Santosh Sivan

Santosh Sivan

Nacimiento : 1964-03-08, Trivandrum, Kerala, India

Historia

Santosh Sivan ASC, ISC is an Indian cinematographer, film director, producer and actor in Indian cinema. Santosh graduated from the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) and has to date completed 45 feature films and 41 documentaries.[3] He is a founding member of the Indian Society of Cinematographers (ISC) and is the most awarded Director of Photography (DOP) in India. Santosh became the first Cinematographer in the Asia-Pacific region to be honoured with American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) membership. As a cinematographer, he has won five National Film Awards – including four for Best Feature Film Cinematography. As of 2014, he has received 11 National Film Awards , and 21 international awards,for his work in various films.He was awarded the Padmashree by the president of India in the year 2014.

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Santosh Sivan

Películas

Mumbaikar
Director of Photography
Set in the bustling streets of Mumbai, four lives get unknowingly intertwined after a kidnapping goes wrong as the child abducted happens to be the son of Mumbai’s don.
Mumbaikar
Director
Set in the bustling streets of Mumbai, four lives get unknowingly intertwined after a kidnapping goes wrong as the child abducted happens to be the son of Mumbai’s don.
Moha
Producer
Moha is the passion project of India's most awarded cinematographer, Santosh Sivan, an ambitious film told through the compelling power of his visuals and voice over .
Moha
Writer
Moha is the passion project of India's most awarded cinematographer, Santosh Sivan, an ambitious film told through the compelling power of his visuals and voice over .
Moha
Director
Moha is the passion project of India's most awarded cinematographer, Santosh Sivan, an ambitious film told through the compelling power of his visuals and voice over .
Jack N Jill
Director of Photography
Kesh, an accomplished young scientist, comes down to his hometown to execute his dad's dream AI project, Jack N Jill. Will he be able to implement it successfully?
Jack N Jill
Producer
Kesh, an accomplished young scientist, comes down to his hometown to execute his dad's dream AI project, Jack N Jill. Will he be able to implement it successfully?
Jack N Jill
Screenplay
Kesh, an accomplished young scientist, comes down to his hometown to execute his dad's dream AI project, Jack N Jill. Will he be able to implement it successfully?
Jack N Jill
Story
Kesh, an accomplished young scientist, comes down to his hometown to execute his dad's dream AI project, Jack N Jill. Will he be able to implement it successfully?
Jack N Jill
Director
Kesh, an accomplished young scientist, comes down to his hometown to execute his dad's dream AI project, Jack N Jill. Will he be able to implement it successfully?
Darbar
Director of Photography
Aaditya, the commissioner of Mumbai Police, sets out to catch Ajay, a drug peddler. However, he uncovers a deeper controversy linked to an international drug lord and must mete out justice.
Chekka Chivantha Vaanam
Director of Photography
A bloody power struggle erupts between three brothers who are vying to take over the family business following the death of their father.
Abhiyum Anuvum
Executive Producer
They fell in love and swore to always be together, until a strange twist of fate reveals them to be more than just lovers. To what extent will they go to protect their love?
Spyder
Director of Photography
A surveillance expert who wants to help people comes across a foe who is the very definition of evil. Can he stop the man before he destroys everything?
Boichek
Director
Woyzeck is a hapless, low-ranking soldier-alone and powerless in the tribal society around him. He earns extra money by taking part in medical experiments, but during one such experiment his mental health begins to deteriorate and he begins to experience a series of apocalyptic visions. Assaulted from all sides by forces he cannot control, Woyzeck takes matters into his own hands when he finds his wife has been sleeping with another soldier.
The Great Father
Producer
A businessman who is trying hard to be a good father to his daughter has a run-in with malevolent policeman.
Anuraga Karikkin Vellam
Producer
The life of a father and son and their life experience when son tries to breakup with his lover.
Darvinte Parinamam
Producer
The film revolves around the life of an ordinary man and a local goon and how their lives get changed due to some unfortunate events.
