Rajiv Menon


























Rajiv Menon
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Born
(1961-06-23) 23 June 1961 (age 57)
Cochin, Kerala, India
Residence
Chennai, Tamilnadu
Occupation

  • Cinematographer

  • film director
Family Kalyani Menon



Contents






  • 1 Biography


  • 2 Early life


  • 3 Film career


  • 4 Advertising career


  • 5 Non-film works


  • 6 Feature filmography


    • 6.1 As director


    • 6.2 As cinematographer


    • 6.3 As actor




  • 7 Music videos


    • 7.1 As Producer




  • 8 References


  • 9 External links





Biography


Rajiv Menon is an Indian filmmaker who has worked as a director and cinematographer in both feature films and television advertisements. His two directed films,[1][2][3]Minsara Kanavu (1997) and Kandukondain Kandukondain (2001), were critically acclaimed romantic musical films. He worked as a cinematographer in films including Cheluvi, Bombay, Morning Raga, Guru, Kadal.[4][5]


Menon's first feature directorial venture Minsara Kanavu was not only a commercial success but also received four National Film Awards. His second feature directorial venture was the multi-starrer Kandukondain Kandukondain. In addition to directing the film, he also wrote the story and screenplay for the film. The film fetched him the Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Director award. Menon has also set up Rajiv Menon Productions and Mindscreen Film Institute, which supplies equipment for documentaries, advertising films and cinema. He has acted in a Malayalam film called Harikrishnans and has given a cameo in Minsara Kanavu.[6]



Early life


Rajiv was born in Kochi, Kerala to the popular Malayalam and Tamil film playback singer Kalyani Menon. He had the chance to travel across India at a very young age as his father, a naval officer, got transferred often. He later joined the M.G.R. Government Film and Television Training Institute to study cinematography. Menon did his schooling in Kendriya Vidyalaya, Madras. He started off as cinematographer with Prathap K. Pothan's Telugu film, Chaitanya at the age of 17. However, he got his major breakthrough as a cinematographer with Mani Ratnam's Bombay; Menon's second film.[4][5]



Film career


Following the success of his first film, Menon announced he had begun pre-production work on a project titled Theekkul Viralai Vaithal during November 1998. With the title taken from a line by Subramania Bharati, Menon recruited Ajith Kumar and Prabhu Deva to play the lead roles.[7] The film eventually went through a change of title and cast.



Advertising career


Falling in love with ad-making at a young age, Menon started his career in the field of ad-photography, and then went on to make a number of TV commercials. Rajiv Menon is a well-respected and notable personality in the Indian Advertising circuit. He entered the field during the early days (1980's) when competition was nil. It was the time when A. R. Rahman decided to do music on his own. They become friends and his creativeness combined with A. R. Rahman's musical Jingles fetched attention from all spectrum towards them. He did his first Jingle in a national wide ad with him (Allwyn Trendy Watches). So far, Rajiv has done many ads with A. R. Rahman's Jingles. Noteworthy ones are for Airtel, Colgate, Palmolive, Titan, Asian Paints, Raymonds, Coca Cola.[1][2][3]


Rajiv Menon's production house was ranked No.3[8] by Economic Times Mumbai in 2006. The next year's ranking saw the company move to No.2. Rajiv Menon's production house is set up in Chennai and his agency clients range from Ogilvy & Mather, Lintas, Rediffusion, Hindustan Thompson Associates, to even smaller ones like Zero Degree Design Studio, Rubecon and Situations Advertising.[3]



Non-film works


His recent work includes a wonderful audio-visual delight about seven great Carnatic musicians. This documentary was made for the event of releasing the coffee-table book "Voices Within" by the contemporary musicians T.M Krishna and Bombay Jayashree. The book brings out the personality of seven great Gurus of Carnatic Music with some very rare photographs presented in great print quality. The documentary by Rajiv Menon captures the qualities of these music stalwarts.[3]



Feature filmography



As director



  • 1997 - Minsara Kanavu

  • 2000 - Kandukondain Kandukondain

  • 2018 - Sarvam Thaala Mayam



As cinematographer



  • 1991 - Chaitanya

  • 1992 - [Cheluvi

  • 1995 - Bombay

  • 2004 - Morning Raga

  • 2007 - Guru

  • 2013 - Kadal

  • 2018 - Untitled Vidhu Vinod Chopra film



As actor


  • 1998 - Harikrishnans as Guptan


Music videos



As Producer


  • 2001 - Ussele Ussele - Tamil pop album featuring singers: Sreenivas, Karthik and Timmy


References





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  2. ^ ab "The Hindu: Breaking News, India News, Elections, Bollywood, Cricket, Video, Latest News & Live Updates". The Hindu.


  3. ^ abcd "Tamil Nadu / Chennai News : Study at Rajiv Menon's institute". The Hindu. 2006-05-05. Retrieved 2012-02-04.


  4. ^ ab "I have 6 scripts that are ready: Rajiv Menon". The Times of India.


  5. ^ ab "Rajiv Menon's institute offers course in cinematography". The Hindu.


  6. ^ "Tamil Nadu / Chennai News : Rajiv Menon's institute offers course in Cinematography". The Hindu. 2006-05-06. Retrieved 2012-02-04.


  7. ^ http://m.rediff.com/movies/1998/nov/16ss.htm


  8. ^ Rajiv Menon Productions ranked as No.3, Economic Time Mumbai's Production House Ranking.




External links



  • Rajiv Menon on IMDb









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