Vipindas
Born1938 (1938)
Pazhayannur, Kerala, India
Died12 February 2011(2011-02-12) (aged 72–73)
Wayanad, Kerala, India
Occupations
  • Cinematographer
  • film director

Vipindas (1938 – 12 February 2011) was an Indian cinematographer and director. He has cinematographed more than 200 films in Malayalam alone, and has directed a couple of films.

Biography

Vipindas was born in 1938 in Pazhayannur, Thrissur, Kerala, as the son of Pallippatta Sankaran Nair and Lakshmi Amma. At the age of 15, he went to Madras (now Chennai) to study photography. He had no formal education in photography but was able to assist veteran Bollywood cinematographer Beevashom for three years. Vipindas started his film career with the Tamil film Thalattu, which he also directed. He debuted in Malayalam through Prethangalude Thazhvara by P.Venu. It was followed by Prathidhwani, directed by him but filmed by veteran director I. V. Sasi. This film established the successful collaboration of Sasi and Vipindas. He worked as a cinematographer with Sasi in about twenty five films. He also collaborated with several directors including P. A. Backer, Fazil, Hariharan, Joshiy, K. Madhu, Padmarajan and Bharathan. His last work was Thathwamasi, directed by Sunil.[1] He died on 12 February 2011.[2]

Selected filmography

References

  1. ↑ "വിപിന്‍ദാസ്: മണിമുഴക്കം മുതല്‍ തത്ത്വമസിവരെ". Mathrubhumi (in Malayalam). 13 February 2011. Retrieved 13 February 2011.
  2. ↑ "Cameraman Vipin Das dies". Mathrubhumi. 12 February 2011. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
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