Sapthamashree Thaskaraha
Producer
Sapthamashree Thaskaraha is a Malayalam film directed and written by Anil Radhakrishnan Menon starring Prithviraj Sukumaran and Reenu Mathews in lead roles. The film, which will be produced by Prithviraj himself along with director Santosh Sivan and entrepreneur Shaji Nadesan under August Cinema, also stars Asif Ali, Sanusha, Neeraj Madhav, Nedumudi Venu and Mangolian artist Flower Battsetseg. A friendship is formed between 7 inmates in Viyoor Central Jail. Each of them has their own 'tragic story' about how they got in prison. When they find out that some of them have a common enemy, a ruthless businessman named Payas, they plan a heist to extract all of Payas' black money hidden in a locker
Anjaan
Director of Photography
Krishna (Suriya) comes to Mumbai in search of his brother Raju Bhai (Suriya), an underworld don. Through Raju Bhai's gangster friends, his past life is revealed. What happened to Raju Bhai? Will Krishna find him?
Inam
Producer
Rajini, a Sri Lankan Tamil girl, narrates the horrific tale of why she had to leave her homeland and become a refugee in India.
Inam
Director
Rajini, a Sri Lankan Tamil girl, narrates the horrific tale of why she had to leave her homeland and become a refugee in India.
Inam
Director of Photography
Rajini, a Sri Lankan Tamil girl, narrates the horrific tale of why she had to leave her homeland and become a refugee in India.
Inam
Screenplay
Rajini, a Sri Lankan Tamil girl, narrates the horrific tale of why she had to leave her homeland and become a refugee in India.
Rangrezz
Director of Photography
Un hombre, con la ayuda de sus dos mejores amigos, ayuda a su tercer amigo a fugarse con su amante. Sin embargo, cuando la pareja se separa, deciden darles una lección.
Thuppakki
Cameo
An army captain is on a mission to track down and destroy a terrorist gang and deactivate the sleeper cells under its command.
Thuppakki
Director of Photography
An army captain is on a mission to track down and destroy a terrorist gang and deactivate the sleeper cells under its command.
Varnam
Producer
Varnam is a Tamil drama film directed by Raju S. M., starring Giridharan, Monica, Sampath Raj, Aathish, Aswatha and Vijaya Sethupathi in the lead roles. Varnam is the story of seventeen year old Mani learning that privilege and prejudice have a price. Mani's uncle Durai exploits the helpless lower caste farmers. Mani's teacher Kavitha questions Mani's prejudices. His inner turmoil and violent consequences of his casual acts form rest of the story.
Indian Rupee
Producer
An unemployed youth Jayaprakash, dreams big fortunes in the field of real estate business, and therefore, faces a lot of obstacles in the path towards his goal.
Makaramanju
Ravi Varma
The film tells the story of Raja Ravi Varma at a certain stage in his life. He is in the process of painting a masterpiece. The theme of his painting is Pururavas, the legendary king who fell in love with the heavenly nymph Urvashi, who later agrees to become his wife on certain conditions, but disappears without a trace when she discovers that the conditions were violated. Pururavas wanders all around to find her and ultimately does get united with his lover. Ravi Varma, during his work, finds himself attracted to his model Sugandha Bhai and this relationship begin to acquire certain shades of the legend of Urvashi and Pururavas. Together they are thrown into a torrent of love and passion from which they find it difficult to scape.
Urumi
Director of Photography
Kelu is a warrior in 16th century Kerala whose father was killed by Vasco da Gama and his troops. Kelu vows to avenge his father's death with the assistance of Vavvali and Ayesha, a warrior princess.
Urumi
Producer
Kelu is a warrior in 16th century Kerala whose father was killed by Vasco da Gama and his troops. Kelu vows to avenge his father's death with the assistance of Vavvali and Ayesha, a warrior princess.
Urumi
Director
Kelu is a warrior in 16th century Kerala whose father was killed by Vasco da Gama and his troops. Kelu vows to avenge his father's death with the assistance of Vavvali and Ayesha, a warrior princess.
Raavan
Director of Photography
A bandit leader kidnaps the wife of the policeman who killed his sister, but later falls in love with her.
Raavanan
Director of Photography
After inspector Dev stirs the reign of Veeraiya, a tribal outlaw, the latter responds by kidnapping his wife, Ragini. While she tries to escape from him, Dev fights many resistances to find her.
