Background
JK, as he is fondly called in the industry, was in 10th class when he got inspired by the spectacular cinematography in Geethanjali in 1989 and that's where his journey began as a cinematographer. After getting his degree in Photography from JNTU he worked as an assistant to the noted cinematographer Sameer Reddy and later went on to complete his graduation in Motion Picture Photography from Film and Television Institute of India, Pune. As a student at FTII his dialogue film won Kodak Film school competition at the national level for his cinematography. His diploma film 'vadhakramam' won the critics jury award at the Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival
After graduating from FTII, he came back to Hyderabad to take up the assignment as a cinematographer for the Telugu film "Mr and Mrs Sailaja Krishnamurthy" followed by a Malayalam film starring Jayaram. Then the big moment came with "Ram" and people started making note of his commendable work.
In 2007 his feature film "Okkadunnadu" was released.
In 2008 he has to his credit 'Idhi Sangathi' starring Tabu and Abbas. This film was noted for being shot on HD
He has also been associated with couple of short films. Prominent among them are "22 Minutes" & "I am famous" which was the opening film in the 2007 Hyderabad International Film Festival