Abinandhan Ramanujam
Abinandhan Ramanujam is an Indian cinematographer who hails from Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He is working in Malayalam, Tamil and Hindi films.[1]
Abinandhan Ramanujam | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Alma mater | L.V.prasad Film institute |
| Occupation | Director of photography |
| Years active | 2009—present |
| Home town | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
Early life
Abinandhan Ramanujam was born in Chennai. He was graduated from L.V. Prasad Film and TV Academy and is a gold medalist from there. He later did a course in visual communication from Dr G R Damodaran College of Science, Coimbatore . Since childhood Abinandhan was interested in photography. His father Ramanujam was a bank officer, who always encouraged him in his work. His father owned an old Yashica camera; he would practice his photography skills, and his father would monitor it as well give guidance on his photography. In school and college days, Abinandhan was very active and had participated in many filmmaking competitions. He used to keep himself busy with some or the other work which was related to filming.
Career
The Postman is one of such film by Abinandhan which gained National award in best non-feature film category in 2009. Abinandhan got his first break from director Bejoy Nambiar. Nambiar was shooting for his MTV series Rush when Akshay, a friend of him who was assisting Nambiar spoke about Abinandhan. He was then called with his camera to Mumbai to be the DOP of the series. At this time, he had developed good contacts within the industry. It was during this period when Lijo Jose Pellissery who had even directed two episodes of the MTV series called up Abinandhan to be the DOP of the super-hit movie Amen. His movie Double Barrel is known for its extraordinary shots. Besides filming, Abinandhan likes traveling. His collaborations with filmmaker Lijo Jose Pellissery are highly acclaimed.
Filmography
| Filmography | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Title | Language | Director | Notes |
| 2011 | Paalai | Tamil | Senthamizhan | |
| 2013 | Amen | Malayalam | Lijo Jose Pellissery | |
| 2014 | Mosayile Kuthira Meenukal | Malayalam | Ajith Pillai | |
| Yeh Hai Bakrapur | Hindi | Janaki Vishwanathan[2] | ||
| 2015 | Double Barrel | Malayalam | Lijo Jose Pellissery | |
| 2016 | Darvinte Parinamam | Malayalam | Jijo Antony | |
| Kavalai Vendam | Tamil | Deekay | ||
| 2017 | Kavan | Tamil | K. V. Anand | |
| Sakka Podu Podu Raja | Tamil | G. L. Sethuraman | ||
| 2018 | Dobaara | Hindi | Bejoy Nambiar | Short film[3] |
| Maadathy | tamil | Leena Manimekalai | ||
| 2019 | Irupathiyonnaam Noottaandu | Malayalam | Arun Gopy | |
| Nine | Malayalam | Jenuse Mohamed | ||
| Kee | Tamil | Kalees | ||
| Happy Sardar[4] | Malayalam | Sudip Joshy, Geethika Sudip | ||
| Sillu Karupatti | Tamil | Halitha Shameem | ||
| 2020 | Backpackers | Malayalam | Jayaraj | Post Production/Delayed |
| Chathur Mukham | Malayalam | Ranjeet Kamala Sankar Salil V. | Filming | |
As partial cinematographer
| Year | Title | Language | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Swathandriam Ardharathriyil | Malayalam | Tinu Pappachan | (for only Mysore Portion) |
| 2018 | Imaikkaa Nodigal | Tamil | R.Ajay Gnanamuthu | (Kadhalikathey Song[5]) |
| 2019 | Kaappaan | Tamil | K. V. Anand | (for only London Portion) |
Awards & Achievements
| Awards & Achievements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Award | Category | Film/Other |
| 2009 | Gold Medalist [6] | Best Cinematographer | L.V.prasad Film institute |
| 2009 | National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film | Best Non-Feature Film | The Postman |
| 2015 | South Indian International Movie Awards | SIIMA Best Cinematographer Malayalam | Mosayile Kuthira Meenukal |
| 2020 | 7th Aurangabad International film festival Award | Best Cinematographer | Maadathy |
Actor in films
- David ||,Directed by Bejoy Nambiar
Actor in short films
- Tinder Kadhal (2018),Directed by Pradeep Ranganathan[7]
References
- "Hot shot!". thehindu. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
- "Who's the Bakra?". The Indian Express.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGpxAZol3QQ
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9808564/
- https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%28Kadhalikathey+Video+Song
- https://prasadacademy.com/alumni/department-of-cinematography.html
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VopAjfdt5F8
External links
- Abinandhan Ramanujam on imdb
- Abinandhan Ramanujam on [https://www.instagram.com/abinandhanramanujam/
- Abinandhan Ramanujam on linkedin
- Abinandhan Ramanujam on twitter
- Abinandhan Ramanujam on facebook