Keshu
Screenplay
Keshu is a deaf and dumb boy who lost his mother when he was born. He was raised by his maternal uncle and wife. Being mischievous, there were many complaints against Keshu by the villagers. His uncle kept punishing him, but to no avail. The only person who Keshu could find solace was his distant relative and the maid of the house, Devu. Then, Shalini, a drawing teacher transferred to that village started living with the family.
Keshu
Director
Keshu is a deaf and dumb boy who lost his mother when he was born. He was raised by his maternal uncle and wife. Being mischievous, there were many complaints against Keshu by the villagers. His uncle kept punishing him, but to no avail. The only person who Keshu could find solace was his distant relative and the maid of the house, Devu. Then, Shalini, a drawing teacher transferred to that village started living with the family.
Tahaan
Director of Photography
A tender fable about childhood innocence amid the realities of war is set against the rugged landscape of Kashmir, so long a flash point for the territorial claims of neighboring India and Pakistan. The title character, an eight year old mountain boy, often hears distant gunfire. But it is not until he goes on a quest to reclaim his beloved donkey, which has been confiscated as payment of his poor family's debts, that he is drawn toward a violence he has no capacity to understand.
Tahaan
Writer
A tender fable about childhood innocence amid the realities of war is set against the rugged landscape of Kashmir, so long a flash point for the territorial claims of neighboring India and Pakistan. The title character, an eight year old mountain boy, often hears distant gunfire. But it is not until he goes on a quest to reclaim his beloved donkey, which has been confiscated as payment of his poor family's debts, that he is drawn toward a violence he has no capacity to understand.
Tahaan
Director
A tender fable about childhood innocence amid the realities of war is set against the rugged landscape of Kashmir, so long a flash point for the territorial claims of neighboring India and Pakistan. The title character, an eight year old mountain boy, often hears distant gunfire. But it is not until he goes on a quest to reclaim his beloved donkey, which has been confiscated as payment of his poor family's debts, that he is drawn toward a violence he has no capacity to understand.
Prarambha
Director of Photography
A truck driver helps a boy in his quest for finding his mother, and then helps get him reinstated in school, from which he had been dismissed for being HIV-positive.
Prarambha
Director
A truck driver helps a boy in his quest for finding his mother, and then helps get him reinstated in school, from which he had been dismissed for being HIV-positive.
Before The Rains
Director of Photography
Ambientada en el sur de la India a fines de la década de 1930, esta provocativa historia traza la historia de tres personas atrapadas en una red inexorable de romance prohibido y secretos peligrosos. Después de que un plantador de especias británico se enamora de su atractivo sirviente, un joven idealista se encuentra dividido entre sus ambiciones y su familia, su pueblo y su pasado.
Before The Rains
Director
Ambientada en el sur de la India a fines de la década de 1930, esta provocativa historia traza la historia de tres personas atrapadas en una red inexorable de romance prohibido y secretos peligrosos. Después de que un plantador de especias británico se enamora de su atractivo sirviente, un joven idealista se encuentra dividido entre sus ambiciones y su familia, su pueblo y su pasado.
Anandabhadram
Director of Photography
In the ancient village of Shivapuram, little Ananthan hears a tale from his mother, Gayathri (Revathi). She tells him that his family comes from a line of powerful magicians, and they are responsible for protecting nagamanikyam, a jewel on a serpent's head. The jewel, she narrates, lies in a secret place in the house guarded by snakes, including a tiny snake called Kunjootan. Years later, obeying the wishes of his dead mother, Ananthan (Prithviraj Sukumaran) returns to his ancestral village to light the lamps at Shivakavu, a dark and mysterious temple of Shiva.
Anandabhadram
Director
In the ancient village of Shivapuram, little Ananthan hears a tale from his mother, Gayathri (Revathi). She tells him that his family comes from a line of powerful magicians, and they are responsible for protecting nagamanikyam, a jewel on a serpent's head. The jewel, she narrates, lies in a secret place in the house guarded by snakes, including a tiny snake called Kunjootan. Years later, obeying the wishes of his dead mother, Ananthan (Prithviraj Sukumaran) returns to his ancestral village to light the lamps at Shivakavu, a dark and mysterious temple of Shiva.
