Ansar Shah | |
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| Born | Ansar Shah |
| Alma mater | Film and Television Institute of India, Pune |
| Occupation | Cinematographer |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Spouse | Ashina Jahan |
| Children | 1 |
Ansar Shah (also known Ansar Sha) [1] is an Indian cinematographer, who works predominantly in the Hindi and Malayalam cinema industries. He is a graduate of the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune.
Shah [2] attended school at MMHS,[ clarification needed ] Nilamel, and graduated with a BSC in Physics from Iqbal college, Peringammala of University of Kerala in 2002. He completed post-graduate studies in Journalism at the Institute of Journalism [ clarification needed ] in 2004; and Linguistics at the University of Kerala in 2006
Shah started his career assisting established cinematographers such as Rajeev Ravi, Satyajit Pande, Kavin Jagtiani, Suresh Rajan and Rafey Mehmood in movies and commercials.[ citation needed ] He debuted in the Malayalam movie industry with Ishq in 2019. That was followed by work on Moonwalk, Liquor Island, and Jo and Jo . [3] [4] His initial venture in Bollywood was Aap ke padose Mein.
He received the 2016 Kerala State Television "Award for Best Cinematography" for the movie short, Chaver. [5] [6] [7]
| Year | Film | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Oru Bharatha Sarkkar Ulpannam [8] | T V Ranjith |
| 2022 | Jo and Jo | Arun D Jose [9] |
| 2021 | Chaare (Musical Narrative) | Sunil Gopalakrishnan |
| 2020 | Liquor Island | Sethu G Kiran |
| 2019 | Moonwalk | A K Vinod [10] |
| 2019 | Ishq (2019 film) | Anuraj Manohar |
| 2017 | Neer: water (Hindi Short) | Dipendra Vasistha |
| 2015 | Chaver (Short) | Abhilash Vijayan |
| 2015 | In Their Shoes Documentary | Atul Sabharwal |
| 2014 | Ek Javaani (Short) | Suyash Barve |
| Year | Film | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | The Elder One | Geetu Mohandas |
| 2019 | Uyare | Manu Ashokan |
| 2019 | Naa Peru Surya, Naa Illu India | Vakkantham Vamsi |
| 2017 | Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum | Dileesh Pothan |
| 2016 | Udta Punjab | Abhishek Chaubey |
| 2016 | Un Passage (Short) | Gyan Gaurav |
| 2015 | Katti Batti | Nikkhil Advani |
| 2012 | Under the Clock Tower (Short) | Gyan Gaurav |
| 2011 | Khwaab | Anadi Athaley |
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