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{{Infobox person
| name = Chota K. Naidu
| image = Chota in shooting Location.jpg
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1962|7|3}}
| birth_place = [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]]|
| nationality = Indian
| other names = Chota
| occupation = [[Cinematographer]]
| years active = 1989-present
| alma_mater =
| relatives = [[Shyam K. Naidu]] (brother)<br> [[Sundeep Kishan]] (nephew)
| awards = Two [[Nandi Awards]]<br>Two [[Filmfare Awards South]]
| footnotes =
}}
'''Chota K. Naidu''' (born 1962) is an Indian cinematographer, best known for his distinct style of cinematography for films like, ''[[Matru Devo Bhava]], [[Choodalani Vundi|Choodalani Vund]]''[[Choodalani Vundi|i]] and ''[[Kotha Bangaru Lokam]]''. Naidu is a member of the [[Indian Society of Cinematographers]], the South Indian Cinematographers Association and the Telugu Cinematographers Association. He received two state [[Nandi Awards]] for ''[[Anji (film)|Anji]]'', ''[[Kotha Bangaru Lokam]]'' and two [[Filmfare Awards South]] for ''[[Kotha Bangaru Lokam]]'', ''[[Damarukam]]'' for cinematography. His outstanding contribution to the Indian Film Industry and the Indian Television Industry working as a DOP for [[Telugu language|Telugu]], [[Tamil language|Tamil]] and [[Hindi]] films, and in television <ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/architectturneddirector-vi-anand-brings-in-his-designing-expertise-to-filmmaking/article6986903.ece|title=Ready with his 'tiger'|first=Y. Sunita|last=Chowdhary|newspaper=The Hindu|date=12 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/Campus-love-story/article15502540.ece|title=Campus love story|first=m.l.|last=narasimham|newspaper=The Hindu|date=2 January 2011}}</ref> is appreciated from last 30 and odd years.

==Early life==
Naidu was born in [[Ramachandrapuram, East Godavari]] district, [[Andhra pradesh|Andhra Pradesh]]. His father, Chitti Babu Naidu, is a writer and director of stage plays at [[Andhra Pradesh]], and his mother, Ananthalakshmi, is a housewife. His elder sister, Padma Latha, is an electronics engineer and his elder brother, K.V.S. Naidu, is a mechanical engineer. His younger sister, Kanaka Durga, is an electronics engineer, and his younger brother, Shyam K. Naidu, is a cinematographer. He attended Skpgn Govt. Junior College Rcpuram.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.schoolsworld.in/schools/showcollege.php?college_id=28143990968 |title = Govt. Jr. College, Ramachandrapuram, Ramachandrapuram}}</ref> Born into a family of engineers, Chota spent most of his time watching films instead of concentrating on his studies and, due to this, he failed in his 10th standard exams. As a way to widen his exposure to films, he worked as a gatekeeper in a nearby theatre. He failed in his supplementary exams later that year because he was increasingly watching more films. Realizing his interest in cinema, his father Chitti Babu Naidu challenged him to pass at least 10th standard, and thereby, if he's successful, his father will employ him in the film industry. Chota took the challenge and passed with good rank and, as promised, his father made him a camera apprentice at ''Devar Films outdoor unit,'' which is a camera rental house in the city of Chennai in 1979. Later, he joined ''Taraka Prabhu outdoor unit'' under [[Dasari Narayana Rao]].
He was working with top cinematographers during the 1980s throughout India as a focus puller. He was inspired by DOP (Director of Photography) [[V.S.R. Swamy]] for his discipline, dedication and craft. He considers Swamy as his role model.

==Career==

Naidu's first opportunity as a DOP was for the telefilm ''Kristhu Jananam'' (1987) for DD Hyderabad Kendra which was directed by [[Bharath Parepalli]] and produced by P. Seetha Devi'','' who later went on to become his wife.

From then onwards, he was continuously working for more regional and national television work and TV commercials, evolving his craftsmanship in the process.

