K.S Vishnu Shri- All the Heroes were Zeros once
Nan oru kadha sollata sir.
Which basically means, shall I tell a story.
This is a real life story about Vishnu Shri who is from Vaniampady, a small town in northern Tamil Nadu. His father came to Chennai like most of our fathers did back then to chase their dreams and his dream was to become a photographer, which he did achieve and also made sure his kids were getting a proper education.
Vishnu was in his 12th grade and while all of his class mates chose Engineering(this was 2003 you see), he was forced by peer pressure to join a bachelors degree in arts. Obviously he never liked it much so decided to pursue a diploma in film technology(DF Tech) which was in par with his fathers dream.
With the knowledge and experience he gained from his dad it was a walk into a park for him to get into DF Tech. While all his mates were getting into jobs after their professional courses in a year or two, he always felt left behind, but never quit.
After years of all his hard work of getting in to commercials and other shoots as a freelancer he was inspired by the work of Late Mr Jeeva who was one of the best cinematographers in the south Indian film industry, and decided to join to him as an assistant. By the time he joined, unfortunately sir Jeeva passed away.
Vishnu was depressed by witnessing his role model leave. He still didn’t quit and approached Mr. K.T Balasubramaniem again one of the best cinematographers in the industry. After joining him, he did his hard work and i remember him telling me once i quote “Sir asked me to leave him, reason is he wants me to become an independent cinematographer than being an assistant“. Since then he has worked in a lot of films and some are,
Some of the films he has assisted are Oru Kal Oru Kannadi, Varuthapadadha Vaalibar Sangam, Rajini Murugan, Seemaraja, Ithu Namma Aalu, 180, Neerparavai, Kanna Laddu Thinna Aasaiya and many more.
A big shout out to Vishnu and you are indeed a most inspiring person for lots of young talents out there. We are awaiting to witness your growth spike hit the sky.