La joven de las especias
Director of Photography
Tilo es una bella joven formada en el antiguo y mágico arte de las especias. Ordenada con poderes especiales para ayudar a los que acuden a ella, Tilo tiene una habilidad sorprendente para sentir los problemas de los demás y visualizar su futuro y su pasado. Tilo trabaja en San Francisco, en una pequeña tienda llamada El Bazar de las Especias donde, guiada por los consejos de sus especias, encuentra el remedio perfecto para todo el que cruza su puerta. Para que sus poderes funcionen, debe obedecer siempre tres simples, aunque estrictas, reglas: sólo debe utilizar las especias para ayudar a los demás, no debe tocar nunca la piel de otra persona y nunca debe abandonar la tienda. Cuando Doug, un guapo y enigmático arquitecto, estrella su Harley Davison fuera de su tienda de San Francisco, Tilo tiene que curarle las heridas y su vida cambia para siempre.
Silsiilay
Director of Photography
An account of the lives of three women who are not connected to each other.
Navarasa
Director of Photography
The film revolves around the story of a young girl Shweta (P. Shwetha) taking her first steps towards adulthood. Ready for the adventure, the thirteen-year-old is upbeat, however soon discovers that every night, her uncle Gautam (Kushboo) transforms himself into a woman to lead a completely different life.
Navarasa
Writer
The film revolves around the story of a young girl Shweta (P. Shwetha) taking her first steps towards adulthood. Ready for the adventure, the thirteen-year-old is upbeat, however soon discovers that every night, her uncle Gautam (Kushboo) transforms himself into a woman to lead a completely different life.
Navarasa
Producer
The film revolves around the story of a young girl Shweta (P. Shwetha) taking her first steps towards adulthood. Ready for the adventure, the thirteen-year-old is upbeat, however soon discovers that every night, her uncle Gautam (Kushboo) transforms himself into a woman to lead a completely different life.
Navarasa
Director
The film revolves around the story of a young girl Shweta (P. Shwetha) taking her first steps towards adulthood. Ready for the adventure, the thirteen-year-old is upbeat, however soon discovers that every night, her uncle Gautam (Kushboo) transforms himself into a woman to lead a completely different life.
Meenaxi: Tale of 3 Cities
Director of Photography
Delving into the limitless world of creative endeavors, and vicissitudes in the way of such endeavors, this tale of an artist and his muse, like a painting, leaves itself open to interpretations and readings by every viewer...
Bodas y prejuicios
Director of Photography
Adaptación estilo Bollywood de la novela "Orgullo y prejuicio", de Jane Austen. La señora Bennet está ansiosa por casar a sus cuatro hijas. Cuando el señor Bingley y el señor Darcy, dos caballeros ricos y solteros, llegan a la ciudad para asistir a una boda, las esperanzas de los Bennet crecen.
Tehzeeb
Director of Photography
Tehzeeb (Hindi: तह्ज़ीब, Urdu: تہزیب, English: Etiquette) is a 2003 Indian Bollywood film directed by Khalid Mohammed. It premiered on 21 November 2003. The film stars Shabana Azmi, Urmila Matondkar, Diya Mirza, Arjun Rampal and Rishi Kapoor in a special appearance. Urmila and Shabana were praised for their roles.
Deva
Director of Photography
Childhood friends Devdas and Parvati hail from different backgrounds. Devdas falls in love with Parvati, but the norms of the society do not let them be together.
Asoka
Director of Photography
Un joven príncipe Asoka trabaja para perfeccionar sus habilidades en la batalla y también se ocupa de los conflictos familiares. Durante una lucha con uno de sus hermanastros, su madre insta a Asoka a escapar para mantenerse con vida. Mientras está fuera, Asoka conoce a Kaurwaki y se enamora, pero debe usar sus habilidades como guerrero para protegerla. Sigue una peligrosa y desgarradora red de conspiración, que lleva a Asoka a abrazar un camino budista.
