Bharathiraja loses his ace cinematographer

B Kannan, the chief cinematographer for Tamil director P Bharathirajaa passed away today at Chennai. He was 69. He was involved with the films of the ace director for 37 years since he made his debut with a Telugu film 'Kotha Jeevithalu' in 1981.

The association lasted for 24 films from then on till 2008. Kannan was the son of noted director of Tamil cinema, A Bhimsingh, who gave many hits not only in the local language but also in Telugu and Hindi in the 1950s-70s.

Bharathiraja was often left wonderstruck at the visualization of his team member who could bring to life what the director thought in his mind, accurately, many a time. Kannan was a song sequence specialist and his talent came to the top during these scenes, said the director in an interaction with the media.

This aspect was noticed by Telugu director K Viswanath too, he added. Unfortunately, one more titan of the cinema industry now has passed into a world of his own.