: Meet BR Vijayalakshmi, the trailblazing woman with the movie camera #IndiaNEWS It was her first professional credit. It had to be special – and it was. The opening titles of K Bhagyaraj’s Chinna

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Meet BR Vijayalakshmi, the trailblazing woman with the movie camera #IndiaNEWS
It was her first professional credit. It had to be special – and it was. The opening titles of K Bhagyaraj’s Chinna Veedu declared in Tamil: Debutant cinematographer. Pride of womanhood. First Tamil woman.The Limca Book of Records later widened the scope of BR Vijayalakshmi’s feat, naming her the first female cinematographer in all of Asia.Vijayalakshmi is indeed a rarity in a filmmaking department that was and continues to be dominated by men, especially in India. Starting with Chinna Veedu in 1985, Vijayalakshmi shot over 20 Tamil films until the 1990s, including Aruvadai Naal, Therku Theru Machaan and Mall Veeti Minor. Although no longer a cinematographer (she is a high-ranking employee at Saregama India), Vijayalakshmi has not been allowed to forget her achievements. Journalists seeking to chronicle the often-ignored contributions of women to filmmaking end up dialing Vijayalakshmi. When the Indian Women Cinematographers Collective was set up in 2015, the organisation honoured Vijayalakshmi.This year’s Oscars, in which female nominees feature prominently in the prestigious categories of direction, writing and cinematography, is only the latest excuse to speak to Vijayalakshmi.Much has changed in film industries across the world, but especially in India, 63-year-old Vijayalakshmi observed. “I don’t think there are that many women directors here, but there are many cinematographers, all of them busy and having done very well...Read more

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