V. Manikandan

V. Manikandan,
Born	January 13, 1968 (1968-01-13) (age 43) Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation	cinematographer

V. Manikandan (born January 1968) is a leading cinematographer hailing from Tamil Nadu. He has worked as the cinematographer for a number of major box office hits in Hindi and Tamil. He is an acclaimed ad film cinematographer with more than 3,000 ad films to his credit. He won the Best Cinematographer award [filmfare award] for the movie Anniyan. His debut movie was Atharmam (Tamil) in 1994. He has been congratulated by industry's most acclaimed directors like Mani Ratnam and S. Shankar. In a function Mani Ratnam said "Yes - he is one of the good cinematographers in India".V.Manikandan was nominated for Asia Pacific Cine Awards(ASPA) for his work in Raavanan/Raavan in 2010 for Best Cinematography.He has won Apsara award for best cinematography for Raavan in 2011.

Filmography

Film	Year	Language	Awards & Nominations
Ra.One	2011	Hindi
Khatta Meetha	2010	Hindi
Raavanan	2010	Tamil	Asia Pacific Cine Awards(ASPA) - Nominated for best Cinematography
Raavan	2010	Hindi	Apsara award - Won for best cinematography.
Billu	2009	Hindi
Om Shanti Om	2007	Hindi	Filmfare Award - Nominated for Best Cinematography
Police	2005	Malayalam
Anniyan	2005	Tamil	Filmfare Award - Won for Best Cinematography
Main Hoon Na	2004	Hindi
Kuch Naa Kaho	2003	Hindi
Pennin Manathai Thottu	2000	Tamil
Asura Vamsam	1997	Malayalam
Mr. Romeo	1996	Tamil
Sengottai	1996	Tamil
Sarigamapathani	1995	Tamil
Atharmam	1994	Tamil

Awards and nominations

Filmfare Awards

• 2005 Won for Best Cinematography for the film Anniyan
• 2007 Nominated for Best Cinematography for the film Om Shanti Om

Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Awards

• 2011 Won for Best Cinematography for the film Raavan

International

Asia Pacific Cine Awards(ASPA)

• 2010 Nominated for Best Cinematography for the film Raavanan

External links

• Manikandan at the Internet Movie Database
• Indian cinematographers

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Name	Manikandan, V.
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Date of birth	1968-01-13
Place of birth	Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
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