Bangalore : Ace cinematographer Sundarnath Suvarna who was in his 60s suffering from cancer of lungs and lever, for quite some time passed away on Tuesday morning at his residence in Bangalore.
Sundarnath Suvarna was drawn towards photography and cinematography during his childhood and he without learning photography professionally learnt it by passion and went on to become the most wanted cinematographer in Kannada in the 1980s and 90s.
Sundarnath Suvarna made his debut as a cinematographer through Kashinath’s ‘Aparoopada Athithigalu’ and went on to be the cinematographer for more than 100 films including ‘Nammoora Mandara Hoove’, ‘Gandugali Kumararama’, ‘Indradanush’, ‘Rajakiya’, ‘Thamassu’, ‘Anjadiru’ and other films.
He turned producer and director with ‘Arambha’ and went on to produce films like ‘Halliyadarenu Shiva’ starring Kumar Govind and others.
He directed films like ‘Agni Parva’, ‘Nee Nanna Daiva’, ‘Tiger Gangu’, ‘Khiladi Thatha’ and others.
He won the Kannada Rajyotsava State Award in 2013 just before his death.
His body will be brought to Ballalbhag in Mangalore, his home town on the evening of Tuesday, after his admirers and friends have paid their respects to him in Bangalore.
He worked for Bangar Patler and September 8 tulu Movies and completed his work in Kannda film Mahanadi which has been released recently.
He survived by his wife 2 children’s and 3 brothers who are in Mangalore.
We offer our tribute to the memory of our own great cinematographer.