| Prasad Murella | |
| Birth Place: | Vijayawada, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh, India |
| Years Active: | 2000–present |
| Occupation: | Director of Photography |
Prasad Murella is an Indian cinematographer, who predominantly works in Telugu cinema. He debut film was Azhagana Naatkal in Tamil.
He was born in Vijayawada where he completed his schooling and his higher studies. Due to his passion for films, he travelled to Chennai and assisted many cinematographers, such as Ravi Yadav and D. Shanker.
He started his career with the Tamil film Azhagana Naatkal directed by Sundar C. in 2000. Later he made his debut in Telugu with the film Venky, directed by Srinu Vaitla in 2004, and shot another film called Chanti in the same year. He went back to Tamil films in 2004 with Devathayai Kanden and was there until the year 2006 working for the films Chinna and Rendu.
In 2007, he started shooting Telugu films with the film Dhee and has remained in this film industry. He was awarded with the 2010 Nandi Award for Best Cinematographer for the film Namo Venkatesa.[1] It is an award given by Andhra Pradesh state government. He also won the SIIMA Award for Best Cinematographer (Telugu) for the 2013 film Attharintiki Daaredhi [2]
| Year | Film | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Azhagana Naatkal | Tamil | |
| 2003 | Winner | Tamil | |
| 2004 | Venky | ||
| Chanti | |||
| Devathayai Kanden | Tamil | ||
| 2005 | Chinna | Tamil | |
| 2006 | Rendu | Tamil | |
| 2007 | Dhee | ||
| Raju Bhai | |||
| Chandamama | |||
| 2008 | Ready | ||
| King | |||
| 2010 | Namo Venkatesa | Nandi Award for Best Cinematographer | |
| 2011 | Dookudu | ||
| 2012 | Poola Rangadu | ||
| 2013 | Shadow | ||
| Attharintiki Daaredhi | |||
| 2015 | S/O Satyamurthy | [3] | |
| Soukhyam | |||
| 2017 | Katamarayudu | ||
| 2018 | MLA | [4] | |
| 2018 | Pantham | [5] | |
| 2019 | Venky Mama | ||
| 2021 | Tuck Jagadish | [6] | |
| 2022 | Macherla Niyojakavargam | ||
| 2023 | Aadikeshava | Additional cinematography[7] |