Manoj Paramahamsa

Manoj Paramahamsa
Manoj Paramahamsa
Born	Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation(s)	Cinematographer, Film producer
Years active	2008–present

Manoj Paramahamsa is an Indian cinematographer, who has worked in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films.He have done 25 films cinematography. His notable works include Eeram (2009), Ye Maaya Chesave (2010), Nanban (2012), Race Gurram (2014), and Radhe Shyam (2022) Leo (2023).

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 in 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 Vasudev 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] He is currently working with Vijay on Leo, after Nanban and Beast.^[7]

Filmography

Year	Film	Language	Notes
2008	Lungiman Takes a Ride	Tamil	Short film
2009	Eeram	Tamil	Vijay Award for Best Cinematographer South Scope Cine Award for Best Cinematography
2010	Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa	Tamil	Cinema Award For Best Cinematographer
	Ye Maaya Chesave	Telugu	Filmfare Award for Best Cinematographer - Telugu
	Nayakan	Malayalam
	Chutti Chathan	Tamil	Additional photography
	Nisabhdha Nilai	Tamil	Short film
2011	Nadunissi Naaygal	Tamil
2011	Collector	Malayalam
2012	Nanban	Tamil	Replaced Nirav Shah
2014	Poovarasam Peepee	Tamil	Also producer
2014	Race Gurram	Telugu
2015	Kick 2	Telugu
2015	Bruce Lee	Telugu
2016	Jaguar	Kannada Telugu
2017	Villain	Malayalam
2019	Enai Noki Paayum Thota	Tamil
	Auto Shankar	Tamil	Web series; Also producer
	Sillu Karuppatti	Tamil
2021	Kutty Story	Tamil	Segment: Edhirpaara Muththam
	Tughlaq Durbar	Tamil
	Chithirai Sevvaanam	Tamil
2022	Radhe Shyam	Telugu Hindi
	Beast	Tamil	Replaced Vijay Kartik Kannan Also made a cameo appearance in the song Jolly O Gymkhana
	Prince	Tamil
2023	Leo	Tamil
2024	Guntur Kaaram	Telugu	Replaced P. S. Vinod more than 50% into the filming
2024	Minmini	Tamil	Also co-producer^[8]
2025	Hari Hara Veera Mallu: Part 1 – Sword vs Spirit	Telugu
TBA	Dhruva Natchathiram	Tamil

References

^ ^a ^b "My entry into films was scheduled: Manoj". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Manoj Paramahamsa - Master of Shades!". Behindwoods.com.
^ "Sify Movies - Review listing". Sify. Archived from the original on 24 March 2013.
^ "Review: Eeram is brilliant".
^ "Gautham's title tales!". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013.
^ "Manoj Paramahamasa turns producer". Sify. Archived from the original on 29 April 2013. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
^ Banerjee, Urmimala (21 June 2021). "#HBDNelson: Fans shower love on Thalapathy 65 director Nelson Dilip Kumar on his birthday — view tweets". Bollywood Life. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
^ "Minmini: Teenagers go on a journey of self-discovery looking for transformation". Cinema Express. 24 July 2024. Archived from the original on 24 July 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2024.

External links

Manoj Paramahamsa at IMDb

[arivazhagan-1] "My entry into films was scheduled: Manoj". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013.

[behindwoods-2] "Manoj Paramahamsa - Master of Shades!". Behindwoods.com.

[3] "Sify Movies - Review listing". Sify. 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] "Manoj Paramahamasa turns producer". Sify. Archived from the original on 29 April 2013. Retrieved 9 August 2022.

[7] Banerjee, Urmimala (21 June 2021). "#HBDNelson: Fans shower love on Thalapathy 65 director Nelson Dilip Kumar on his birthday — view tweets". Bollywood Life. Retrieved 10 February 2022.

[8] "Minmini: Teenagers go on a journey of self-discovery looking for transformation". Cinema Express. 24 July 2024. Archived from the original on 24 July 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2024.

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v t e Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Cinematographer
1968–1980	P. N. Sundaram (1968) Marcus Bartley (1969) Amirtham (1970) — (1971) — (1972) — (1973) — (1974) — (1975) — (1976) Babu (1977–78) A. Somasundaram, Nallusamy / Gnanasekar, Tiwary (1978–79) B. S. Lokanath (1979–80) Ashok Kumar (1980–81)
1981–2000	B. Kannan (1981–82) Soumendu Roy (1982–83) — (1984) — (1985) — (1986) — (1987) Ajayan Vincent (1988) Ashok Kumar (1989) Abdul Rahman (1990) Raghunatha Reddy (1991) Santosh Sivan (1992) M. C. Shekar (1993) Jeeva (1994) Santosh Sivan (1995) Arthur A. Wilson (1996) Thangar Bachan (1997) Annadurai (1998) Ilavarasu (1999) Ananda Kuttan (2000)
2001–present	R. Rathnavelu (2001) Arjun Jena (2002) N. K. Ekambaram (2003) B. Kannan (2004) R. D. Rajasekhar (2005) Ravi Varman (2006) Nirav Shah (2007) Arthur A. Wilson (2008) Manoj Paramahamsa (2009) Santosh Sivan / V. Manikandan (2010) Balasubramaniem (2011) M. Sukumar (2012) Siddharth (2013) Nirav Shah (2014) Ramji (2015)