Asoka
Screenplay
Un joven príncipe Asoka trabaja para perfeccionar sus habilidades en la batalla y también se ocupa de los conflictos familiares. Durante una lucha con uno de sus hermanastros, su madre insta a Asoka a escapar para mantenerse con vida. Mientras está fuera, Asoka conoce a Kaurwaki y se enamora, pero debe usar sus habilidades como guerrero para protegerla. Sigue una peligrosa y desgarradora red de conspiración, que lleva a Asoka a abrazar un camino budista.
Asoka
Director
Un joven príncipe Asoka trabaja para perfeccionar sus habilidades en la batalla y también se ocupa de los conflictos familiares. Durante una lucha con uno de sus hermanastros, su madre insta a Asoka a escapar para mantenerse con vida. Mientras está fuera, Asoka conoce a Kaurwaki y se enamora, pero debe usar sus habilidades como guerrero para protegerla. Sigue una peligrosa y desgarradora red de conspiración, que lleva a Asoka a abrazar un camino budista.
Fiza
Director of Photography
Después de seis años tras la desaparición del hermano de Fiza, Aman, durante los eventos de las revueltas de Mumbai en 1993, la protagonista se ha decidido a volver a buscarle. Y cuando consiga encontrarle el horror la sobrevendrá, al descubrir que su joven hermano se ha unido a las filas de un grupo terrorista. Fiza intentará obligarle a que vuelva a casa, y finalmente se decide a volver al hogar materno, donde dos hombres acosan a Fiza. Entonces sucederá una confrontación entre los dos hombres y Aman, quien dejará al descubierto sus vínculos con el círculo terrorista delante de su hermana, su madre y... también la policía. La madre de los pequeños se suicidará, y Fiza intentará de nuevo ayudar a su hermano, esta vez contando con Aniruth, quien se ha ido de misión con el comando terrorista a matar a dos influyentes y poderosos políticos.
Pukar
Director of Photography
Major Jaidev Rajvansh (Anil Kapoor) and his fellow officer Hussein (Om Puri) manage to rescue a leading politician as well as capture his kidnapper, Abhrush (Danny Denzongpa). The terrorist has been wanted for years and he is finally captured by the two officers. Jai returns to a joyous welcome, and is declared a national hero. He takes a break from the army and returns to his hometown. There he meets his childhood friend Anjali (Madhuri Dixit) who has always harboured love for Jai. Anjali is determined to make sure she and Jai stay together 24/7. At a party, he meets Miss India, Pooja Mallapa (Namrata Shirodkar). As they spend more time together, he begins to love her and she too begins to love him. In the mean time, Jai's parents are arranging his marriage to Anjali but when they find out about Jai's love for Pooja, they realise that they have to tell Anjali everything.
Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani
Director of Photography
Cuando un hombre de negocios es asesinado en la víspera de las elecciones, el homicida Mohan Joshi, es detenido en el lugar de los hechos, pero éste se las arregla para escapar unos días más tarde, durante la cobertura mediática del proceso. Se le acusa de terrorismo y el país se ve inmerso en un escándalo. En un intento de las empresas por asustar a los supervivientes les hacen creer que Joshi es un asesino a sueldo contratado por algún magnate extranjero. Más tarde, Joshi acabará en prisión y condenado a muerte. En el día de su ejecución los periodistas llevan una marcha silenciosa, portando la bandera nacional de la India, esperando que Joshi haga pública la verdad.
Malli
Director of Photography
Indian director Santosh Sivan departed from his successful 1998 The Terrorist, a political thriller hailed as one of the most beautiful films ever to come from the subcontinent, to make this magical portrait of the inner life of Malli, a poor eight-year old girl. Malli works to help her parents collect firewood and plays with her best friend, the deaf and mute daughter of a middle class family. She longs for two things in this world: a new bright yellow dress and a magical blue bead that purportedly will restore her friend's hearing. Depicted with a surreal, occasionally nightmarish texture, the film lyrically shows both the easy friendships and bitter disappointments of childhood and the power of the imagination.
