ULAGHAM

It isn't easy to be a Cinematographer who is choosy in his works and being internationally recognised for it. Siddartha Nuni is one among them. Being a graduate from Mindscreen Film Institute, his first film was a Hollywood movie. But Lucia, a 2013 Kannada Film gave him the star status.  Styled in the vein of American slacker and teen comedies, "Brahman Naman" is the latest from Indian indie filmmaker Quashiq Q Mukherjee. Instead of taking the route of sales and distribution, the directore chose to release his movie through netflix, which was quite new to India. DP Siddartha Nuni shot the film in 23 days in the cities of Bangalore and Mysore. Here, he speaks about his love for Trainspotting, recreating 80's era India and capturing the 'confused teenage mind visually'. How and why did you wind up being the cinematographer of your film? What were the factors and attributes that led to your being hired for this job? The director of the fil...