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About

Divakar Mani is an Indian cinematographer, from Chennai, Tamil Nadu . He has worked on several films in Telugu, Hindi and Malayalam languages. His venture into the film industry was with India’s most celebrated cinematographer Santhosh Sivan ASC

Early Life and Education

Divakar Mani was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He graduated from the Film and Television Institute of India, with a specialisation in Cinematography. A gold medalist who later went to NYU to master the craft of motion picture photography. He also has a Diploma in AVID editing from National Film Development Corporation of India.

Career

Divakar started his career as a video journalist with NDTV and worked for several years covering major events in history like the Tsunami, Sri Lankan War, the Bombing at Taj Mumbai, Lebanon wars and so on. He shot and directed numerous documentaries for UNICEF, UNAIDS, UNHCR, WHO and the World Bank. He has also been a part of visual documentation for popular AD Films. He has shot several Auto shows, Fashion events, etc. around the world.

His passion for Film making made him reach out to Santhosh Sivan. Divakar assisted Santhosh Sivan on popular films like, Urumi, Thuppaki, Ceylon (film), Rangrez, and Anjaan. He became an Independent Cinematographer with a Hindi film titled ‘Jugni’. His notable works include, ‘Virata Parvam’, ‘Aamayum Muyalum’, ‘Ranarangam’, ‘Keshava’ – For which he received a Telugu state Award for Best Cinematography.

{| class="wikitable" ! Year !! Film !! Language !! Cinematography
 * + Filmography


 * 2014 || Aamayum Muyalum || Malayalam || Yes ||
 * 2016 || Jugni || Hindi || Yes
 * 2017 || Keshava || Telugu || Yes
 * 2017 || Maya || Tamil || Yes
 * 2019 || Ranarangam || Telugu || Yes ||
 * 2021 || Super Over (film) || Telugu || Yes ||
 * 2021 || Ninnila Ninnila || Telugu || Yes ||
 * 2022 || Virata Parvam || Telugu || Yes ||
 * 2023 || Corona Papers || Malayalam || Yes ||
 * 2019 || Ranarangam || Telugu || Yes ||
 * 2021 || Super Over (film) || Telugu || Yes ||
 * 2021 || Ninnila Ninnila || Telugu || Yes ||
 * 2022 || Virata Parvam || Telugu || Yes ||
 * 2023 || Corona Papers || Malayalam || Yes ||
 * 2022 || Virata Parvam || Telugu || Yes ||
 * 2023 || Corona Papers || Malayalam || Yes ||
 * 2023 || Corona Papers || Malayalam || Yes ||
 * 2023 || Corona Papers || Malayalam || Yes ||