Kartik Vijay

Kartik Vijay is an Indian cinematographer best known for his works in the Hindi and Sinophone cinema. He earned a nomination for Best Cinematography in the 64th Filmfare Awards with the Indian biographical drama film Manto, and was also nominated for Best Cinematography four times with The Garden of Evening Mists (2019), The Soul (2021), Abang Adik (2023), and Yen and Ai-Lee (2024), in the 56th, 58th, 60th, and 61st Golden Horse Awards respectively.

Biography Vijay was born into an Indian family of musicians. He graduated from Sir J.J. Institute of Applied Art and worked as an art director in an advertising agency. He credited the Indian film Charulata and the French-Italian film Cinema Paradiso as his major sources of artistic influence. He continued to work on various Hindi film projects, for which he received a nomination for Best Cinematography in the 64th Filmfare Awards.

In 2019, Vijay made his international debut and served as the cinematographer for Malaysian historical drama film The Garden of Evening Mists directed by Tom Lin. Although the film starred an international cast of Sylvia Chang, Hiroshi Abe, John Hannah, and Julian Sands, Vijay was the only Indian on set. Following the completion of The Garden of Evening Mists, Vijay took a hiatus from filming and embarked on a trip to Cuba and Japan. In 2023, Vijay joined another Malaysian production and filmed Abang Adik, a neo-noir drama film directed by Jin Ong, for which he received his third nomination for Best Cinematography in the 60th Golden Horse Awards. He collaborated with Tom Lin once again on the drama film Yen and Ai-Lee in 2024, where he received his four nomination for Best Cinematography in the 61st Golden Horse Awards. 2008 Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! 2013 Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola 2023 Abang Adik Malaysian film