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, where he received a gold medal for academic excellence. He also completed a course in visual communication at Dr G R Damodaran College of Science, Coimbatore. Inspired by his father, a bank officer and amateur photographer, Abinandhan began learning photography using a Yashica camera owned by his father.

Career Abinandhan's professional break came when he was chosen by director Bejoy Nambiar to work on the MTV series Rush. His friend Akshay Prasad, son of renowned editor A. Sreekar Prasad, recommended him for the project. This led to his collaboration with Lijo Jose Pellissery on the 2013 film Amen.

He received attention for his work in Double Barrel, praised for its stylized and experimental cinematography.

Filmography Year Film Language Notes 2011 Paalai Tamil 2012 Friends Book Telugu 2013 Amen Malayalam 2014 Mosayile Kuthira Meenukal Malayalam Yeh Hai Bakrapur Hindi 2015 Double Barrel Malayalam 2016 Darvinte Parinamam Malayalam Kavalai Vendam Tamil 2017 Kavan Tamil Sakka Podu Podu Raja Tamil 2018 Dobaara Hindi Short film Maadathy Tamil 2019 Irupathiyonnaam Noottaandu Malayalam Nine Malayalam Kee Tamil Happy Sardar Malayalam Sillu Karupatti Tamil 2020 Did You Sleep With Her English Short film 2021 Kalathil Santhippom Tamil Backpackers Malayalam Chathur Mukham Malayalam Kuruthi Malayalam 2022 Bro Daddy Malayalam Kaduva Malayalam 2023 Alone Malayalam Bagheera Tamil Mark Antony Tamil 2025 Good Bad Ugly Tamil Pharma Malayalam JioHotstar series2026 Derby Magudam Tamil Also features segments shot by Richard M. Nathan

As actor David (2013)

For music videos Filmography Year Title Language Notes 2012 Club Le Mabbu Le Tamil 2020 Lokame (ft. Ekalavyan) Malayalam 2021 Kadhal Enge Tamil

As partial cinematographer

Year TitleLanguageDirectorNotes 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

Awards and achievements

Gold Medalist at L.V. Prasad Film and TV Academy (2009)

National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film for The Postman (2009)

SIIMA Best Cinematographer – Malayalam for Mosayile Kuthira Meenukal (2015)

Best Cinematographer – 7th Aurangabad International Film Festival for Maadathy (2020)