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
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
NationalityIndian
Alma materL.V.prasad Film institute
OccupationDirector of photography
Years active2009—present
Home townChennai, 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
YearTitleLanguageDirectorNotes
2011PaalaiTamilSenthamizhan
2013AmenMalayalamLijo Jose Pellissery
2014Mosayile Kuthira MeenukalMalayalamAjith Pillai
Yeh Hai BakrapurHindiJanaki Vishwanathan[2]
2015Double BarrelMalayalamLijo Jose Pellissery
2016Darvinte ParinamamMalayalamJijo Antony
Kavalai VendamTamilDeekay
2017KavanTamilK. V. Anand
Sakka Podu Podu RajaTamilG. L. Sethuraman
2018DobaaraHindiBejoy NambiarShort film[3]
MaadathytamilLeena Manimekalai
2019Irupathiyonnaam NoottaanduMalayalamArun Gopy
NineMalayalamJenuse Mohamed
KeeTamilKalees
Happy Sardar[4] MalayalamSudip Joshy, Geethika Sudip
Sillu KarupattiTamilHalitha Shameem
2020BackpackersMalayalamJayarajPost Production/Delayed
Chathur MukhamMalayalamRanjeet Kamala Sankar
Salil V.		Filming

As partial cinematographer
YearTitleLanguageDirectorNotes
2018Swathandriam ArdharathriyilMalayalamTinu Pappachan(for only Mysore Portion)
2018Imaikkaa NodigalTamilR.Ajay Gnanamuthu(Kadhalikathey Song[5])
2019KaappaanTamilK. 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

Actor in short films
  • Tinder Kadhal (2018),Directed by Pradeep Ranganathan[7]

References
  1. "Hot shot!". thehindu. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  2. "Who's the Bakra?". The Indian Express.
  3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGpxAZol3QQ
  4. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9808564/
  5. https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%28Kadhalikathey+Video+Song
  6. https://prasadacademy.com/alumni/department-of-cinematography.html
  7. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VopAjfdt5F8
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