Shehnad Jalal

Shehnad Jalal is a cinematographer based in Kerala, India. He made his debut as a Cinematographer in the film Chitrasutram. The film won him the Kerala State Film Award for Best Cinematography in the year 2010. Best Cinematography Award at the 72nd National Film Awards in 2025 .

The documentary, A Pestering Journey won him the Navaroze Contractor Award for the Best Documentary Cameraman at the 4th International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala, 2011., He won a nomination for Achievement in Cinematography at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards 2017, for his work in the movie Loktak Lairembee (film) (Lady of the Lake) in the Meitei language, directed by Haobam Paban Kumar. The film won the Golden Gateway award for Best Film at the Mumbai International Film Festival 2016 and the National Award for the Best Indian Film on Environment Conservation, 2016. Shehnad Jalal is a member of the Indian Society of Cinematographers (ISC).

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Filmography Feature films

All films are in Malayalam, unless mentioned otherwise.

Year Title Director Notes 2010 Chitrasutram Vipin Vijay Debut 2012 Ee Adutha Kaalathu Arun Kumar Aravind 2013 Chennaiyil Oru Naal Shaheed Kader Tamil film; Debut in Tamil cinema Left Right Left Arun Kumar Aravind Kanyaka Talkies K. R. Manoj Vedivazhipadu Shambhu Purushothaman Vishudhan Vysakh 2015 Nirnayakam V. K. Prakash 2016 Loktak Lairembee Haobam Paban Kumar Kavi Uddheshichathu..? Thomas Kutty & Liju Thomas Velutha Rathrikal Razi Muhammed 2017 Irattajeevitham Suresh Narayanan Vimaanam Pradeep M. Nair 2019 Sathyam Paranja Viswasikkuvo G. Prajith Kamala Ranjith Sankar 2022 Bhoothakaalam Rahul Sadasivan 2023 Madanolsavam Sudheesh Gopinath 2024 Bramayugam Rahul Sadasivan National Film Award for Best Cinematography Ullozhukku Christo Tomy 2025 Paathirathri Ratheena PT Diés Iraé Rahul Sadasivan

Documentaries Year Film Director Language 2023 Curry & Cyanide: The Jolly Joseph Case Christo Tomy English Netflix Original 2017 Work of fire K R Manoj Malayalam 2016 Kesari K R Manoj Malayalam 2015 Maruvili – Call from the other shore Anwar Ali Malayalam 2015 Amma Neelan Malayalam 2014 adutha bellodu koodi jeevitham arambhikkum Manilal Malayalam 2013 On the trail of a rain song Usha Zacharias English 2010 A Pestering Journey KR Manoj Malayalam 2007 16mm-Memories, Movement and a Machine KR Manoj Malayalam

Short films Year Film Director Language 2010 The way she is venerated in love Manilal Malayalam 2009 Charulatha-the tale untold Sangeetha Padmanabhan Malayalam 2009 French Revolution Manu Malayalam 2006 Ngaihak Lambida (English: Along The Way) Haobam Paban Kumar Meiteilon

Music video Year Film Director Language 2016 Funeral of a native sons Muhsin Parari Malayalam