Sujith Vaassudev

Sujith Vaassudev
Born	SuVasu 1973 (age 51–52) Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
Occupations	Photographer Cinematographer Film director
Years active	2009–present
Spouse	Manju Pillai (divorced)
Awards	Kerala State Film Award for Best Cinematographer (2013) for Ayaal and Memories

Sujith Vaassudev is an Indian cinematographer and film director who works predominantly in Malayalam films. He has also worked in several Tamil and Telugu films.[1] He is best known for his works in Memories (2013), 7th Day (2014), Drishyam (2014) and Lucifer (2019). He was the recipient of the Kerala State Film Award for Best Cinematographer in 2013.

Career

Started his career as a camera assistant in a studio called Sangeetha Vision in Thiruvananthapuram. From there he gradually built his knowledge in cinematography by assisting many cameramen.[2] He started his first independent works for television in 1998. He has done more than 1000 episodes for television for various Malayalam channels. He assisted Raja Rathinam for a while in cinematography. Sujith made his debut with Chekavar a 2010 Malayalam film. His best works include Drishyam, 7th Day, Memories, Ayaal, Anarkali.

Sujith Vaassudev won the 2013 Kerala State Film Award for Best Cinematography for the films Ayaal and Memories.

In 2016 he debuted as a director through the film James & Alice starring Prithviraj Sukumaran and Vedhika.

Personal life

Sujith married actress Manju Pillai on 23 December 2000. The couple has a daughter Daya Sujith.

Sujith and Manju Pillai have been separated since 2020 and divorced in 2024.[3]

Filmography

• All films are in Malayalam, unless mentioned otherwise.

Key

†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

As cinematographer

Year	Film	Notes
2009	Kerala Cafe	Segment : Lalitham Hiranmayam
2010	Chekavar
	College Days
2011	City of God
2012	Mullamottum Munthiricharum
	Molly Aunty Rocks!
2013	Ayaal	Kerala State Film Award for Best Cinematographer Nominated – SIIMA Award for Best Cinematographer
	Memories	Kerala State Film Award for Best Cinematographer
	Punyalan Agarbattis
	Drishyam
2014	7th Day
2015	Papanasam	Tamil film
	Amar Akbar Anthony
	Anarkali
2017	Ezra
	1971: Beyond Borders
2019	Lucifer
2020	Anveshanam
	Miss India	Telugu film
2022	Khiladi
	The Warriorr	Bilingual film
2023	Bro	Telugu film
2025	L2: Empuraan
	Kaaliyan

As director

Year	Film	Language	Notes
2016	James & Alice	Malayalam	Also cinematographer
2018	Autorsha

As actor

Year	Film	Role	Language
2015	Amar Akbar Anthony	Himself	Malayalam
2020	Anveshanam	Channel Head	Malayalam

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Film(s)	Nominated	Won
2012	Kerala State Television Award	Best Cinematographer	Nizhalum Nilaavum Parayunnathu	Yes	Yes
2013	Kerala State Film Award		Ayaal, Memories	Yes	Yes
	South Indian International Movie Award			Yes	No
2014	Minnalai Film TV Awards		Drishyam, Memories	Yes	Yes
2016	Kerala Film Critics Association Award		James & Alice	Yes	Yes

References

1. "Sujith Vaassudev". Filmibeat.
2. "Sujith Vasudev News | Latest News on Sujith Vasudev – Times of India". The Times of India.
3. "Manju Pillai ends 24 years of marriage with Sujith Vaassudev". April 2024.

External links

• Sujith Vaassudev at IMDb