Naidu's first movie as a cinematographer was [[Dasari Narayana Rao]] [[Amma Rajinama]]<ref name=hi>{{cite news |title= Off the beaten track |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/article425588.ece |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |date=9 May 2010}}</ref>(1991). He collaborated with [[Dasari Narayana Rao]] for several other films such as ''Venkanna Babu'', ''Surigadu'', and ''Santaan''. Some of the directors he collaborated with are [[E.V.V. Satyanarayana]], for the films ''[[Varasudu]], [[Maga Rayudu]], [[Veedevadandi Babu]]'' and ''[[Maavidaakulu]],'' [[Kranthi Kumar]] for ''[[Bhale Pellam]]'', [[K. Raghavendra Rao]] for ''[[Allari Premikudu]], [[Bombay Priyudu]]'' and ''[[Gangotri (film)|Gangotri]],'' [[Ramgopal Varma]] for ''[[Deyyam]],'' [[Suresh Krissna]] for ''[[Master (1997 film)|Master]], [[Daddy (2001 film)|Daddy]],'' and ''[[Baba (2002 film)|Baba]]'' (Tamil), [[Satish Kaushik]] for [[Prem (film)|''Prem'']] (Hindi), [[Gunasekhar]] for ''[[Choodalani Vundi]]'', [[David Dhawan]] for ''[[Kunwara]]'' (Hindi), [[A.R. Murugadoss]] for [[Stalin (2006 film)|''Stalin'']], [[Trivikram Srinivas]] for ''[[Julai]],'' and with [[V.V. Vinayak]] for ''[[Tagore (film)|Tagore]], [[Bunny (2005 film)|Bunny]], [[Lakshmi (2006 film)|Lakshmi]], [[Krishna (2008 film)|Krishna]], [[Adhurs]], [[Naayak]]'' and ''[[Alludu Seenu]]''.

=== Style ===

Naidu received critical acclaim with his debut ''Kristhu Jananam,'' a telefilm dealing with the times of [[Jesus Christ]], for the rich painting-like cinematography.

For ''[[Matru Devo Bhava]]'', Naidu applied the [[chiaroscuro]] (extremely bright back light and top light to the point of burnout) and [[silhouette]] techniques to communicate predominantly a tragic content.

''[[Varasudu]]'' was his first big commercial film. In the film, he adopted a commercial style of lighting and a fitting selection of the [[color scheme|color palette]] to portray grandeur.