Malli
Writer
Indian director Santosh Sivan departed from his successful 1998 The Terrorist, a political thriller hailed as one of the most beautiful films ever to come from the subcontinent, to make this magical portrait of the inner life of Malli, a poor eight-year old girl. Malli works to help her parents collect firewood and plays with her best friend, the deaf and mute daughter of a middle class family. She longs for two things in this world: a new bright yellow dress and a magical blue bead that purportedly will restore her friend's hearing. Depicted with a surreal, occasionally nightmarish texture, the film lyrically shows both the easy friendships and bitter disappointments of childhood and the power of the imagination.
Malli
Producer
Indian director Santosh Sivan departed from his successful 1998 The Terrorist, a political thriller hailed as one of the most beautiful films ever to come from the subcontinent, to make this magical portrait of the inner life of Malli, a poor eight-year old girl. Malli works to help her parents collect firewood and plays with her best friend, the deaf and mute daughter of a middle class family. She longs for two things in this world: a new bright yellow dress and a magical blue bead that purportedly will restore her friend's hearing. Depicted with a surreal, occasionally nightmarish texture, the film lyrically shows both the easy friendships and bitter disappointments of childhood and the power of the imagination.
Malli
Director
Indian director Santosh Sivan departed from his successful 1998 The Terrorist, a political thriller hailed as one of the most beautiful films ever to come from the subcontinent, to make this magical portrait of the inner life of Malli, a poor eight-year old girl. Malli works to help her parents collect firewood and plays with her best friend, the deaf and mute daughter of a middle class family. She longs for two things in this world: a new bright yellow dress and a magical blue bead that purportedly will restore her friend's hearing. Depicted with a surreal, occasionally nightmarish texture, the film lyrically shows both the easy friendships and bitter disappointments of childhood and the power of the imagination.
Vanaprastham
Director of Photography
Kunhikuttan, a famous Kathakali dancer, meets Subhadra, a woman from an upper caste family, who falls in love with his character rather than himself.
The Terrorist
Director of Photography
A young female terrorist goes on a suicide assassination mission, but her resolve to complete it is put to the test.
The Terrorist
Screenplay
A young female terrorist goes on a suicide assassination mission, but her resolve to complete it is put to the test.
The Terrorist
Story
A young female terrorist goes on a suicide assassination mission, but her resolve to complete it is put to the test.
The Terrorist
Director
A young female terrorist goes on a suicide assassination mission, but her resolve to complete it is put to the test.
Dil se..
Director of Photography
Amar es un periodista que investiga un grupo terrorista del norte de la India. En el curso de sus viajes él encuentra Meghna y se enamora de ella. Él sospecha que ella siente lo mismo, sin embargo ella repetidamente se escapa de él. Un matrimonio arreglado lo espera en Delhi, y el 50 aniversario de la independencia de India, Amar debe decidir que hacer tanto personalmente como políticamente. (FILMAFFINITY)
Iruvar
Director of Photography
A fictionalized account of the lives of 1980s Tamil Nadu political icons M. G. Ramachandran and M. Karunanidhi, continuing the tryst between Tamil cinema and Dravidian politics.
Darmiyaan: In Between
Director of Photography
The saga of Mazhuddin Khan alias Immi, born in 1939 in Bombay, British India, as a eunuch, whose mother, Zeenat, in denial that she has sired him, refers to him as her younger brother. She attains fame, has an affair with Inder Kumar Bhalla, only to lose him years later to a younger actress, Chitra. Embittered, she sets out to seek vengeance, takes to gambling and alcohol, isolates and alienates herself from the film-world, and then must also deal with the news that Immi has become the 'father' of a male child, Murad. In the end, it is Immi that saves her from total self-destruction.
Kaalapani
Director of Photography
Govardhan, a doctor by profession, is wrongly accused of bombing a train and is jailed by the British in Cellular Jail, also known as Kala Pani in Andaman and Nicobar Islands. He witnesses sufferings of hundreds of Indian prisoners there.
Halo
Writer
Story of a little girl who is searching for her lost puppy in the streets of Bombay and the variety of people that she meets.
Halo
Director of Photography
Story of a little girl who is searching for her lost puppy in the streets of Bombay and the variety of people that she meets.
