Manmohan Singh (director)

{{short description|Indian film director and cinematographer}}

{{for|the economist and former Prime Minister of India|Manmohan Singh}}

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| years_active = 1970s–present

| notable_works = Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, Jee Aayan Nu

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Manmohan Singh is an Indian film director and cinematographer. He is the director of Punjabi films and the cinematographer of Hindi films. As a cinematographer, he had frequently collaborated with Yash Chopra and his son Aditya Chopra, for whom he shot Chandni (1989), Lamhe (1991), Darr (1993), Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995), Dil To Pagal Hai (1997), and Mohabbatein (2000).{{cite web | title = 'Yash Chopra wasn't convinced about DDLJ's climax'|work= Rediff.com movies | url = http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/yash-chopra-wasnt-convinced-about-ddljs-climax/20141209.htm |date=9 December 2014 | accessdate = 3 January 2016 }} Besides his career as a cinematographer, he is also known as a pioneering director in Punjabi cinema.{{cite web

| title = Manmohan Singh is a pioneer in Punjab film industry | url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/punjabi/movies/did-you-know/Manmohan-Singh-is-a-pioneer-in-Punjab-film-industry/articleshow/13953467.cms |date=14 May 2013| accessdate = 3 January 2016 | work = The Times of India }} He directed his first Hindi film, Pehla Pehla Pyar in 1994 and his first Punjabi film Jee Ayan Nu in 2003. He received the "Lifetime Achievement Award" at the PTC Punjabi Film Awards 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ptcpunjabi.co.in/ptc-punjabi-film-awards-2019-live-updates-red-carpet-gippy-grewal-guru-randhawa-sargun-mehta-ammy-virk-sonam-neeru-bajwa-diljit-dosanjh/|title=PTC Punjabi Film Awards: Gippy Grewal Bags Best Actor, Sargun Mehta Wins Best Actress |author=Karan Nanda|date=16 March 2019|website=PTC Punjabi |access-date=18 March 2019}}