Department of Cinematography

The Minister of Cinematography, is the head of the Department of Cinematography of the Government of Andhra Pradesh.

Minister of Cinematography
Sinimāṭōgraphī Śākha Mantrī
Incumbent Kandula Durgesh since 12 June 2024
Department of Cinematography
Member of	Andha Pradesh Cabinet
Reports to	Governor of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh Legislature
Appointer	Governor of Andhra Pradesh on the advice of the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh
Inaugural holder	N. Chandrababu Naidu
Formation	8 June 2014
Website	Official website

The incumbent minister of the Cinematography department is the Kandula Durgesh from Janasena Party.

List of ministers

#	Portrait		Minister (Lifespan) Constituency	Term of office			Election (Term)	Party	Ministry	Chief Minister	Ref.
				Term start	Term end	Duration
–			N. Chandrababu Naidu (born 1950) MLA for Kuppam (Chief Minister)	8 June 2014	10 November 2018	4 years, 155 days	2014 (14th)	Telugu Desam Party	Naidu III	N. Chandrababu Naidu	[1]
1			Nakka Ananda Babu (born 1966) MLA for Vemuru	11 November 2018	29 May 2019	199 days					[2]
2			Perni Venkataramaiah (born 1967) MLA for Machilipatnam	30 May 2019	7 April 2022	2 years, 312 days	2019 (15th)	YSR Congress Party	Jagan	Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy	[3]
3			Chelluboyina Srinivasa Venugopalakrishna (born 1962) MLA for Ramachandrapuram	11 April 2022	11 June 2024	2 years, 61 days					[4]
4			Kandula Durgesh (born 1960) MLA for Nidadavole	12 June 2024	Incumbent	1 year, 64 days	2024 (16th)	Janasena Party	Naidu IV	N. Chandrababu Naidu	[5]