Preetha Jayaraman

Jayaraman earned a gold medal from the Film and Television Institute (FTI) in Chennai.^[2] She began her career at age 18 as an assistant to P. C. Sreeram, working with him for five years before pursuing further education.^[3] She later completed a Master's degree in Film and Television from Bond University in Australia (2000-2001), during which she received an internship with Warner Brothers during the production of Scooby-Doo (2002).^[4]

After completing her master's degree, Jayaraman returned to India and shot her first feature film, Knock Knock, I'm Looking to Marry (2003), in English. She came to prominence with her work on Abhiyum Naanum (2008), a Tamil family drama directed by Radha Mohan and produced by Prakash Raj.^[5][6] The film was awarded Best Film by the Tamil Nadu state government for the year 2008. Jayaraman has worked extensively across multiple Indian film industries, shooting features in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi, Malayalam, and English. She frequently collaborates with actor-director Prakash Raj, having worked on his trilingual film Un Samayal Arayil (2014), also released as Ulavacharu Biryani in Telugu and Oggarane in Kannada.^[7] She later shot Raj's Hindi directorial debut Tadka (2022). Her notable works include Vaanam Kottatum (2020), produced by Madras Talkies, Hey Sinamika (2022) in Tamil, and Dhoomam (2023) in Malayalam. In 2025, she worked as one of three cinematographers on the coming-of-age drama Bad Girl, directed by Varsha Bharath, which premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam.^[8] Beyond feature films, Jayaraman has extensive experience shooting television commercials, music videos, short films, and documentaries. Her commercial work includes campaigns for major brands such as ICICI Bank, Britannia, Titan, and Apple. She shot the popular music video "Teri Deewani" (2007) for singer Kailash Kher.^[9]