birth_place nationality birth_date imdb_id article_title name occupation
coimbatore , tamil nadu , india indian 13 january 1968 1367479 v. manikandan
 v.manikandan , cinematographer
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 award for the movie anniyan .
his debut movie was atharmam -lrb- tamil -rrb- in 1994 .
he has been congratulated by 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 -lrb- aspa -rrb- 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 painter v. jeevananthan , a national awardee for his book on cinema ` thiraicheelai ' in the national film awards 2010 .
