Hari graduated from the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII).

[1] He was born on 31 March 1965 at Ponnani.

Rajgopalan Nair was the head of the department of Cinematography at the Film and Television Institute of India.

[2] Hari, a member of the Indian Society of Cinematographers and graduated from the Film and Television Institute of India and went on to completing many features in different indian languages.

He was awarded the National Award for best Cinematographer for the film Sham’s Vision (Non Feature film), he received his first Kerala state award in Swaham (1994) and second for Ennu Swantham Janakikutty (1997).