My Films are My Politics
Rajeev Ravi
Rajeev Ravi is an Indian cinematographer, director, and producer from Kochi,
Kerala. He’s best known for his Hindi and Malayalam films. After graduating from
Film and Television Institute of India, Pune in 1997.He debuted as an independent
cinematographer with the film Chandni Bar (2001) directed by Madhur Bhandarkar.
Ravi is known for his collaboration with director Anurag Kashyap. They have
collaborated in several commercial and art films in Hindi cinema.In 2012, he co-
produced the Hindi feature film ID. The film premiered in the Busan International Film
Festival in South Korea.Ravi won the 2010 Filmfare Award for Best Cinematography
for Anurag Kashyap’s Dev.D.In 2013, he received the National Film Award for Best
Cinematography for Liar’s Dice directed by his wife Geetu Mohandas. Rajeev made his
debut as a director with the Malayalam film Annayum Rasoolum (2013). His second
feature film was Njan Steve Lopez and last one wasKammatipaadam.
Jishnu M Kumar
Student
Script, Script, Script!!! Hitchcock’s magical formula
for a good movie is script. Here Rajeev Ravi makes
movies without the back up of Hitchcock’s formula.
Actors render their magical responses throughout
the films, uses live sounds. Audience feels for every
scene in his movie rather than the usual mundane
watching process. He used his movies as a tool to let
people know his politics. Ashik Abu’s character in
‘Annayum Rasoolum’ is a true speciemen of current
social system and its victimization. Steve of ‘Njan
Stev Lopez is one among the youth that we see these
days. CK Ragavan of Munnariyippu got his life
from the pen of Unni R. his movies in fact rises the
mercury level of our body and soul. Bagging the top
positions in torrent hits, despite being a commercial
wonder is still a wonder. Still he experiments with
new faces and brings soul to the character eventually
succeeds.
Rajeev Ravi continues his journey with full zest in
Kammatipadam. People who stood for making the
city of Ernakulam from slums through blood shed
and displacement was treated outcaste. While the
people were happy and excited about revealing
their story to the world in a subtle movie which is
candid and cent percent real. Through this was not
the response he expected, the mass never complained
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