Question: Who is the cinematographer for the 1998  Indian romantic thriller film in the backdrop of insurgency in Northeast India, written and directed by Mani Ratnam, and produced by Mani Ratnam, Ram Gopal Varma, and Shekhar Kapur?

full_context: Document 1: Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge: Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (English: "The Big-Hearted Will Take Away the Bride" ), also known by the initialism DDLJ, is an Indian romance film written and directed by Aditya Chopra (In his directorial debut) and produced by his father Yash Chopra. Released on 20 October 1995, the film stars Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol. The plot revolves around Raj and Simran, two young non-resident Indians, who fall in love during a vacation through Europe with their friends. Raj tries to win over Simran's family so the couple can marry, but Simran's father has long since promised her hand to his friend's son. The film was shot in India, London and Switzerland, from September 1994 to August 1995.
Document 2: Mani Ratnam: Gopala Ratnam Subramaniam (born 2 June 1956), commonly known by his screen name Mani Ratnam, is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and producer who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. Cited by the media as one of India's influential filmmakers, Mani Ratnam is widely credited with revolutionising the Tamil film industry and altering the profile of Indian cinema. Although working in the mainstream medium, his films are noted for their realism, technical finesse, and craft. The Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri, acknowledging his contributions to film in 2002.
Document 3: Dil Chahta Hai: Dil Chahta Hai (English: "The Heart Desires") is a 2001 Indian comedy-drama film starring Aamir Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Akshaye Khanna, Preity Zinta, Sonali Kulkarni, and Dimple Kapadia. The first film written and directed by Farhan Akhtar, it is set in modern-day urban Mumbai and Sydney, and focuses on a major period of transition in the lives of three young friends.
Document 4: Darr: Darr: A Violent Love Story (Hindi: डर , "Fear") is a 1993 Indian psychological romantic thriller directed by Yash Chopra under the banner of Yash Raj Films. It stars Shah Rukh Khan, Juhi Chawla and Sunny Deol in the pivotal roles. In the film, Shah Rukh Khan played the role of an obsessive lover.
Document 5: Dil Se..: Dil Se (translation: "From the Heart)" is a 1998 Indian romantic thriller film in the backdrop of insurgency in Northeast India, written and directed by Mani Ratnam, and produced by Mani Ratnam, Ram Gopal Varma, and Shekhar Kapur. The film stars Shahrukh Khan and Manisha Koirala in lead roles while Preity Zinta (in her film debut) appears in a supporting role. Mani Ratnam also co-wrote the screenplay for the film with Tigmanshu Dhulia. It is the third in Ratnam's trilogy of terror films after "Roja" and "Bombay". An example of parallel cinema tackling difficult subjects, to be found in director Ratnam's wider body of work as well, the film received a special mention at the Netpac Awards.
Document 6: V. Manikandan: V. Manikandan is a leading cinematographer hailing from Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. He has worked as the cinematographer for a number of major box office hits in Hindi, Tamil and Malayalam. He is an acclaimed ad film cinematographer with more than 3000 ad films to his credit. He won the Best Cinematographer award [filmfare award] for the movie "Anniyan". His debut movie was "Atharmam" (Tamil) in 1994. He has been congratulated by the industry's most acclaimed directors like Mani Ratnam and S. Shankar. In a function Mani Ratnam said "Yes - he is one of the good cinematographers in India". V. Manikandan was nominated for Asia Pacific Cine Awards(ASPA) for his work in Raavanan/Raavan in 2010 for Best Cinematography. He has won Apsara award for best cinematography for Raavan in 2011. He is the younger brother of Artist V. Jeevananthan, A National Awardee for his Book On Cinema 'Thiraicheelai' in the National film Awards 2010.
Document 7: Yeh Dillagi: Yeh Dillagi (English: "This Romance") is a 1994 Indian Hindi romantic film, produced by Yash Chopra and directed by Naresh Malhotra under the banner of Yash Raj Films. It stars Akshay Kumar, Saif Ali Khan and Kajol. Karisma Kapoor has a special appearance. It was the sixth highest-grossing film of 1994. Akshay Kumar was nominated as Best Actor and Kajol for Best Actress at the Filmfare Awards. This was the first of several films in which Akshay Kumar and Saif Ali Khan acted together.
