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{{short description|Indian cinematographer (born 1974)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Jaya Krishna Gummadi
| image =
| caption = Jayakrishna Gummadi, FTII
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1974}}
| birth_place = [[Vijayawada]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]]
| occupation = [[Cinematographer]]
| other_names = JK
| parents = Jaya Prakash Gummadi (Father)<br>Janaki Rani (Mother)
| footnotes =
}}
'''Jayakrishna Gummadi''' (born in [[Vijayawada]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]]) is an [[People of India|Indian]] [[cinematographer]] who has worked in [[Telugu cinema|Telugu]] and [[Malayalam cinema]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinematographer-jayakrishna-gummadi-on-his-craft/article8413517.ece|title=Finding his space|first=Nita|last=Sathyendran|publisher=}}</ref> Even though he is from same village as that of [[Gummadi Venkateswara Rao]], they are not related. Gummadi has received the [[National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film Cinematography]] at the [[National Film Awards|56th National Film Awards]], for his short film ''When This Man Dies''. His diploma film ''Vadhakramam'' won the critics jury award at the Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/56nfaawards.pdf|title=56th National Film Awards for 2008 |publisher=Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India |accessdate=5 April 2011}}</ref>

==Background==
Gummadi was in 10th class when he got inspired by the spectacular cinematography in ''[[Geethanjali (1989 film)|Geethanjali]]'' in 1989 and that's where his aspiration of being a cinematographer got wings.<ref name="auto"/> After getting his Degree in Photography from JNTU, he worked as an assistant to the noted cinematographer [[Sameer Reddy]] for 2 years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/Jayakrishna-Gummadi-s-Dream-run/article14414663.ece|title=Jayakrishna Gummadi 's Dream run|first=Y. Sunita|last=CHowdhary|publisher=}}</ref> By 2004, he did 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2060473/|title=Jayakrishna Gummadi|publisher=}}</ref>

==Telugu cinema==
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]]. In 2007 his feature film "Okkadunnadu" was released. In 2008 he has to his credit 'Idhi Sangathi' (Telugu) starring [[Tabu (actress)|Tabu]] and Abbas. This film was noted for being shot on HD (High definition/viper camera). He has also been associated with couple of short films. Prominent among them are ''"22 Minutes"'' (Directed by renowned music director, [[R.P. Patnaik]]) and ''"I am famous"'' (Directed by R.Hanumantha Rao) which was the opening film in the 2007 Hyderabad International Film Festival

==International honor==
In 2010, his significant contribution in Cinematography to a Marathi feature film [[Vihir]] won Best Cinematography Award in Asia Pacific Screen Awards, Australia.

== Filmography ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Movie
! Year
|-
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''[[Mr & Mrs Sailaja Krishnamurthy]]''
|
2004
|-
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''[[Raam (2006 film)]]''
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2006
|-
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''[[Okkadunnadu]]''
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2007
|-
|-
|
''[[Idi Sangathi]]''
|2008
|-
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''[[Winter (2009 film)]]'' (Malayalam)
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2009
|-
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''[[Andari Bandhuvaya]]''
|
2010
|-
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''Alif''
|
2011
|-
|[[Pizza (2014 film)|''Pizza'']] (Hindi)
|
2014
|-
|''[[Dedh Ishqiya]]'' (2nd Unit DoP) (Hindi)
|2014
|-
|''[[Karinkunnam Sixes]]'' (Malayalam)
|2016
|-
|''[[Phobia (2016 film)|Phobia]]'' (Hindi)
|2016
|-
|''[[Sabaash Naidu]]'' (Tamil, Telugu, Hindi)
|2017
|-
|''[[Padi Padi Leche Manasu]]'' (Telugu)
|2018
|-
|''[[World Famous Lover]]'' (Telugu)
| 2020
|-
|''[[Haseen Dillruba]]''(Hindi)
| 2021
|-
|''[[Bhoot Police]]''(Hindi)
| 2021
|}

== References ==
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[[Category:Telugu film cinematographers]]
[[Category:Malayalam film cinematographers]]
[[Category:1974 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Telugu people]]
[[Category:Artists from Vijayawada]]
[[Category:Film and Television Institute of India alumni]]
[[Category:Best Cinematography National Film Award winners]]
[[Category:Cinematographers from Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian photographers]]

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