Director
Shankar's '
Mudhalvan
' featured Arjun and Manisha Koirala playing the lead with Raghuvaran playing the antagonist in the blockbuster hit film of 1999. Acclaimed cinematographer
KV Anand
was the cameraman for the film that receoved praise for its visuals too.
While the Digitial Intermediate (
DI
) process came into being only the 2000s, the reminisced how he used certain special film called '
Ektachrome 100
', while shooting for 'Mudhalvan'. The accalimed cinematographer turned director also revealed how he did the
color grading
for the film in the 90s for the film, when a fan quizzed him about it.
Explaing the process, KV Anand posted, "Cinematographer sits with Lab timer,put the film negative on a the Hazeltine which had preview filters with a controlled backlight, and pick exact settings of each printer point for each scene. These settings were fed to the high-speed printer.' (sic)
The political action thriller film had music by AR Rahman.
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