Associated with movies like Valkannadi (2002), Ammakilikkoodu (2003), Njan Salperu Ramankutty (2004), Athbhutha Dweepu (2005), Mahha Samudram (2006), Doctor Love (2011), Rajadhi Raja (2014), and Pulimurugan (2016), Shaji Kumar is a cinematographer who primarily works in the Tamil and Malayalam movie industry. He was part of Pulimurugan, starring Mohanlal, which became the first film to create "100 crore club" in Malayalam film industry. His 2017 project includes Malayalam thriller Ramaleela. Directed by Gopi Sunder, the movies stars Dileep and Pragya Martin in the lead. His other releases include Mohanlal (2018) and Odiyan (2018), Madhuraraja (2019) and Ittymaani: Made in China (2019).