Halo
Director
Story of a little girl who is searching for her lost puppy in the streets of Bombay and the variety of people that she meets.
Barsaat
Director of Photography
Badal (Bobby Deol) is a naive but intelligent young man who comes from a small village to the big city. He is introduced to city life by Damru (Harish Patel) who now calls himself Danny. When Badal attends college, he meets with pretty and percocious, Tina Oberoi (Twinkle Khanna), and after a few misunderstanding and misadventures...
Indira
Director of Photography
A group of villagers from Maranur, India, and their clash with a neighbouring village leader as their community begins to prosper. Soon, money and greed threaten a will for peaceful coexistence between the two rivalling communities.
Nirnayam
Director of Photography
Dr. Roy is a surgeon who works in a private hospital. He falls in love with his colleague Dr. Annie. When Annie discovers a frightening organ-smuggling operation in her hospital, it proves to be a turning point in the story.
Pavithram
Director of Photography
A young man's relationship with his career, fiancee and brother is brought under stress by the birth of an unexpected sister.The film deals with the relationship between siblings Unnikrishnan and Meenakshi who have an almost 30 year age difference between them.
Johnny
Director of Photography
A heart-capturing early childhood of one of the most popular saints of the last millennium – Don Bosco
Gandharvam
Director of Photography
A romantic film packed with fun and adventure Gandharavam tells the story of an auto mechanic who falls in love with the daughter of a crime mob family.
Gardish
Director of Photography
Naive and easily impressionable Vidya Bhalla would like her husband to be a dashing hero, one who is not afraid of anybody, one who can easily jump into a fire to rescue someone, one who is strong & romantic. She sees all of these qualities in Shiva Sathe (Jackie Shroff), the son of Havaldar Purshotam Sathe, whose only dream is to see Shiva become a Police Inspector. Vidya informs her dad, Prithviraj, that she has found her dream man, the Bhallas and the Sathes meet and get the couple formally engaged.
Rudaali
Director of Photography
Shanichari is a beautiful girl born in lower cast and her life is full of sufferings because of lower cast, poor finances, lost parents, drunken husband, mischievous son. The title refers to a custom in some parts of Rajasthan—where aristocratic women were long kept secluded and veiled—of hiring professional women mourners on the death of a male relative, a rudaali (pronounced “roo-dah-lee”—literally, a female “weeper”) to publicly express the grief that family members, constrained by their high social status, were not permitted to display—or at times, perhaps did not feel. Underwritten by the National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) and Doordarshan (Indian national television) and based on a short story by famed Bengali author Mahasweta Devi—whose tales often focus on the travails of low-caste women.
Yoddha
Director of Photography
Ashokan goes on a trip to Nepal to meet his uncle who is settled there. To his surprise, his rival from his village Appukuttan is already there impersonating him. He is unable to convince his uncle about the truth and gets kicked out of the house. While trying to find shelter he meets a young Nepalese boy. Though they don't understand each others' language, they quickly form a bond. Meanwhile Ashokan is able to convince his cousin Aswathy that Appukuttan is an impostor. Aswathy who is a student researching ancient Nepalese traditions realizes that the young Nepalese boy is actually a Rimpoche, the spiritual leader of his tribe and is on the run from evil forces who want to banish him. Ashokan gets sucked in to the scenario unknowingly and ends up being the Rimpoche's protector.
Roja
Director of Photography
Roja lives in a Tamil village, and her sister is about to marry a man from the city, who decides to marry Roja instead and gets a job assignment in Kashmir, where some militants decide to kidnap them.
Aham
Director of Photography
Ramya visits her aunt who is a nun in a mental asylum. There she meets Sidharthan (Mohanlal) who leads a spiritual life in the mental asylum. She gets intrigued by his unique personality and starts studying him. Sidharthan on the other hand gets reminded of his x-wife (Urvasi) while interacting with Ramya closely and starts falling in love with her. But when he comes to know that he was just a subject to her study, things get murky.
Thalapathi
Director of Photography
Surya, a courageous man who was raised in the slums, fights for the rights of the poor and befriends Deva, who hires him as his commander and changes his life completely.
