Anand Krishnamoorthi is a National Award winning Indian film sound designer, sound editor and production sound mixer.
Anand Krishnamoorthi | |
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 Anand Krishnamoorthi in Chennai | |
| Occupation(s) | Sound designer, sound editor, Production sound mixer, Actor, Screenwriter |
| Years active | 1990–present |
Early life
editAnand first appeared in Mani Ratnam's film Anjali[1] and later made appearances in several other films, notably May Madham, Sathi Leelavathi, Aasai, Thalapathi and several Tamil TV Serials till 1995.[2]
Education
editAnand obtained a BSc in Visual Communication from the Loyola College, Chennai and a MSc in Electronic Media from the Anna University, Chennai. He later obtained an MA in Film and Television Production from the University of Bristol in 2005.[3]
Career
editKrishnamoorthi assisted Tamil Film Director Balu Mahendra from 2001-2002.[1] After his M.A., Krishnamoorthi also worked as a Sound Trainee with the British Broadcasting Corporation from 2005-2006.[1]
Krishnamoorthi reentered mainstream Tamil Cinema as a Production Mixer for Marmayogi which was later shelved after pre production in 2008. He then handled Dialogue Editing and Sound for Unnaipol Oruvan (transl. Someone Like You) [4] in 2009 wherein he also made a brief appearance on screen as an IIT dropout turned hacker.
Krishnamoorthi was the Supervising Sound Editor on Vishwaroopam, directed by Kamal Haasan, which was produced in Auro 3D format.[5] He later led the ADR for the popular film Kalyana Samayal Saadham. He co-directed On a Quest,[6] a film produced by the Chinmaya Mission on the life of Chinmayananda Saraswati.
Since 2015, he has led the sound design of Madras Talkies projects starting with O Kadal Kanmani,[7] Kaatru Veliyidai,[8] Chekka Chivantha Vaanam,[9] the Payasam: Bheebatsa segment of the anthology Navarasa. In 2017, he was the sound designer for AR Murugadoss's action thriller Spyder and 2018, led the sound design on Director Vasanth's Sivaranjaniyum Innum Sila Pengalum which was notable for having no background score and reliant entirely upon sound design and effects.[10] Notably, Krishnamoorthi was the Sound Designer of both films of the blockbuster series Ponniyin Selvan and will also serve as sound designer on the upcoming Thug Life.
Since 2020, Anand has been editing the podcast "The Moving Curve",[11] hosted by Rukmini S, a data journalist based in Chennai, on COVID-19 related data in India. In 2020 this podcast was awarded the Emergent Ventures Covid-19 India Prize by Marginal Revolution.[12]
In August 2024, it was announced that Anand had received the National Award[13] for Sound Designing for Ponniyin Selvan Part 1.[14]
Filmography
edit- Sound designer
- Unnaipol Oruvan (2009) (dialogue editing) (sound design)
- Manmadhan Ambu (2010) (supervising sound editor) (sound recordist)
- Shadows of Silence (2010) (sound editor)
- Vishwaroopam (2013) (sound editor)
- Kalyana Samayal Saadham (2013) (ADR)
- On a quest (2014) (co-director) [15]
- O Kadhal Kanmani (2015) (Sound Designer)
- Kuttrame Thandanai (2016) (Supervising Sound Editor)
- Spyder (2017) (Sound designer)
- Kaatru Veliyidai (2017) (Supervising Sound Editor)
- Chekka Chivantha Vaanam (2018) (Audiographer)
- Payasam: Bhibatsa (2021) (Sound Designer)
- Sivaranjiniyum Innum Sila Pengalum (2021) (Sound Designer)
- Ponniyin Selvan (2022 and 2023) (Sound Designer)
- Raghu Thatha (in production) (audiographer)
- Thug Life (pre-production)
- Actor
- Anjali (1990)
- Thalapathi (1991)
- Thalaivasal (1992)
- May Madham (1994)
- Sathi Leelavathi (1995)
- Aasai (1995)
- Unnaipol Oruvan (2009)
Awards
edit| Year | Film | Award | Category | Ref. |
| 2024 | Ponniyin Selvan: Part I | Silver Lotus Award | Best Sound Design | [16] |
References
edit- ^ a b c Srinivasan, Meera (26 October 2009). "From child artist to a professional". The Hindu. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 April 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Shilpa Rathnam 9 March 2011 (9 March 2011). "Blast from the past : Simply Chennai, News - India Today". Indiatoday.intoday.in. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Unnaipol Oruvan (2009) - IMDb". IMDb.
- ^ Verma, Vishal (1 February 2013). "Vishwaroop Movie Review - Action packed high budget popcorn". IndiaGlitz.
- ^ "Quest". Chinmayayuvakendra.org. 1 January 1980. Archived from the original on 11 February 2017. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
- ^ "OK Kanmani full cast and crew". IMDB.
- ^ "Kaatru Veliyidai Full Cast and Crew". IMDB.
- ^ "Chekka Chivantha Vaanam Full Cast and Crew". IMDB.
- ^ "Vasanth's women-centric film to be screened in California". Times of India. 16 March 2019.
- ^ "The moving curve podcast".
- ^ "Emergent Ventures winners, new India cohort". 8 October 2020.
- ^ National Award
- ^ 70th National Film Awards 2024 Announcement Live Updates
- ^ Sebastian, Shevlin (3 August 2014). "The Life and Times of Swamiji". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 6 August 2014.
- ^ "National Film Awards, India (2024)". IMDb. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
