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film industries.

Career

He was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. His father UV Babu, has directed more than half-a-dozen films in Telugu and Manoj has said that "he was the one who wanted me to become a cinematographer". He would accompany his father to shoots and said that he was "fascinated by cinematography, the mystery of the camera and lights". Educated at the M.G.R. Government Film and Television Training Institute of Tamil Nadu at Chennai, he received his early training from the cinematographer S. Saravanan. Manoj started his career by assisting in films such as '' Pammal K. Sambandam'', ''

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, before becoming independent. He assisted him for seven years. Manoj's debut film was ''

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'' directed by ''Arivazhagan'', and produced by noted director

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. He received wide critical praise for his work in the film.

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wrote, "it is Manoj Paramahamsa’s camera which is the real hero of the film. As a cameraman he is able to give the entire film the hazy blue look using Cyan color by the removal of red from white light for the first time in Tamil cinema, creating the eerie atmosphere and stillness against the continuous beating of the rains". Similarly,

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wrote, "Manoj Paramahamsa's camerawork is refreshing: somber and serious, with rain always threatening in some form in the present; normal and sunny in the Trichy flashback sequences". In 2010, he worked on

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's romance film ''

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'' and its Telugu remake ''

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'', winning the Filmfare Award for Best Cinematographer - South for the latter. He also handled cinematography for Menon's psychological thriller, '' Nadunisi Naaygal'' starring

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. He worked in the remake of ''

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'' in Tamil, ''

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'', which was directed by

. He turned producer with the adventure film '' Poovarasam Peepee''. He is also working with Vijay Beast''.

Filmography

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Paramahamsa, Manoj Tamil film cinematographers Cinematographers from Tamil Nadu Living people Filmfare Awards South winners 1981 births M.G.R. Government Film and Television Training Institute alumni Telugu film cinematographers Kannada film cinematographers Malayalam film cinematographers Artists from Chennai Tamil film producers 21st-century Indian photographers