Manush Nandan

Manush Nandan is an Indian cinematographer who works in Hindi and Tamil-language films. He studied at the Film and Television Institute of Tamil Nadu and worked under Ravi K. Chandran during his early days and for his directorial debut Yaan (2014).^[1][4] He worked as an assistant cinematographer for Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (2008) and My Name is Khan (2010) before being recommended to Farah Khan by an assistant director to work on Happy New Year (2014).^[5] He has since worked on several well known Hindi films such as Thugs of Hindostan (2018) and Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani (2023).

Manush Nandan
Born	Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India[1]
Years active	2008—present
Spouse	Gowri ​ (m. 2013)​ [2]
Parent(s)	Gnani Sankaran (father)[3] AS Padmavathi (mother)[1]

Personal life

He is the son of writers Gnani Sankaran and AS Padmavathi.^[1] He married Gowri in 2013.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

Year	Film	Language	Notes	Ref.
2010	Manmadhan Ambu	Tamil		[6]
2011	Jo Hum Chahein	Hindi		[7]
2013	Ishkq in Paris	Hindi		[8]
2014	Yaan	Tamil		[4]
	Happy New Year	Hindi		[9]
2016	Kriti	Hindi	Short film	[9]
	Devi Abhinetri Tutak Tutak Tutiya	Tamil Telugu Hindi		[10]
2018	Thugs of Hindostan	Hindi		[11]
2020	Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl	Hindi		[1]
2022	Samrat Prithviraj	Hindi		[12]
2023	Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani	Hindi		[13]
	Dunki	Hindi	with C. K. Muraleedharan and Amit Roy	[14]
2025	Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari †	Hindi		[15]