Sameer Thahir
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Sameer Thahir | |
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Born | Sameer C. Thahir 7 November 1976 |
Occupation | Cinematographer, Director |
Years active | 2007–present |
Organisation | Happy Hours Entertainments[1] |
Spouse(s) | Neethu (m. 2013) |
Sameer C. Thahir (born 7 November 1976) is an Indian cinematographer, screenwriter, and film director, who works mainly in Malayalam cinema while also having worked in a few Tamil films.
Thahir made his debut with Big B, the first film directed by cinematographer Amal Neerad, in 2007. Later, he made his directorial and writing debut with Chaappa Kurishu (2011). His second feature film, Neelakasham Pachakadal Chuvanna Bhoomi, was released in 2013.[2]
Early life[]
Sameer C Thahir studied in Maharajas College Eranakulam, and the friendships formed during that period is still the driving factor for him in film making.[3] Sameer's mentor Amal Neerad for whom he handled cinematography in "Big B", director Anwar Rasheed , Aashiq Abu for whom Sameer moved the camera in Daddy Cool, and cinematographer Rajeev Ravi for whom Sameer has assisted in films were just some of them from Maharajas friendship circle.
Career[]
Sameer Thahir evolved from his passion for photography to wedding films to ad films to feature films through a period of time. He says the inspiration for making his own first film Chaappa Kurish(2011) as he wanted to make a film which he would like to see that portrays the contrasts of real life. But the film went on to receive sheer criticism for being a mere copy of a Korean film, titled 'Hand Phone'. In 2012, he handled cinematography for Siddharth Bharathan's Nidra and Lal Jose's Diamond Necklace. Thahir directed a segment in anthology film 5 Sundarikal in 2013. Later in the year his second film as a director Neelakasham Pachakadal Chuvanna Bhoomi was released. It received generally favorable reviews from audience and critics.[4]
Thahir handled camera for 2014 movie Bangalore Days, directed by Anjali Menon. In 2015, He produced the movie Chandrettan Evideya under his banner Happy Hours Entertainments. He produced and directed Dulquer Salmaan starred Kali in 2016. Sameer Thahir was the cinematographer of the 2017 Tamil movie Velaiilla Pattadhari 2 and Priyadarshan's Sometimes(2018). He was the producer of Sudani from Nigeria(2018) and Thamaasha(2019), in which he also handled the cinematography of the latter.
Personal life[]
Sameer married Neethu on 12 November 2013.[5]
Filmography[]
Year | Title | Language | Credits | Notes | |||
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Director | Producer | Cinematographer | Writer | ||||
2007 | Big B | Malayalam | Yes | Debut movie | |||
2009 | Daddy Cool | Yes | |||||
2011 | Chaappa Kurish | Yes | Yes | Co-written with Unni R. | |||
2012 | Nidra | Yes | |||||
2012 | Diamond Necklace | Yes | |||||
2013 | 5 Sundarikal (Segment: "Isha") |
Yes | Anthology Film | ||||
2013 | Neelakasham Pachakadal Chuvanna Bhoomi | Yes | Yes | ||||
2014 | Bangalore Days | Yes | |||||
2015 | Chandrettan Evideya | Yes | Co-produced with Shyju Khalid and Ashiq Usman | ||||
2016 | Kali | Yes | Yes | Co-produced with Shyju Khalid and Ashiq Usman | |||
2017 |
Velaiilla Pattadhari 2 | Tamil | Yes | ||||
2018 | Sudani From Nigeria | Malayalam | Yes | Co-produced with Shyju Khalid | |||
2018 |
Sometimes | Tamil | Yes | ||||
2019 | Thamaasha | Malayalam | Yes | Yes | Co-produced with Shyju Khalid, Chemban Vinod Jose and Lijo Jose Pellissery | ||
2021 | Minnal Murali | Yes | |||||
Yes |
References[]
- ^ "I couldn't have asked for a better team: Thamaasha director Ashraf Hamza".
- ^ "The filmmaker with a difference – Sameer Thahir". The Times of India. 2 December 2011. Archived from the original on 21 August 2013. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
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- ^ Soman, Deepa (12 November 2013). "Filmmaker Sameer Thahir got married". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 16 November 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
External links[]
- Malayalam film producers
- Malayalam film directors
- Malayalam film cinematographers
- Living people
- 1986 births
- Film producers from Kochi
- Film directors from Kochi
- Tamil film cinematographers
- 21st-century Indian film directors
- 21st-century Indian photographers
- Cinematographers from Kerala
- Screenwriters from Kochi
- Indian film director stubs