Biography

Aravind Ragupathi was born in Madras, India. He started his career in media as a freelance design artist. Over the last 12 years, his focus has moved from media, design and imaging to motion picture and video.

He has worked in different capacities in various productions and his portfolio includes several features, narratives, AV, multimedia, industrial and soundtrack work for leading film production houses and corporations.

Since his move to the USA in the year 2000, Aravind has traveled coast to coast working, collaborating and consulting on various productions. He was worked in New York, Ohio, Kansas, Virginia, San Francisco and North Carolina.

Aravind has worked as a cinematographer, a sound designer and a gaffer, as well as in all aspects of post-production.

He holds two master's degrees: one in business administration, and another in commerce & economics.

In addition to two major solo exhibits of his black & white photography and a dozen films-festival entries, Aravind has also worked as a news correspondent. Hundreds of his photographs and write-ups have been published in leading magazines and newspapers in Asia and around the world.

Currently, Aravind is working as a broadcaster for a leading technology corporation. He is looking forward to filming and producing compelling documentaries and independent feature films.
- IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous

When a daily newspaper discovered it had to run a page on which every article and photograph was by Aravind Ragupathi, the news editor proposed a quick plan. They created a new byline, Arvind Krishna, and attributed some of the work to this fictional person. Aravind has since used this pseudonym on many magazine articles and films over the years.