Keshav Prakash

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| birth_place = Bangalore, India

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Keshav Prakash is an Indian cinematographer, film producer and wine connoisseur. After beginning his career as cinematographer through films such as Bollywood Calling (2001) and Virumaandi (2004), Keshav has prioritised his business ventures since 2011.{{Cite news|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/at-your-convenience---call/1255970/2|title=At your convenience & call|newspaper=The Indian Express|first=Abhishek|last=Chakraborty|date=1 June 2014|accessdate=16 June 2022}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/archive/at-your-convenience-call/1255970/|title=At your convenience & call|date=2 June 2014|website=The Financial Express}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfsX52g3yk0|title=WorkYogi Diaries Podcast #2 with Keshav Prakash on filmmaking and exotic spirits|date=14 March 2021 |via=www.youtube.com}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/writers-block-an-informative-peg/article6941112.ece|title=An informative peg|first=Bishwanath|last=Ghosh|newspaper=The Hindu |date=27 February 2015|via=www.thehindu.com}}

Career

After studying filmmaking in Maine, Keshav Prakash apprenticed under cinematographer Ravi K. Chandran during the making of Kamal Haasan's Marudhanayagam in 1998. Despite beginning production, the film was later stalled. Keshav later worked on Kamal Haasan's second directorial release, Virumaandi (2004), and won critical acclaim for his work.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/2004/jan/16viru.htm|title=Virumaandi is Kamal all the way!|website=www.rediff.com}} A critic wrote Keshav Prakash's "cinematography alternates between documentary rawness and dramatic richness".{{Cite web|url=https://rec.arts.movies.local.indian.narkive.com/Bc59Jtji/review-virumaandi|title=Review: Virumaandi|website=rec.arts.movies.local.indian.narkive.com}} Kamal Haasan and Keshav had initially attempted to make the film in high definition during 2003, but later had to abandon the idea owing to technical problems.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/kamal-haasan-interacts-virumaandi-crew-ahead-ott-release-141422|title=Kamal Haasan interacts with 'Virumaandi' crew ahead of OTT release|date=13 January 2021|website=The News Minute}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/photos/slideshows/2020/jan/15/revisiting-virumaandi-a-look-backat-the-making-of-kamal-haasans-eloquent-argument-against-capital-849.html|title=Revisiting Virumaandi: A look-back at the making of Kamal Haasan's eloquent argument against capital punishment|website=Cinema Express|date=15 January 2020 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.cinesouth.com/masala/hotnews/new/03052004-2.shtml |title=Dailynews - "I'm going to concentrate on Tamil"- Keshav Prakash |website=www.cinesouth.com |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050204153316/http://www.cinesouth.com/masala/hotnews/new/03052004-2.shtml |archive-date=4 February 2005 |url-status=dead}}

Keshav later worked as the cinematographer of an experimental English film titled The President Is Coming (2009), which he shot using a digital camera.{{cite web |url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/others/sunday-read/small-talk-malt-and-pepper/articleshow/56398462.cms |title=Small talk: Malt and Pepper - Mumbai Mirror |website=mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170109162352/http://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/others/sunday-read/small-talk-malt-and-pepper/articleshow/56398462.cms |archive-date=2017-01-09}} {{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/business-of-bollywood/digital-technology-low-investment-low-risk-model/articleshow/3743044.cms?from=mdr|title=Digital technology: Low-investment, low-risk model|first=Nandini|last=Raghavendra|newspaper=The Economic Times}} He then worked on Aao Wish Karein (2009), shot largely in Shimla and Manali. For the film, the team had to innovate to showcase a balance of artificial and natural light in a difficult location.{{Cite web|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/in-a-fairy-tale-world/540129/1|title=In a fairy tale world - Indian Express|website=archive.indianexpress.com}}

In the early 2010s, he set up a whisky appreciation society and a spirits and whiskey shop.{{Cite web|url=https://homegrown.co.in/article/803118/meet-the-man-determined-to-refine-indias-alcohol-culture-with-the-exclusive-vault-tasting-studio|title=Meet The Man Determined To Refine India's Alcohol Culture With The Exclusive 'Vault Tasting Studio'|website=homegrown.co.in|date=8 June 2021 }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/more-lifestyle/every-bottle-of-liquor-has-a-tale-to-tell-says-keshav-prakash-founder-the-vault-biennale/story-OTd8zqJQ0ryUOmSPKzVlaL.html|title=Every bottle of liquor has a tale to tell, says Keshav Prakash, Founder, The Vault Biennale|date=15 February 2019|website=Hindustan Times}} He was inducted as a life member of Keepers of The Quaich in October 2017, and as a member of The Gin Guild in October 2018.{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/Food/the-writer-tastes-fine-spirits-from-around-the-world-in-the-collection-offered-by-the-vault/article6835102.ece|title=Dare to think beyond duty-free|first=Udhav|last=Naig|newspaper=The Hindu |date=29 January 2015|via=www.thehindu.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://harpers.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/24181/The_Gin_Guild_welcomes_23_new_members.html|title=The Gin Guild welcomes 23 new members - Harpers Wine & Spirit Trade News|website=harpers.co.uk}}