Producer-novelist-director
Agni
Shridhar
has
decided
to
pay
his
last
tribute
to
Sandalwood's
ace
cameraman
Sundarnath
Suvarna.
The
cinematographer,
who
recently
passed
away,
had
worked
with
Shridhar
in
his
directorial
debut
Thamassu.
Thamassu
has
won
three
State
Awards
-
Best
Movie,
Best
Screenplay
(Agni
Sridhar)
and
Best
Supporting
Actor
-
Female
(Harshika
Poonacha).
The
movie
had
Shivaraj
Kumar,
Padmapriya,
Yash
and
Nassar
in
the
important
roles.
Sources
said
that
Sridhar
has
decided
to
give
away
the
full
prize
money
to
Suvarna's
family
and
pay
tribute
to
the
ace
cinematographer.
However,
Shridhar
has
refused
to
disclose
the
fact
of
giving
away
the
prize
money
to
Sundarnath's
family.
Sundarnath
Suvarna
passed
away
on
December
10,
2013
at
his
residence.
It
was
reported
that
he
was
suffering
from
cancer
and
was
under
palliative
care
for
few
days.
Sundarnath
Suvarna's
cinematography
was
mass
appreciated
by
the
audience
in
epic
movie
Gandugali
Kumararama.
He
was
also
successful
in
handling
camera
for
the
action
thrillers
like
Lock
Up
Death,
Golibar
and
others.
Sundarnath
was
the
most
wanted
cinematographer
in
the
80s
and
90s.
He
was
felicitated
with
Rajyotsava
award
in
2013.
Apart
from
cinematography,
he
had
also
directed
the
movies
like
Agni
Parva,
Nee
Nanna
Daiva,
Tiger
Gangu
and
Khiladi
Thatha,
and
produced
the
movies
like
Arambha
and
Halliyaadarenu
Shiva.