Divakar Mani | |
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Born | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
Nationality | Indian |
Occupation | Cinematographer |
Divakar Mani is an Indian cinematographer. [1] He has predominantly worked in films of Indian languages such as Telugu, Hindi and Malayalam.
He started his career as a video journalist with NDTV for seven years. After working with NDTV he shot and directed documentaries for UNICEF, UNAIDS, UNHCR, WHO and the World Bank.
He later assisted Santhosh Sivan in Urumi (2011), Thuppakki (2012), Rangrezz (2013), Ceylon (2013), and Anjaan (2014). He became an independent cinematographer with Aamayum Muyalum (2014), directed by Priyadarshan, which was a remake of his own Malamaal Weekly . [2] His later works include Keshava (2017), Ranarangam (2019), Ninnila Ninnila (2021), and Corona Papers (2023).
Year | Film | Language | Notes | References |
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2014 | Aamayum Muyalum | Malayalam | ||
2016 | Jugni [2] | Hindi | ||
2017 | Keshava | Telugu | ||
Maya | Tamil | Short film | ||
2019 | Ranarangam | Telugu | [3] | |
2021 | Super Over | Telugu | ||
Ninnila Ninnila | Telugu | |||
2022 | Virata Parvam | Telugu | [4] | |
2023 | Corona Papers | Malayalam | [5] | |
Rangabali | Telugu | |||
TBA | Muthayya | Telugu | [6] | |
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