muthukku Muthaaga (2011), which received similar lukewarm responses.[4] In 2014, Natarajan featured in the Tamil caper film, Sathuranga Vettai directed by newcomer Vinoth and produced by Manobala. The film opened to positive reviews and became a surprise success at the box office, with a critic noting Natarajan "is brilliant as Gandhi Babu. He does his part with relish using his brains more than brawn with expressive body and eye language".[5] However, his 2015 action film Katham Katham is not very impressive.[6] Once again, Natty plays the good-man-turned-evil-mind, whose biggest weakness is spondulicks. His dialogue delivery is titch and screen presence, casual, on a believable act of bad cop.[7] In 2017, he had three film releases including Enkitta Mothathe, Bongu and Richie. In 2018, Natty was approached by the duo directors Hari and Harish for a thriller titled "Silk" which is supposed to be a Kanchipuram-based storyline, but the shooting has not yet been started.[8] In Pandiraj's Namma Veettu Pillai (2019), he has a muscular presence, perfect for a character actor.[9] He acted in the lead role in Sandimuni (2020) and Godfather (2020).[10][11] He has played an important role in Sibi's cop drama Walter (2020), which was directed by U. Anbarasan. Natty experienced playing the ruthless cop Kannabiran in Mari Selvaraj in Karnan (2021). The film was Natty's second collaboration with Dhanush, the first being as the cinematographer of the latter's Hindi debut, Raanjhanaa.[12]

Filmography

As actor

Year Film Role Notes
2002 Youth Customer Uncredited
2006 Naalai Natty
2008 Chakkara Viyugam Kanna
2010 Milaga Azhagar
2011 Muthukku Muthaaga Raman
2014 Sathuranga Vettai Gandhi Babu
2014 Jeeva Man at bar Special appearance in "Oru Rosa" song
2015 Katham Katham Pandiyan
2017 Enkitta Mothathe Ravi
2017 Bongu Deva
2017 Richie Selva
2019 Namma Veetu Pillai Ayyanar
2020 Sandimuni Sandimuni
2020 Godfather Adhyamaan
2020 Walter Arjun Sampath
2021 Karnan Kannabiran
2022 Yugi Sethu
2022 Gurumoorthi Gurumoorthi
2023 Bakasuran Post-production

Web series

Year Title Role Network
2022 Victim Madasamy SonyLIV

As cinematographer

Year Film Language Notes
1999 Last Train to Mahakali Hindi Short Film
2002 Youth Tamil Debut Tamil film
2003 Paanch Hindi Debut Hindi film
Unreleased
2004 Black Friday
2005 Parineeta
2007 Eklavya: The Royal Guard
Jab We Met
2008 Phir Kabhi
Halla Bol
Golmaal Returns
2009 Love Aaj Kal
2010 Lafangey Parindey
Knock Out
2011 Desi Boyz
2012 Thuppakki Tamil "Vennilave" song only
2013 Raanjhanaa Hindi
2014 Holiday: A Soldier Is Never Off Duty
2015 Puli Tamil
2016 A Aa Telugu Debut Telugu film
2017 My Story Malayalam
2018 Chal Mohan Ranga Telugu

References

  1. ^ a b "Shrewd Business: The Natarajan Subramaniam Interview - Silverscreen.in". silverscreen.in. 26 May 2015. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  2. ^ "An exclusive interview with cinematographer Natarajan Subramanian". behindwoods.com. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  3. ^ "It's buddies, animus and action again - Naalai". The Hindu. 23 June 2006. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  4. ^ "I love the action masala films: Natrajan - Times of India". indiatimes.com. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  5. ^ "Review". www.sify.com. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  6. ^ Saraswathi, S. "Review: Katham Katham is a total waste of time". Rediff. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  7. ^ "Katham Katham review. Katham Katham Tamil movie review, story, rating". IndiaGlitz.com. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  8. ^ Akash (3 April 2018). "A Thriller Starring Natty Titled 'Silk'". Behindwoods.
  9. ^ "Namma Veettu Pillai Movie Review By Baradwaj Rangan". Film Companion. 27 September 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  10. ^ Sandimuni Movie Review: The rehash of several done-to-death horror films, retrieved 30 November 2021
  11. ^ Subramanian, Anupama (22 February 2020). "Review: Godfather is enjoyable in parts". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  12. ^ "'The response to Karnan comes as a huge validation for my acting'". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
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