Manush Nandan

Manush Nandan
Manush Nandan
Born	Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Years active	2008—present
Spouse	Gowri (m. 2013)
Parent(s)	Gnani Sankaran (father); AS Padmavathi (mother)
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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).

Personal life

He is the son of writers Gnani Sankaran and AS Padmavathi.^[1] He married Gowri in 2013.^[4]

Filmography

Year	Film	Language	Notes	Ref.
2010	Manmadhan Ambu	Tamil		^[6]
2011	Jo Hum Chahein	Hindi		^[7]
2013	Ishkq in Paris	Hindi		^[8]
2014	Yaan	Tamil		^[4]
2014	Happy New Year	Hindi		^[9]
2016	Kriti	Hindi	Short film	^[9]
2016	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]
2023	Dunki	Hindi	with C. K. Muraleedharan and Amit Roy	^[14]
2025	Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari	Hindi		^[15]
2025	Patriot	Malayalam

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Rajendran, Sowmya (19 August 2020). "How 'total Chennai boy' Manushnandan became a cinematographer in Bollywood". The News Minute.
^ "Kamal's DoP gets married". Behindwoods. 10 October 2013.
^ "Journalist Gnani passes away". The Hindu. 15 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Kamal and Shah Rukh to join hands". The Times of India. 27 August 2013.
^ "Shah Rukh has immense trust in his technicians: Manush Nandan (Interview)". Indo-Asian News Service. 20 October 2014 – via Business Standard.
^ 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
^ Nahta, Komal (16 December 2011). "Jo Hum Chahein Review". Koimoi. Manush Nandan's camerawork is fair
^ "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
^ ^a ^b "Cinematographers pose together". Indiaglitz. 28 August 2017.
^ "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
^ 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.
^ 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
^ "'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
^ "4 cinematographers worked on Dunki: Report". 16 November 2023 – via The Economic Times - The Times of India.
^ "'Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari' Goes On Floors". Outlook. 5 May 2024.

External links

Manush Nandan at IMDb

[C-1] 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.

[W-4] "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

[I-9] "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". 16 November 2023 – via The Economic Times - The Times of India.

[15] "'Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari' Goes On Floors". Outlook. 5 May 2024.

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Born	Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India^[1]
Years active	2008—present
Spouse	Gowri (m. 2013) ^[2]
Parent(s)	Gnani Sankaran (father)^[3] AS Padmavathi (mother)^[1]