H. C. Venugopal, known professionally as H. C. Venu, is an Indian cinematographer who mainly works in Kannada cinema, along with Tamil cinema.

Career

H. C. Venugopal is a cinematographer who has predominantly worked for Kannada films. He has been active since the late 1990s, regularly collaborating for high-profile Kannada films including A (1998), Sparsha (1999), H2O (2002), Aa Dinagalu (2007), Jaggu Dada (2016) to name a few. He was also involved in the shoot of the first 3D Kannada film Katari Veera Surasundarangi (2012) .

In recent years, he has collaborated with Arjun Sarja for the bilingual films, Jaihind 2 (2014) and Prema Baraha (2018).

Personal life

Venugopal married actress-politician Tara in 2005. They have a son named Shreekrishna (b. 2013) together.

Selected filmography

  • All films are in Kannada, unless mentioned otherwise.
Key
Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released
YearFilmNotes
1998ADebut
1999Prathyartha
2000Sparsha
2002Dhumm
Marma
H2OBilingual in Kannada and Tamil
Parva
2005Maharaja
2006Kallarali Hoovagi
Neenello Naanalle
2007Aa Dinagalu
Ugadi
2008Anthu Inthu Preethi Banthu
2009Birugaali
2010Modalasala
Suryakaanti
2011Rajadhani
2012Chingari
Katari Veera Surasundarangi
2013Nam Duniya Nam Style
2014Jaihind 2 AbhimanyuBilingual in Tamil and Kannada
Dil Rangeela
2015RX Soori
2016Jaggu Dada
Mummy
Nagarahavu
2018Prema Baraha Solli VidavaBilingual in Kannada and Tamil
2020Shivarjuna
2023Kaasina Sara
2024UI

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