Vijay C. Kumar

C. Vijay Kumar's father, C. Nageswara Rao, was a famous cinematographer, who worked for classics like Pandava Vanavasam, Paramanandayya Sishyula Katha, Gudi Gantalu, Aastulu - Anthastulu, and Aradhana. Unfortunately Nageswara Rao expired at the age of 42, when Vijay Kumar was only seven years old. As his mother, C. Sanadhana,{{cite web|url=http://www.cineulagam.com/telugu/celebs/cinematographer/vijayckumar/profile/|title=Vijay.C.Kumar|website=www.cineulagam.com}} wanted him to carry on in his father's footsteps and continue in the same profession, he joined Sarada Enterprises (currently known as Anand Cine Services) outdoor unit at the age of thirteen as an apprentice.{{cite web|title=Interview with Vijay C Kumar|url=http://www.idlebrain.com/celeb/interview/vijayckumar.html|publisher=idlebrain.com|access-date=19 January 2015}} His son, Pawan Ch, was a protégé of A. R. Rahman and made his debut as a music director with Love Story (2021).

Vijay Kumar worked under various cinematographers like S. Venkataratnam, V. S. R. Swamy, Ravikant Nagaich, S. S. Lal, and S. Gopal Reddy in Telugu. He worked with Shomandar Roy, Eshaan Arya, Baba Azmi, and Behran Mukherjee in Hindi for eight years and earned a lot of practical knowledge in different kinds of lightning and exposures. In 1984, he joined as an operative cameraman under Lok Singh, for Vijetha (1985). Producer Jaya Krishna gave Vijay Kumar his first break as cinematographer with Vivaha Bhojanambu (1988) film under Jandhyala, which was a blockbuster hit. He later went out to work for Neeku Naaku Pellanta with the same team.

Producer Shyam Prasad Reddy offered him to do unfinished work of Ankusam (1989), even though the official cinematographer was K. S. Hari. He worked for Agraham and Ammoru (1995), which went on to be path-breaking Telugu films, in terms of technical work. Later on, he went on to work many successful films like Bachelors, Sampangi, Sreevarante Mavare and Jai Bhajaranga Bhali.

He met Sekhar Kammula when they worked for Dollar Dreams which was the first film in their collaboration, following which, they worked together for all of his films: Anand (2004), Godavari (2006), Happy Days (2007), Leader (2010), Life is Beautiful (2012), Anaamika (2014), Fidaa (2017), and Love Story (2021).{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/happy-birthday-sumanth-tracing-the-professional-journey-of-the-acclaimed-telugu-actor/photostory/67912534.cms|title=Happy Birthday Sumanth: Tracing the professional journey of the acclaimed Telugu actor|date=2019-02-09|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2019-08-08}}{{Cite web|date=2017-08-14|title=Fidaa: Varun Tej, Sai Pallavi starrer enters $2 million club at the US box office|url=https://www.americanbazaaronline.com/2017/08/14/fidaa-varun-tej-sai-pallavi-starrer-enters-2-million-club-at-the-us-box-office428050/|access-date=2019-08-08|website=The American Bazaar|language=en-US}}

• Love Story (2021)
• Nartanasala (2018) {{Cite news|url=http://telanganatoday.com/naga-shaurya-new-film-launched|title=Naga Shaurya new film launched|date=2018-03-18|work=Telangana Today|access-date=2018-03-26|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.ibtimes.co.in/balakrishnudu-mental-madhilo-hey-pillagada-3-other-telugu-films-set-clash-box-office-750466|title=Balakrishnudu, Mental Madhilo, Hey Pillagada and 3 other Telugu films set to clash at box office|last=Hooli|first=Shekhar H.|date=2017-11-23|website=International Business Times, India Edition|language=en|access-date=2019-08-08}}
• Balakrishnudu (2017){{Cite news|url=https://www.ibtimes.co.in/balakrishnudu-mental-madhilo-hey-pillagada-3-other-telugu-films-set-clash-box-office-750466|title=Balakrishnudu, Mental Madhilo, Hey Pillagada and 3 other Telugu films set to clash at box office|date=23 November 2017|last=Hooli|first=Shekhar H|newspaper=International Business Times, India Edition|access-date=8 June 2019}}
• Fidaa (2017){{cite web |url= http://www.thenewsminute.com/article/fidaa-review-sai-pallavi-makes-magnificent-telugu-debut-fun-romcom-65537|title= 'Fidaa' review: Sai Pallavi makes a magnificent Telugu debut in this fun romcom|access-date= 22 Aug 2017|date=21 July 2017}}
• Anamika (2014; Telugu & Tamil bilingual)
• Life is Beautiful (2012)
• Leader (2010)
• Victory (2008)
• Happy Days (2007)
• Sree Mahalakshmi
• Samanyudu (2006)
• Godavari (2006)
• Andhrudu (2005)
• Anand (2004)
• Dil (2003)
• Sampangi (2001)
• College (2000)
• Dollar Dreams (1999)
• Prema Palaki (1998)
• Sreevarante Mavare (1998)
• Jai Bhajaranga Bhali (1997)
• Bachelors
• Ammoru (1995)
• Aagraham (1991)
• Ankusam (1990)
• Neeku Naaku Pellanta (1988)
• Vivaha Bhojanambu (1988)

• Nandi Award for Best Cinematographer - Godavari{{Cite web |url=http://ipr.ap.nic.in/New_Links/Film.pdf|title=నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008)|trans-title=A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008)|publisher=Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh|access-date=21 August 2020}}(in Telugu)

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