Ravi Varman gets inducted into American Society of Cinematographers

Ravi Varman
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The veteran is the second Indian to be inducted into the organisation, after cinematographer Santosh Sivan. Ravi Varma, who is also a National Award-wininng cinematographer and an honorary member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, took to X to share the news.

After debuting with the Malayalam film Jalamarmaram back in 1999, Ravi Varman has a career spanning more than 25 years in which he has worked with famous stars and directors in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi and English.

In a statement, Ravi Varman said, “I would like to convey my heartfelt gratitude to the board of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) for inducting me as a member. Cinematographers from all over the world dream of joining this association. It gives me great joy and pride to be included in a platform where the world’s leading cinematographers who have won awards including Oscars are members. I wholeheartedly thank those who made me realise this dream.”