Years Active: | 2010–present |
Notable Works: | Aaranya Kaandam (2010) Kaththi (2014) 96 (2018) Master (2021) |
Gopi Prasannaa is an Indian graphic designer who has designed many movie posters in the South Indian film industry. His notable works include the graphic novel-style poster for Aaranya Kaandam (2010) and introducing first-look posters with Kaththi (2014). During the COVID-19 lockdown, he gained recognition for the nostalgic series 'Ninaivugalai Thedi'.
Prasannaa's first film in a theater was Salangai Oli (1983) when he was 6 years old. He was also interested in painting during his childhood.[1] Prasannaa admires movie poster artists like Tom Martin and some Japanese artists. He was inspired from the hand-drawn movie hoardings of Chennai's golden era and Maniyan Selvam's illustrations in Ananda Vikatan magazines during his youth.
Prasannaa initially worked as a programmer, tried his hand in gaming, advertising and branding, before starting a career as a publicity designer.[2] [3] His journey in publicity design began with the Tamil film Aaranya Kaandam, directed by Thiagarajan Kumararaja in 2010.[4] The poster was styled as a graphic novel fully illustrated in yellow and black making it the first of its kind for the Tamil industry.[5] In 2014, Prasannaa introduced the trend of first-look posters in Tamil cinema with the film Kaththi, a social drama directed by AR Murugadoss.[6] During the COVID-19 lockdown in India, Prasannaa created a series of retro movie posters for films like Sadma, 16 Vayathinile, Mullum Malarum, Mouna Raagam, Antha 7 Naatkal which are part of the 10-part series.[7] The series was named 'Ninaivugalai Thedi', which translates to 'chasing memories'.[8] He drew inspiration from the poster of Salangai Oli for the series.
In 2021, the first-look poster of Master, directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj, released on New Year's Eve. It quickly went viral on social media and set records.[9]
Year | Title | Director | Notes | |
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2010 | Aaranya Kaandam | Thiagarajan Kumararaja | Debut as publicity designer1st of 3 collaborations with Thiagarajan Kumararaja | |
2014 | Kaththi | AR Murugadoss | ||
2015 | O Kadhal Kanmani | Mani Ratnam | 1st of 6 collaborations with Mani Ratnam | |
2016 | Theri | Atlee | ||
2017 | Kaatru Veliyidai | Mani Ratnam | ||
2017 | Mersal | Atlee | ||
2018 | Chekka Chivantha Vaanam | Mani Ratnam | ||
2018 | Sarkar | AR Murugadoss | ||
2018 | 96 | Premkumar Chandran | ||
2019 | Super Deluxe | Thiagarajan Kumararaja | [10] [11] | |
2019 | Bigil | Atlee | ||
2019 | Nerkonda Paarvai | H. Vinoth | ||
2021 | Master | Lokesh Kanagaraj | 1st of 3 collaborations with Lokesh Kanagaraj | |
2022 | Beast | Nelson Dilipkumar | ||
2022 | Vikram | Lokesh Kanagaraj | ||
2022 | Mani Ratnam | |||
2023 | Varisu | Vamshi Paidipally | ||
2023 | Thunivu | H. Vinoth | ||
2023 | Mani Ratnam | |||
2023 | Modern Love Chennai | Thiagarajan Kumararaja (Ninaivo Oru Paravai) | Also debut as production designer | [12] |
2023 | Leo | Lokesh Kanagaraj | ||
2024 | Ayalaan | R. Ravikumar | ||
The Greatest of All Time | Venkat Prabhu | |||
Vettaiyan | T. J. Gnanavel | |||
Thug Life | Mani Ratnam | [13] | ||
Gautham Vasudev Menon |