# Abinandhan Ramanujam

Abinandhan Ramanujam is an Indian cinematographer who works primarily in Malayalam and Tamil films.

## Early life

Abinandhan Ramanujam was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He graduated from L.V. Prasad Film and TV Academy and is a gold medalist from there. He later did a course in visual communication from Dr G R Damodaran College of Science, Coimbatore. Since childhood Abinandhan was interested in photography. His father Ramanujam was a bank officer, who always encouraged him in his work. His father owned an old Yashica camera; he would practice his photography skills, and his father would monitor it as well give guidance on his photography. He used to keep himself busy with some or the other work which was related to filming.

## Career

Abinandhan got his first break from Bejoy Nambiar. Nambiar was shooting for his MTV series Rush when Akshay, Sreekar Prasad’s son, who is a friend of him who was assisting Nambiar spoke about Abinandhan. He was then called with his camera to Mumbai to be the cinematographer of the series. It was during this period when Lijo Jose Pellissery who had directed two episodes of the MTV series called up Abinandhan to be the cinematographer of his next film, Amen (2013). His movie Double Barrel is known for its extraordinary shots.

## Filmography

| Year | Film | Language | Notes |
| 2011 | Paalai | Tamil | |
| 2012 | Friends Book | Telugu | |
| 2013 | Amen | Malayalam | |
| 2014 | Mosayile Kuthira Meenukal | Malayalam | |
| 2014 | Yeh Hai Bakrapur | Hindi | |
| 2015 | Double Barrel | Malayalam | |
| 2016 | Darvinte Parinamam | Malayalam | |
| 2016 | Kavalai Vendam | Tamil | |
| 2017 | Kavan | Tamil | |
| 2017 | Sakka Podu Podu Raja | Tamil | |
| 2018 | Dobaara | Hindi | Short film |
| 2018 | Maadathy | Tamil | |
| 2019 | Irupathiyonnaam Noottaandu | Malayalam | |
| 2019 | Nine | Malayalam | |
| 2019 | Kee | Tamil | |
| 2019 | Happy Sardar | Malayalam | |
| 2019 | Sillu Karupatti | Tamil | |
| 2020 | Did You Sleep With Her | English | Short film |
| 2021 | Kalathil Santhippom | Tamil | |
| 2021 | Backpackers | Malayalam | |
| 2021 | Chathur Mukham | Malayalam | |
| 2021 | Kuruthi | Malayalam | |
| 2022 | Bro Daddy | Malayalam | |
| 2022 | Kaduva | Malayalam | |
| 2023 | Alone | Malayalam | |
| 2023 | Bagheera | Tamil | |
| 2023 | Mark Antony | Tamil | |
| 2025 | Good Bad Ugly | Tamil | |

### As actor

* David (2013)

### For music videos

Filmography :
| Year | Title | Language |
| 2012 | Club Le Mabbu Le | Tamil |
| 2020 | Lokame (ft. Ekalavyan) | Malayalam |
| 2021 | Kadhal Enge | Tamil |

## As partial cinematographer

| Year | Title | Language | Director | Notes |
| 2018 | Swathandriam Ardharathriyil | Malayalam | Tinu Pappachan | Only the scenes in Mysore |
| 2018 | Imaikkaa Nodigal | Tamil | R. Ajay Gnanamuthu | For "Kadhalikathey" |
| 2019 | Kaappaan | Tamil | K. V. Anand | Only the scenes in London |

## Awards and achievements

Awards & Achievements :
| Year | Award | Category | Film/Other |
| 2009 | Gold Medalist | Best Cinematographer | L.V.prasad Film institute |
| 2009 | National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film | Best Non-Feature Film | The Postman |
| 2015 | South Indian International Movie Awards | SIIMA Best Cinematographer Malayalam | Mosayile Kuthira Meenukal |
| 2020 | 7th Aurangabad International film festival Award | Best Cinematographer | Maadathy, an Unfairy Tale |

### Actor in films

* David, directed by Bejoy Nambiar

### Actor in short films

* Tinder Kadhal (2018), directed by Pradeep Ranganathan