Manoj Kumar Khatoi

Movies

Trial Period
Director of Photography
A working single mother's world turns upside down when her inquisitive son demands a new father on a 30-day 'Trial Period'.
Uunchai
Director of Photography
Amit, Om, Javed and Bhupen - a group of four friends - have come a long way in life. Bhupen had a lifelong dream of going to Mount Everest with his three friends but the idea is quashed immediately as soon as he expresses it to them during a get-together. However, Bhupen's sudden death leads the trio to leave their cozy Delhi lives and trek to Everest Base Camp as friendship was their only motivation.
Khayali Pulao
Director of Photography
A short film that silently spotlights the role of technology in the cultural evolution of an entire generation.
Jawaani Jaaneman
Director of Photography
The carefree life of a 40-year-old playboy comes to a standstill when he comes to know that he has a 20 something-year-old daughter.
Notebook
Director of Photography
An ex-army officer, Kabir, becomes a teacher in Kashmir in a school that is in a miserable condition. Things take a turn when Kabir finds a notebook, left behind by the previous year's teacher Firdaus.
Mitron
Director of Photography
Jai (Jackky Bhagnani), born and brought up with middle-class values, has a ‘take it easy’ approach to life. Since he doesn't believe in herd mentality, he and his two best friends, Raunak (Pratik Gandhi) and Deepu (Shivam Parekh) start looking for unique ways to make it big in the world. During this trial and error phase, Jai realizes his dream. But his decision of choosing an unprofitable career path doesn’t go down too well with his father (Neeraj Sood), who has bigger aspirations for him. Therefore, in order to bring stability in his life, his father decides to get him married. Destiny, however, has something else in store for Jai, when he accidentally meets Avni (Kritika Kamra), an ambitious, MBA graduate, who wants to start her own business. Set in the backdrop of the Gujarati milieu, the film traces Jai and Avni’s personal journey, as they both find themselves and discover the true meaning of friendship in the bargain.
Raees
Second Unit Director of Photography
Set in the early ’80s and ’90s in Gujarat, India, ‘Raees’ is a fictitious story of a crime lord named Raees, who builds an entire empire from scratch, and a police officer who is determined to bring him down.
Shutter
Cinematography
A re-make of the Malayalam 2012 film of the same name, a middle-class family man who has returned to his home in Maharashtra ends up getting trapped with a nameless hooker in a small shop room.
The Power of Silence
Director of Photography
Soon after Arvind, a successful lawyer, is appointed as judge, he gets anonymous calls that threaten the safety of his family. He then enlists the help of an IPS officer to unravel the truth.
Fukrey
Assistant Camera
The paths of four dream-chasing college friends cross with an array of colourful characters, from a tough-talking Punjabi female don to a Jugaad Baaz college watchman. Mayhem ensues.