Perumthachan
Director of Photography
It is based on Perumthachan of the Parayi Petta Panthirukulam, a legend in the Kerala folklore. The problems caused by the generation gap are explored through the relationship between a skilled carpenter and his tradition-breaking son.
Vyooham
Director of Photography
Tony (Raghuvaran) is an eccentric young narcotics control officer whose methods are unconventional but effective. His ways don't fit well with the establishment, but they are reluctant to take action because of his successes. Instead he is teamed up with Mohan (Sukumaran) an experienced and mature officer to mend his ways. Together they investigate the operations of the drug mafia in Kochi led by Khalid (Capt. Raju).
Indrajaalam
Director of Photography
Carlos, an underworld mafia, murders a man for his selfish needs. However, things take a turn when the son of the dead man sets out to seek revenge against the perpetrator.
Appu
Director of Photography
Appu is a 1990 Malayalam film directed by Dennis Joseph. The film stars Mohanlal, Sunitha, K R Vijaya and Murali in lead roles.
Midhya
Director of Photography
Venugopal takes his mentor's brother Rajan under his wing and makes him his manager. Venu falls for Devi whom he later realizes is already engaged to Rajan. Rajan marries Devi with Venu's blessing. But soon after the wedding Rajan starts to engage is shady activities in his quest for quick money and this strains the relationship between Venu and Rajan.
No: 20 Madras Mail
Second Unit Director of Photography
The film deals with a murder of a young woman on a train to Madras. Almost half of the film is shot inside the train.
Nagarangalil Chennu Raparkam
First Assistant Camera
Kunjoottan, a village simpleton, is not allowed to go out of his house as his overprotective father dreamt of a mishap befalling Kunjoottan. But he escapes with his childhood friend to a city.
Dr. Pasupathy
Director of Photography
Innocent is a conman who gets payed by a associate to trick a whole town into thinking that he is an animal doctor , Dr. Pasupathy which the town president brought for the villagers.
Raakh
Director of Photography
After witnessing the public humiliation & abuse of a female friend, a young man vows to avenge her by going after the hoodlums responsible. he is guided by a burnt out, cynical cop, who shows him the ropes as well as the realities of vigilante life.
New Year
Director of Photography
A businessman (Prathapachandran) gets murdered by his driver. His daughter Rekha (Urvashi) is married to Vinod (Suresh Gopi) who is more interested in taking over the business than taking care of his wife. Rekha's erstwhile boyfriend Ajith (Jayaram) who's now in the army is more sympathetic to her, but Vinod gets suspicious about their relationship.
Oru Maymasa Pulariyil
Director of Photography
Balachandra Menon is intrigued by the story of a chirpy girl (Shari) who suddenly commits suicide. He determines to figure out what lead her to that decision.
Nidhiyude Katha
Director of Photography
An Artist Goes To A Remote Place To Portray Nature's Beauty. His Life Takes A Turn When He Meets Two Strangers In That Place.
Mashaal
Director of Photography
After being dismissed from his employment as a newspaper editor, for writing against S.K. Vardhan, a influential politician and underworld don, Vinod Kumar, re-locates to the slums of Bombay, and starts his own publication. He soon runs into problems with the local street-gangs, one of which is headed by the notorious Raja. Vinod adopts a positive approach, and this brings out the best in Raja, who even manages to take Vinod's wife, Sudha, to hospital, risking his life, during a Bombay Bandh. Raja then decides to go straight, give up his gang, and study further, encouraged by girlfriend, Geeta. He leaves the slums to upgrade. Several months later, he returns back, anxious to get working with Vinod and his publication, only to find that Vinod is now a criminal don, who has no interest whatsoever in any publication, nor in Raja.
M.T. Vasudevan Nair 's Netflix Anthology
Director of Photography
M.T. Vasudevan Nair 's Netflix Anthology
Director
Barroz – Guardian of D'Gama's Treasure
Director of Photography
Barroz has been protecting D' Gama's treasure for 400 years and has been entrusted to hand over the treasure to a true descendant of D' Gama. One day, a boy comes in search of Barroz, claiming that he is a descendant of Vasco da Gama. The rest of the film, Barroz sets on a journey to find out the boy's true ancestors and history.