V. Manikandan

V. Manikandan
V. Manikandan
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Born	Velayutham Manikandan; 13 January 1968 (age 56); Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	Madras Film Institute
Occupation	Cinematographer; Director of Photography

V. Manikandan is a leading cinematographer hailing from Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. He has worked as the cinematographer for a number of major box office hits in Hindi, Tamil and Malayalam. He is an ad film cinematographer with more than 3000 ad films to his credit. He won the Best Cinematographer award [filmfare award] for the movie Anniyan. His debut movie was Atharmam (Tamil) in 1994. He has worked with directors Priyadarshan, Mani Ratnam and S. Shankar. In a function Mani Ratnam said "Yes - he is one of the good cinematographers in India". V. Manikandan was nominated for Asia Pacific Cine Awards(ASPA) for his work in Raavanan/Raavan in 2010 for Best Cinematography. He has won Apsara award for best cinematography for Raavan in 2011. He is the younger brother of Artist V. Jeevananthan, A National Awardee for his Book On Cinema 'Thiraicheelai' in the National film Awards 2010.

Filmography[edit]

Akhil 4	2019	Telugu
Agnyaathavaasi	2018	Telugu
Prem Ratan Dhan Payo	2015	Hindi
Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani	2013	Hindi
Ra.One	2011	Hindi	9th Annual Central European Bollywood Award(ACEBA-2012) - Won for Best Cinematography
Khatta Meetha	2010	Hindi
Raavanan	2010	Tamil	Asia Pacific Cine Awards(ASPA) - Nominated for best Cinematography
Raavan	2010	Hindi	Apsara award - Won for best cinematography.
Billu Barber	2009	Hindi
Om Shanti Om	2007	Hindi	Filmfare Award - Nominated for Best Cinematography
Police	2005	Malayalam
Anniyan	2005	Tamil	Filmfare Award - Won for Best Cinematography
Main Hoon Na	2004	Hindi
Kuch Naa Kaho	2003	Hindi
Boys	2003	Tamil	1 Song
Pennin Manathai Thottu	2000	Tamil
Asuravamsam	1997	Malayalam
Mr. Romeo	1996	Tamil
Sengottai	1996	Tamil
Sarigamapadani	1995	Tamil
Adharmam	1994	Tamil

Awards and nominations[edit]

Filmfare Awards[edit]

2005 Won for Best Cinematography for the film Anniyan
2007 Nominated for Best Cinematography for the film Om Shanti Om

Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Awards[edit]

2011 Won Best Cinematography Award for the film Raavan

International[edit]

Asia Pacific Cine Awards(ASPA)[edit]

2010 Nominated for Best Cinematography for the film Raavanan

Annual Central European Bollywood Awards[edit]

2012 Won Best Cinematography Award for the film Ra.One

External links[edit]

Manikandan on IMDb

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v t e Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Cinematographer
1968–1980	P. N. Sundaram (1968) Marcus Bartley (1969) Amirtham (1970) — (1971) — (1972) — (1973) — (1974) — (1975) — (1976) Babu (1977–78) A. Somasundaram, Nallusamy / Gnanasekar, Tiwary (1978–79) B. S. Lokanath (1979–80) Ashok Kumar (1980–81)
1981–2000	B. Kannan (1981–82) Soumendu Roy (1982–83) — (1984) — (1985) — (1986) — (1987) Ajayan Vincent (1988) Ashok Kumar (1989) Abdul Rahman (1990) Raghunatha Reddy (1991) Santosh Sivan (1992) M. C. Shekar (1993) Jeeva (1994) Santosh Sivan (1995) Arthur A. Wilson (1996) Thangar Bachan (1997) Annadurai (1998) Ilavarasu (1999) Ananda Kuttan (2000)
2001–present	R. Rathnavelu (2001) Arjun Jena (2002) N. K. Ekambaram (2003) B. Kannan (2004) R. D. Rajasekhar (2005) Ravi Varman (2006) Nirav Shah (2007) Arthur A. Wilson (2008) Manoj Paramahamsa (2009) Santosh Sivan / V. Manikandan (2010) Balasubramaniem (2011) M. Sukumar (2012) Siddharth (2013) Nirav Shah (2014)