Sameer C. Thahir

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(born 7 November 1976) is an Indian cinematographer, screenwriter, and film director and producer who works mainly in the Malayalam cinema while also having worked in a few

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. He is a graduate of Maharajas College, Ernakulam, and it is there that he began nurturing his passion for photography and cinema. From photography to wedding videos to ad films and then on to features, it was a gradual but steady climb. He began his career assisting his mentors, fellow ISC members Amal Neerad and

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. In 2007 he shot his first feature as an independent Cinematographer when Amal Neerad turned to direct his debut film '' Big B''. The unique approach to the visual vista and the massive success of the film (both critically and commercially) cemented Sameer's place as a rising star of Malayalam Cinema. By next year he helmed

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's superhit film '' Daddy Cool'' (2009). And since then, he has gone on to lend his visual expertise to path breaking films as '' Nidra'' (2012), '' Diamond Necklace'' (2012), ''

Bangalore Days ''Bangalore Days'' is a 2014 Indian Malayalam-language coming of age romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Anjali Menon, and co-produced by Anwar Rasheed and Sophia Paul under the banner Anwar Rasheed Entertainments and Weeken ...

'' (2014), ''

Thamaasha ''Thamaasha'' () is a 2019 Indian Malayalam-language film written and directed by Ashraf Hamza and produced by Sameer Thahir, Shyju Khalid, Lijo Jose Pellissery and Chemban Vinod Jose.The film stars Vinay Forrt, Chinnu Chandhini, Divya Prabha a ...

'' (2019) and ''

Minnal Murali ''Minnal Murali'' () is a 2021 Indian Malayalam-language superhero film directed by Basil Joseph and produced by Sophia Paul, under the banner of Weekend Blockbusters. The screenplay has been written by Arun Anirudhan and Justin Mathew. The fil ...

'' (2021) etc. With director Soundarya Rajnikanth's comedy ''

Velaiilla Pattadhari 2 ''Velaiilla Pattadhari 2'' () is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language comedy drama film directed by Soundarya Rajnikanth. It is a sequel to the 2014 film '' Velaiilla Pattadhari'' and has Dhanush, Amala Paul, Vivek, Hrishikesh, Saranya Ponvannan, ...

'' (2017) he set foot in

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. Soon next year he shot Priyadarshan's critically acclaimed '' Sometimes'' (2018).

Early life

Thahir studied in Maharajas College Eranakulam. His mentor was Amal Neerad, for whom he handled cinematography in "Big B", director Anwar Rasheed, Aashiq Abu, and cinematographer Rajeev Ravi for whom Thahir has assisted in films were just some of them from Maharajas friendship circle.

Career

Thahir made his debut with '' Big B'', the first film directed by cinematographer Amal Neerad, in 2007. Later, he made his directorial and writing debut with ''

Chaappa Kurishu ''Chaappa Kurish'' ( ml, ചാപ്പാ കുരിശ്, en, Heads or Tails) is a 2011 Indian Malayalam-language chase thriller film co-written and directed by Sameer Thahir and starring Vineeth Sreenivasan, Fahadh Faasil, Roma Asrani, ...

'' (2011). In 2012, he handled cinematography for Siddharth Bharathan's Nidra and

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's Diamond Necklace. Thahir directed a segment in anthology film

5 Sundarikal ''5 Sundarikal'' ( en, 5 Beautiful Women) is a Malayalam romantic anthology film. It contains five short stories on love about five types of women. The stories are directed by Shyju Khalid, Sameer Thahir, Aashiq Abu, Amal Neerad and Anwar Rashee ...

in 2013. Later in the year 2013 his second film as a director ''

Neelakasham Pachakadal Chuvanna Bhoomi ''Neelakasham Pachakadal Chuvanna Bhoomi'' () is a 2013 Indian Malayalam-language road adventure film directed and co-produced by Sameer Thahir and written by Hashir Mohamed. The film stars Dulquer Salmaan and Sunny Wayne with Dhritiman Chatte ...

'' was released. Thahir handled camera for 2014 movie

, directed by Anjali Menon. In 2015, he produced the movie

Chandrettan Evideya ''Chandrettan Evideya'' () is a 2015 Malayalam-language romantic fantasy comedy film directed by Sidharth Bharathan. The film was produced by Sameer Thahir, Shyju Khalid and Ashiq Usman. It stars Dileep alongside Anusree, Namitha Pramod and ...

under his banner Happy Hours Entertainments. He produced and directed

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starred

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in 2016. Sameer Thahir was the cinematographer of the 2017 Tamil movie

and

Priyadarshan Priyadarshan (born 30 January 1957) is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer who works predominantly in Malayalam and Hindi films, while also having done six films in Tamil and two films in Telugu. He has done about 31 films in ...

's Sometimes (2018). He was the producer of Sudani from Nigeria (2018) and

(2019), in which he also handled the cinematography of the latter.

Personal life

Sameer C. Thahir married his wife Neethu Thahir on 12 November 2013.

Filmography

References

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* Malayalam film producers Malayalam film directors Malayalam film cinematographers Living people 1986 births Film producers from Kochi Film directors from Kochi Tamil film cinematographers 21st-century Indian film directors 21st-century Indian photographers Cinematographers from Kerala Screenwriters from Kochi {{India-film-director-stub