Preetha is a natural storyteller. She began seeing the world in frames long before she fell in love with cameras. Her passion for imagery shines through in her striking frames and cinematic story telling. Her signature style of lighting and composition have been critically acclaimed in each of her films.

She is a gold medallist from the Chennai Film Institute and her first step on to a film set was at the age of 18, where she started work as an assistant to award winning cinematographer P.C.Sreeram. She went on to hone her craft at Bond University, Australia.

With a career spanning 20 years, she has shot multiple feature films ,documentaries, TV commercials and music videos. She has garnered several awards including the Karnataka State Award for excellence in cinematography, the Galatta Wonder Woman Award for Inspiring Pathbreaker in Cinematography  and The Inspirational Global Woman Award in the field of Cinematography. She was awarded Best Cinematographer at the JFW Movie Awards for her work on the Tamil feature film ‘Vaanam Kottatum’ produced by Madras Talkies in 2021. She is part of IWCC (Indian Women's Cinematographer's Collective) and ISC  (Indian Society of Cinematographers). 

Preetha loves to toggle between lenses and words. Her essays have been published in the reputed newspaper  'The Hindu' and several online magazines. She has recently forayed into screenplay and story writing.

She is fondly known as Cameraman Madam on sets.