Manoj Paramahamsa

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Manoj Paramahamsa
Born
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
OccupationCinematographer, Producer
WebsiteOfficial website

Manoj Paramahamsa is an Indian cinematographer, who has worked in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam film industries.

Career[]

He was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. His father UV Babu, has directed more than half-a-dozen films in Telugu and Manoj has said that "he was the one who wanted me to become a cinematographer".[1] He would accompany his father to shoots and said that he was "fascinated by cinematography, the mystery of the camera and lights".[2] Educated at the M.G.R. Government Film and Television Training Institute of Tamil Nadu at Chennai, he received his early training from the cinematographer S. Saravanan. Manoj started his career by assisting in films such as Pammal K. Sambandam, Arasatchi, Priyamana Thozhi, Madhurey, Thirupaachi and Thirupathi, as well as other films in Telugu, Malayalam and Tamil, before becoming independent.[2] He assisted him for seven years.[1]

Manoj's debut film was Eeram directed by Arivazhagan, and produced by noted director S. Shankar under his banner S Pictures. He received wide critical praise for his work in the film. Sify wrote, "it is Manoj Paramahamsa’s camera which is the real hero of the film. As a cameraman he is able to give the entire film the hazy blue look using Cyan color by the removal of red from white light for the first time in Tamil cinema, creating the eerie atmosphere and stillness against the continuous beating of the rains".[3] Similarly, Rediff wrote, "Manoj Paramahamsa's camerawork is refreshing: somber and serious, with rain always threatening in some form in the present; normal and sunny in the Trichy flashback sequences".[4]

In 2010, he worked on Gautham Menon's romance film Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa and its Telugu remake Ye Maaya Chesave, winning the Filmfare Award for Best Cinematographer - South for the latter. He also handled cinematography for Menon's psychological thriller, Nadunisi Naaygal starring Sameera Reddy.[5] He worked in the remake of 3 Idiots in Tamil, Nanban, which was directed by S. Shankar.

He turned producer with the adventure film Poovarasam Peepee.[6]

Filmography[]

Year Title Language Notes
2008 Lungiman Takes a Ride Tamil Short film
2009 Eeram Tamil Winner, Vijay Award for Best Cinematographer
Winner, South Scope Cine Award for Best Cinematography
2010 Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa Tamil Winner, Lux Sandal Cinema Award For Best Cinematographer
Ye Maaya Chesave Telugu Winner, Filmfare Award for Best Cinematographer - South
Semmozhiyaana Thamizh Mozhiyaam Tamil Tamil Anthem
Original Sound Track by A.R.Rahman
Directed by Gautham Menon
Written by M. Karunanidhi
Nayakan Malayalam
Chutti Chathan Tamil Additional photography
Nisabhdha Nilai Tamil Short film
2011 Nadunissi Naaygal Tamil
Collector Malayalam
2012 Nanban Tamil
2014 Poovarasam Peepee Tamil Also Producer
Race Gurram Telugu
2015 Kick 2 Telugu
2015 Bruce Lee Telugu
2016 Jaguar Kannada
2017 Villain Malayalam
2019 Enai Noki Paayum Thota Tamil
2019 Auto Shankar Tamil Web series producer, released on ZEE5
2020 Tughlaq Durbar Tamil
2021 Chithirai Sevvaanam Tamil
2022 Bheemla Nayak Telugu Shot and handled the VFX works for the promotional music video "Bheemla Nayak" in 2021[7]
2022 Radhe Shyam Telugu / Hindi
2022 Beast Tamil
2022 Dhruva Natchathiram Tamil

References[]

  1. ^ a b "My entry into films was scheduled: Manoj". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Manoj Paramahamsa - Master of Shades!". Behindwoods.com.
  3. ^ "Sify Movies - Review listing". Archived from the original on 24 March 2013.
  4. ^ "Review: Eeram is brilliant".
  5. ^ "Gautham's title tales!". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013.
  6. ^ sify.com
  7. ^ "Bheemla Nayak song: It is all about Pawan Kalyan". The Indian Express. 2 September 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2021.

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