Manush Nandan

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Manush Nandan
Born
Years active2008—present
Spouse
Gowri
(m. 2013)
[2]
Parent(s) Gnani Sankaran (father) [3]
AS Padmavathi (mother) [1]

Manush Nandan is an Indian cinematographer who works in Hindi and Tamil-language films. He studied at the Film and Television Institute of Tamil Nadu and worked under Ravi K. Chandran during his early days and for his directorial debut Yaan (2014). [1] [4] He worked as an assistant cinematographer for Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (2008) and My Name is Khan (2010) before being recommended to Farah Khan by an assistant director to work on Happy New Year (2014). [5] He has since worked on several well known Hindi films such as Thugs of Hindostan (2018) and Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani (2023).

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Personal life

He is the son of writers Gnani Sankaran and AS Padmavathi. [1] He married Gowri in 2013.

Filmography

YearFilmLanguageNotesRef.
2010 Manmadhan Ambu Tamil [6]
2011 Jo Hum Chahein Hindi [7]
2013 Ishkq in Paris Hindi [8]
2014 Yaan Tamil [4]
Happy New Year Hindi [9]
2016 Kriti HindiShort film [9]
Devi
Abhinetri
Tutak Tutak Tutiya
Tamil
Telugu
Hindi
[10]
2018 Thugs of Hindostan Hindi [11]
2020 Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl Hindi [1]
2022 Samrat Prithviraj Hindi [12]
2023 Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani Hindi [13]
Dunki Hindiwith C. K. Muraleedharan and Amit Roy [14]
2025 Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari Hindi [15]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Rajendran, Sowmya (19 August 2020). "How 'total Chennai boy' Manushnandan became a cinematographer in Bollywood". The News Minute .
  2. "Kamal's DoP gets married". Behindwoods. 10 October 2013.
  3. "Journalist Gnani passes away". The Hindu. 15 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  4. 1 2 "Kamal and Shah Rukh to join hands". The Times of India . 27 August 2013.
  5. "Shah Rukh has immense trust in his technicians: Manush Nandan (Interview)". Indo-Asian News Service . 20 October 2014 via Business Standard.
  6. Srinivasan, Pavithra (23 December 2010). "Kamal Haasan delivers with Manmadhan Ambu". Rediff.com . The man has simply run rings around luscious locations such as Paris, Barcelona, Rome, Venice and Kodaikkanal, bringing in the sun and the wind right into your face. He deserves a dozen pats
  7. Nahta, Komal (16 December 2011). "Jo Hum Chahein Review". Koimoi. Manush Nandan's camerawork is fair
  8. "Ishkq In Paris movie review: Preity Zinta, Paris and Prem Raj whip up a souffle romance!". IANS . 23 May 2013 via Bollywood Life. The exquisite camerawork by Manush Nandan sweeps languorously through the neon-lit seductive night-life of Paris
  9. 1 2 "Cinematographers pose together". Indiaglitz. 28 August 2017.
  10. "REVIEW: 'Tutak Tutak Tutiya': Refreshingly funny". The Peninsula . 9 October 2016. With moderate production values which are well exploited, the visuals by cinematographer Manush Nandan are aesthetically shot
  11. Pudipeddi, Haricharan (12 November 2018). "Thugs of Hindostan DoP Manush Nandan: Working on a period drama was challenging, but the experience of a lifetime". Firstpost .
  12. Mitra, Shilajit (4 June 2022). "'Samrat Prithviraj' movie review: An expansive, though dreary, historical epic". The New Indian Express . DoP Manush Nandan's same compositions and angles have a stultifying effect
  13. "'Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani' enjoys strong opening weekend at the box office". The Economic Times . 30 July 2023. Manush Nandan's cinematography adds depth and charm
  14. "4 cinematographers worked on Dunki: Report". November 16, 2023 via The Economic Times - The Times of India.
  15. "'Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari' Goes On Floors". Outlook. 5 May 2024.