==Personal life==
His nephew [[Sundeep Kishan]] is a film actor.<ref name="hi"/>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! No
! Title
! Year
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|66
|[[Bimbisara (film)]]
|2022
|
|-
|65
|''[[Alludu Adhurs]]''
|2021
|
|-
| 64
|'' [[Raju Gari Gadhi 3]]''
| 2019
|
|-
| 63
|''[[Kavacham (2018 film)|Kavacham]]''
| 2018
|
|-
| 62
|''[[Touch Chesi Chudu]]''
| 2018
|
|-
| 61
|''[[Oxygen (2017 film)|Oxygen]]''
| 2017
|
|-
| 60
|''[[Jai Lava Kusa]]''
| 2017
|
|-
| 59
|''[[Winner (2017 film)|Winner]]''
| 2017
|
|-
| 58
|''[[Naanna Nenu Naa Boyfriends]]''
| 2016
|
|-
| 57
|''[[Okka Ammayi Thappa]]''
| 2016
|
|-
| 56
|''[[Krishnashtami]]''
| 2016
|
|-
| 55
|''[[Tiger (2015 film)|Tiger]]''
| 2015
|
|-
| 54
|''[[Beeruva]]''
| 2015
|
|-
| 53
|''[[Alludu Seenu]]''
| 2014
|
|-
| 52
|''[[Venkatadri Express (film)|Venkatadri Express]]''
| 2013
|
|-
| 51
|''[[Ramayya Vasthavayya]]''
| 2013
|
|-
| 50
|''[[Naayak]]''
| 2013
|
|-
| 49
|''[[Damarukam (film)|Damarukam]]''
| 2012
| [[Filmfare Award for Best Cinematographer - South]]<ref>[http://ibnlive.in.com/news/filmfare-awards-south-dhanush-eega-win-big-awards/408186-71-177.html Filmfare Awards (South): The complete list of Winners] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150510051756/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/filmfare-awards-south-dhanush-eega-win-big-awards/408186-71-177.html |date=10 May 2015 }}</ref>
|-
| 48
|''[[Julai]]''
| 2012
|
|-
| 47
|''[[Veera (2011 film)|Veera]]''
| 2011
|
|-
| 46
|''[[Prema Kavali]]''
| 2011
|
|-
| 45
|''[[Brindavanam (2010 film)|Brindavanam]]''
| 2010
|
|-
| 44
|''[[Adurs]]''
| 2010
|
|-
| 43
|''[[Kotha Bangaru Lokam]]''
| 2008
| [[Filmfare Award for Best Cinematographer - South]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ragalahari.com/functions/56thideafilmfareawards2008.aspx|title=56th Idea Filmfare Awards 2008|publisher=ragalahari.com|accessdate=2009-08-05}}</ref><br>[[Nandi Award]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.idlebrain.com/news/2000march20/nandiawards2008.html|title=Nandi awards 2008 announced - Telugu cinema news}}</ref>
|-
| 42
|''[[Premer Kahini]]''
| 2008
|
|-
| 41
|''[[Krishna (2008 film)|Krishna]]''
| 2008
|
|-
| 40
|''[[Shankar Dada Zindabad]]''
| 2007
|
|-
| 39
|''[[Aata (2007 film)|Aata]]''
| 2007
|
|-
| 38
|''[[Stalin (2006 film)|Stalin]]''
| 2006
|
|-
| 37
|''[[Darwaza Bandh Rakho]]''
| 2006
|
|-
| 36
|''[[Lakshmi (2006 film)|Lakshmi]]''
| 2006
|
|-
|35
|''[[Bunny (2005 film)|Bunny]]''
| 2005
|
|-
| 34
|''[[Gudumba Shankar]]''
| 2004
|
|-
| 33
|''[[Madhyanam Hathya]]''
| 2004
|
|-
| 32
|''[[Anji (film)|Anji]]''
| 2004
| [[Nandi Award]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.idlebrain.com/news/2000march20/nandiawards2004response.html | title=Nandiawards2004response - Telugu cinema news}}</ref>
|-
| 31
|''[[Tagore (film)|Tagore]]''
| 2003
|
|-
| 30
|''[[Johnny (2003 film)|Johnny]]''
| 2003
|
|-
| 29
|''[[Gangotri (2003 film)|Gangotri]]''
| 2003
|
|-
| 28
|''[[Baba (2002 film)|Baba]]''
| 2002
|
|-
| 27
|''[[Kya Yehi Pyaar Hai]]''
| 2002
|
|-
| 26
|''[[Daddy (2001 film)|Daddy]]''
| 2001
|
|-
| 25
|''[[Eduruleni Manishi (2001 film)|Eduruleni Manishi]]''
| 2001
|
|-
| 24
|''[[Azad (2000 film)|Azad]]''
| 2000
|
|-
| 23
|''[[Kunwara]]''
| 2000
|
|-
| 22
|''[[Pukar (2000 film)|Pukar]]''
| 2000
|
|-
| 21
|''[[Annayya (2000 film)|Annaiyya]]''
| 2000
|
|-
| 20
|''[[Maavidaakulu]]''
| 1998
|
|-
| 19
|''[[Choodalani Vundi]]''
| 1998
|
|-
| 18
|''[[Veedevadandi Babu]]''
| 1997
|
|-
| 17
|''[[Master (1997 film)|Master]]''
| 1997
|
|-
| 16
|''[[Deyyam]]''
| 1996
|
|-
| 15
|''[[Mrugam]]''
| 1996
|
|-
| 14
|''Kondapalli Rathaiah''
| 1995
|
|-
| 13
|''[[Taj Mahal (1995 film)|Taj Mahal]]''
| 1995
|
|-
| 12
|''[[Prem (film)|Prem]]''
| 1995
|
|-
| 11
|''[[Allari Premikudu]]''
| 1994
|
|-
| 10
|''[[Bhale Pellam]]''
| 1994
|
|-
| 09
|''[[Maga Rayudu]]''
| 1994
|
|-
| 08
|''[[Mathru Devo Bhava]]''
| 1991
|
|-
| 07
|''[[Varasudu]]''
| 1993
|
|-
| 06
|''[[Santaan]]''
| 1993
|
|-
| 05
|''Dr. Ambedkar''
| 1992
|
|-
| 04
|''[[Raguluthunna Bharatham]]''
| 1992
|
|-
| 03
|''Surigadu''
| 1992
|
|-
| 02
|''Venkanna Babu''
| 1992
|
|-
| 01
|''Amma Rajinama''
|1991
|
|}

==Television==
* ''Appuchesi Pappukudu'' ([[DD Saptagiri]])

==See also==
* [[Indian cinematographers]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|id=0619655|name=Chota K. Naidu}}

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[[Category:21st-century Indian photographers]]
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