Before opening his own company, which cinematographer did V. Harikrishna gain experience with?
V. Harikrishna V. Harikrishna (born 5 November 1974) is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer, playback singer and film producer. He has mainly scored music for Kannada films. After his stint as a programmer and assistant musician, Harikrishna made his debut as an independent composer in actor Darshan's first production venture "Jothe Jotheyali" in 2006. Since then, he has been scoring for majority of Darshan's films besides working for many other leading production houses. He owns an audio company called "D-Beats" (established: 2013) and produces music under his own company starting from the film "Bulbul" (2013).
Chezhiyan Chezhiyan is an Indian cinematographer who works primarily in the Tamil film industry. After completing his Civil Engineering degree, he started his career as an apprentice to P. C. Sreeram before establishing himself as a cinematographer. He was born in South Tamil Nadu at Sivaganga. Making his cinematic debut as a full-fledged cinematographer through "Kalloori", Chezhiyan's camera-work in Bala's "Paradesi" (2013) won the "Best cinematography" award at the 2013 BFI London Film Festival Awards.