Sujith Vaassudev Explained

Sujith Vaassudev
Birth Name:Sujith Vasudev
Birth Place:Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
Yearsactive:2009–present
Awards:Kerala State Film Award for Best Cinematographer (2013)

Sujith Vaassudev is an Indian cinematographer and film director who works predominantly in Malayalam films. He has also worked in several Tamil and Telugu films.[1] He is best known for his works in Memories (2013), 7th Day (2014), Drishyam (2014) and Lucifer (2019). He was the recipient of the Kerala State Film Award for Best Cinematographer in 2013.

Career

Started his career as a camera assistant in a studio called Sangeetha Vision in Trivandrum. From there he gradually built his knowledge in cinematography by assisting many cameramen.[2] He started his first independent works for television in 1998.He has done more than 1000 episodes for television for various Malayalam channels. He assisted Raja Rathinam for a while in cinematography.Sujith made his debut with Chekavar a 2010 Malayalam film. His best works include Drishyam, 7th Day, Memories, Ayaal, Anarkali.

Sujith Vaassudev won the 2013 Kerala State Film Award for Best Cinematography for the films Ayaal and Memories.

In 2016 he debuted as a director through the film James & Alice starring Prithviraj Sukumaran and Vedhika.

Personal life

Sujith married actress Manju Pillai on 23 December 2000. The couple has a daughter Daya Sujith.

Sujith and Manju Pillai have been separated since 2020 and divorced in 2024 [3]

Filmography

As cinematographer

Year Film Notes
2009 Kerala CafeSegment : Lalitham Hiranmayam
2010 Chekavar
College Days
2011 City of God
2012 Mullamottum Munthiricharum
Molly Aunty Rocks!
2013 Ayaal
Memories Kerala State Film Award for Best Cinematographer
Punyalan Agarbattis
Drishyam
2014 7th Day
2015 Papanasam Tamil film
Amar Akbar Anthony
Anarkali
2016 James & Alice Also Director
2017 Ezra
2018 Autorsha Also Director
2019 Lucifer
2020 Anveshanam
Miss IndiaTelugu film
2022 KhiladiTelugu film
The Warriorr Bilingual film (Telugu/Tamil)
2023BroTelugu film
2024

As director

Year Film Language Writer Actors Notes
2016 James & Alice Dr S.Janardhanan Also Cinematographer
2018 Autorsha Jayaraj Mithra

As actor

Year Film Language Director Notes
2015 Amar Akbar Anthony Cameo appearance, as himself
2020 Anveshanam Malayalam Prashob VijayanChannel Head

Awards

YearAwardCategoryFilm(s)NominatedWon
2012Kerala State Television AwardBest CinematographerNizhalum Nilaavum Parayunnathu
2013Kerala State Film AwardAyaal,
Memories
South Indian International Movie Award
2014Minnalai Film TV AwardsDrishyam,
Memories
2016Kerala Film Critics Association AwardJames & Alice

Notes and References

  1. News: Sujith Vaassudev. Filmibeat.
  2. Web site: Sujith Vasudev News | Latest News on Sujith Vasudev – Times of India. The Times of India.
  3. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/movies-music/news/actress-manju-pillai-and-sujith-vaassudev-break-up-1.9451258