March 2025
Lighting
Lighting interiors with a single source
Notes from a small kitchen sequence on Root — how a single tungsten bulb and a bounce card carried the entire scene.
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Journal
Behind the scenes.
Occasional field notes from set — lighting diagrams, lens tests and the small, stubborn lessons of working in the dark.
February 2021
Press
Featured in Times of India
“Arjun Raja goes to any extent to satisfy the director” — Adhi on Sivakumarin Sabadham DOP
Featured in The Times of India: actor-director Adhi on collaborating with Arjun Raja as the cinematographer of Sivakumarin Sabadham — a conversation about craft, trust and going the distance for the frame.
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Interview
Interview
Featured on Jaya TV
Arjun Raja — Interview on Jaya TV
Watch the full conversation on Jaya TV — Arjun Raja speaks about his journey as a cinematographer, working across South Indian cinema and the craft behind the frame.
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January 2025
Lensing
Why I keep going back to the 35mm
On the quiet authority of a 35mm prime: how it teaches restraint, geography and the gift of moving the camera with the actor.
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November 2024
Color
Color memory of Hadinelentu
Building a muted, ochre-leaning palette that mirrors the protagonist's interior life — pre-pro tests, LUT design and on-set monitoring.
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September 2024
Craft
Listening on set
The most underrated DOP skill: knowing when to put the meter down and just listen to the actor's breath.
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