Abhinav Sunder Nayak is an Indian

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...

and

editor Editing is the process of selecting and preparing written, photographic, visual, audible, or cinematic material used by a person or an entity to convey a message or information. The editing process can involve correction, condensation, orga ...

. He has worked in

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India. Malayalam was des ...

and

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language films. He is best known for directing, co-writing & co-editing the Malayalam film

Mukundan Unni Associates ''Mukundan Unni Associates'' is a 2022 Indian Malayalam-language dark comedy crime film directed by Abhinav Sunder Nayak featuring Vineeth Sreenivasan, Suraj Venjaramoodu and Aarsha Chandini Baiju in lead roles. The film received mostly positiv ...

Early life

A native of

Kozhikode Kozhikode (), also known in English as Calicut, is a city along the Malabar Coast in the state of Kerala in India. It has a corporation limit population of 609,224 and a metropolitan population of more than 2 million, making it the second la ...

, Abhinav attended

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before graduating in Visual Communication from ''

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'',

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Career

Abhinav edited and directed several

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s before serving as an assistant director to Vineeth Sreenivasan for the Malayalam film '' Thira'' (2013). His

feature film A feature film or feature-length film is a narrative film (motion picture or "movie") with a running time long enough to be considered the principal or sole presentation in a commercial entertainment program. The term ''feature film'' originall ...

debut came with Tamil-Malayalam

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Vaayai Moodi Pesavum ''Vaayai Moodi Pesavum'' () is a 2014 Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language satire (film and television), satirical romantic comedy film directed by Balaji Mohan. Produced by Varun Manian and S. Sashikanth under their respective production hous ...

'' (2014), as the editor. The film, which was Dulquer Salmaan's first Tamil release, received positive reviews and was a success. S.Rajasekar of Cinemalead, in his review wrote "Debut editor Abhinav Sundar Nayak's editing is flawless and he is a welcome addition to the promising feature film editors of Kollywood”. He subsequently went on to work as the editor in Malayalam and Tamil films including '' You too Brutus'' (2015), '' Uriyadi'' (2016), ''

Aanandam ''Aanandam'' (English: ''Joy'') is a 2016 Indian Malayalam-language coming of age film written and directed Ganesh raj in his directorial debut. Cinematography was by Anend C. Chandran. Vineeth Sreenivasan produced the film under the banner Hab ...

'' (2016), ''

Kurangu Bommai ''Kurangu Bommai'' () is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language crime thriller film, written and directed by Nithilan Swaminathan. The film stars Vidharth, Delna Davis and Bharathiraja, with Elango Kumaravel and P. L. Thenappan in supporting roles. Featur ...

'' (2017) and ''

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'' (2017). Aside from editing, he has cut the trailers for numerous films, notably ''Thira'' (2013), ''

Oru Vadakkan Selfie ''Oru Vadakkan Selfie'' () is a 2015 Indian Malayalam-language road-comedy film directed by G. Prajith and scripted by Vineeth Sreenivasan. The film features Nivin Pauly, Manjima Mohan, Aju Varghese, Neeraj Madhav and Vineeth Sreenivasan. The mu ...

'' (2015), '' Kunjiramayanam'' (2015), ''

Jacobinte Swargarajyam ''Jacobinte Swargarajyam'' () is a 2016 Indian Malayalam-language family-drama film written and directed by Vineeth Sreenivasan. The film revolves around Jacob Zacharia (Renji Panicker) and the struggles faced by his son (Nivin Pauly) to clear h ...

'' (2016), ''Njandukalude Naattil Oridavela'' (2017) and ''

Aravindante Athidhikal ''Aravindante Athidhikal'' () is a 2018 Indian Malayalam-language comedy-drama film directed by M. Mohanan and produced by Pradeep Kumar Pathiyara and co-produced by Noble Babu Thomas under the studios Pathiyara Entertainments and Big Bang Ent ...

'' (2018). In 2022, he made his film directorial debut with

. He also co-wrote and co-edited the film with Vimal Gopalakrishnan and Nidhin Raj Arol respectively. The film starred his longtime collaborator Vineeth Sreenivasan, as the lead with a supporting cast of

Suraj Venjaramoodu Suraj Vasudevan (born 30 June 1976), professionally credited as Suraj Venjaramoodu, is an Indian actor, comedian, impressionist, and television presenter, who appears in Malayalam films, television and stage plays. He has acted in more than 2 ...

Aarsha Chandini Baiju Aarsha Chandini Baiju (born 8 November 2000) is an Indian actress working in Malayalam cinema, Malayalam film industry. After making her acting debut with the film ''Pathinettam Padi'' (2019), she has since starred in the Karikku, Karikku Fliq m ...

Sudhi Koppa Sudhi Koppa is an Indian actor who appears in Malayalam films. He made his film debut in 2009 with an uncredited appearance in ''Sagar Alias Jacky Reloaded'' (2009). Personal life Sudhi hails from Kochi. His father, who was a government offic ...

and

Tanvi Ram Shruthi Ram (born 13 November 1990), known by her stage name Tanvi Ram, is an Indian actor working primarily in the Malayalam cinema. She was a Miss Kerala 2012 finalist. Personal life Tanvi was born and brought up in Bengaluru. She completed h ...

. It premiered on November 11, 2022 to a positive response from audiences and critics alike and was a moderate box-office success. Princy Alexander of ''OnManorama'' wrote “''Mukundan Unni is delightfully deceptive.The director and writer Abhinav Sunder Nayak and co-writer Vimal Gopalakrishnan have to be credited.''” Jose K George of ''

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'' praised the film, saying “It is refreshing to see filmmakers not falling into the trap of shouldering the moral responsibility to make a movie the monolith of morality.” In 2023, Abhinav expressed his interest in developing a sequel to Mukundan Unni Associates. He is presently working on Althaf Salim's sophomore film ''Odum Kuthira Chadum Kuthira'' as its editor.

Filmography

Film

Short films

References

External links

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