Document 8: Deepavali (2007 film): Deepavali is a 2007 Indian Tamil romance film written and directed by "Ezhil" fame Thulladha Manamum Thullum and produced by "Thirupathi Brothers", the Tamil film production company owned by brothers N. Subash Chandrabose and noted director, N. Lingusamy and was founded in 2006. Starring Jayam Ravi and Bhavana in lead and Raghuvaran, Lal and Vijayakumar in supporting roles. The shooting of the film finished in December 2006, with shooting locations were canned in India and in Oman, for the picturization of a song. The film released worldwide on 9 February 2007 and was considered as a successful movie with its unique entertaining features. "Deepavali" has been remade into Oriya in 2010 as "Dil Tate Deichi" directed by Sanjay Nayak and starring Sabyasachi Mishra and Priya Choudhury, and in Bengali in 2013 as "Deewana" directed by Rabi Kinagi and starring Jeet and Srabanti Chatterjee. It was also Dubbed in Hindi as Billu Bachchan : Ek Diljala and in Telugu as "Paga".
Document 9: With Love, Delhi!: With Love, Delhi! is an Indian film. It is originally made in English and dubbed in Hindi by the actors themselves. Introducing Ashish Lal and Pariva Pranati as the lead pair, this film has its Lead Actor, Producers, Director and Writers engineers from IIT Delhi who have joined hands with some of the most talented Bollywood cast and crew viz. Padma Shri Tom Alter (Shatranj Ke Khiladi, Gandhi, Aashique, National Award Winner Seema Biswas (Bandit Queen, Khamoshi, Company), veteran Kiran Kumar (Tezaab, Khuda Gawah, Henna.), National Award Winner Cameraman Sethu Sriram (OMG – Oh My God!, Tere Naam, Wanted, Shakti), National Award Winner Editor Namrata Rao (Kahaani, Jab Tak Hai Jaan, Love Sex Aur Dhokha, Band Bajaa Baaraat, Ishqiya), a veteran music scholar Music Director Sanjoy Chowdhury (bgm for Sarfarosh, Jab We Met, , Baby) and popular singers Shaan and Suraj Jagan.
Document 10: Deepak Haldankar: Deepak Haldankar (born 17 December 1947) is an Indian film director and cinematographer. He was the first Indian Director Cinematographer to shoot 35mm Eastmancolor films in Antarctica. The film "Exploration Antarctica" won an award at the Toulon Maritime film festival, France, in 1987. He covered two mount Everest expeditions1984&1985 and won national awards for Indian Mount Everest Expeditions in 1984 first Indian woman Bachendri Pal climbed Mount Everest&Pope Meets India (News Magazine N0 70.1987)
Document 11: Ajit Pal Mangat: Mangat was born in Bhagalpur, Bihar. He is one of the most famous Indian ad film maker. In 2008, he moved to Movie direction with his 1st movie "Victory".
Document 12: Mann (film): Mann (English: "Heart") is a 1999 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film directed by Indra Kumar. The film stars popular actors Aamir Khan, Manisha Koirala and Anil Kapoor. Rani Mukerji also makes a special appearance in the movie. This is Aamir and Manisha's second movie together after "Akele Hum Akele Tum". The film was remade in the same year in Tollywood titled "Ravoyi Chandamama" starring Akkineni Nagarjuna, Anjala Zhaveri, Keerthi Reddy and Jagapati Babu.
Document 13: Deepak Kadam: Deepak Kadam (born 5 January 1981) is director of various video albums, ad films, TV serials and Marathi feature films as well as an actor and producer. Born and brought up in Mumbai, Maharashtra received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Mumbai University He became a director and actor who has accumulated many years of experience on Marathi stage and feature films. His upcoming movie "Waakya" was screened at Navi Mumbai International Film Festival. As well as "Best social issue film award" in "NIFF".In Sawnskruti kala Darpan film was nominated.later on film was selected in Maharashtra government Award.
Document 14: Dil: Dil (translation: "Heart") is a 1990 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film, starring Aamir Khan, Madhuri Dixit, Anupam Kher and Saeed Jaffrey. It was directed by Indra Kumar, written by Naushir Khatau and Kamlesh Pandey, and with music composed by Anand-Milind. Dixit received the Filmfare Award for Best Actress for her performance. The film was remade in Telugu in 1993 under the title "Tholi Muddhu", starring Divya Bharti and Prashanth; it was also remade in Bangladesh in 1997 under the title "Amar Ghor Amar Beheshto" directed by "Sohanur Rahman Sohan" starring "Shakil Khan" , "Popy, Ahmed Sharif, Tarik Anam Khan". The film was also remade in Kannada as "Shivaranjini".
Document 15: Deep Pal: Deep Pal (born April 16, 1953) is an Indian cinematographer. He is the son of publicist Colin Pal and grand-son of director Niranjan Pal. Pal is known as being one of the pioneers of Steadicam camerawork in India. Pal's first major Steadicam work was in "Shiva", which was considered a pathbreaking film on visual technique in Telugu cinema. His later work included "Bandit Queen" directed by Shekhar Kapur and "Dil Se.." directed by Mani Ratnam.
ground_truth: Deep Pal