Cinematographer Sridhar Talks Maalai Nerathu Mayakkam

Sridhar has handled the cinematography in the film Maalai Nerathu Mayakkam. His work in the film has been greatly appreciated. Sridhar stated, “I will consider this film to be my toughest assignment because it is Selva sir’s script”.

He added, “His script has a lot of emotions and capturing them is quite a challenge as his films and characters have strong, sub-conscious emotions. I wanted to highlight them using my lighting. Through lighting, I wanted to showcase the inner emotion of a character”. Sridhar believes that colours have the ability to depict emotions. He revealed, “I strongly believe that colours carry emotions. That, along with the amount of shadows we can use to convey emotions, is unimaginable! In this film, I have used vibrant colours like peacock blue, magenta, red and amber”.

Sridhar also shared his ideology, stating, “If I can move a person with my visuals, I believe I have succeeded. If I can bring out the human emotions through my lighting, then that would be the best thing I have achieved. To me, a film is like a painting. Placing all the colours in a frame is easy, but picking the right colours for the right emotion is the ideal thing to do”.

Source: belvoireagle.com