Manush Nandan

{{Short description|Indian cinematographer}}

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| name = Manush Nandan

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| birth_place = Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/how-total-chennai-boy-manushnandan-became-cinematographer-bollywood-131103|title=How 'total Chennai boy' Manushnandan became a cinematographer in Bollywood|date=19 August 2020|work=The News Minute|first=Sowmya|last=Rajendran}}

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| years_active = 2008{{emdash}}present

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| spouse = {{marriage|Gowri|2013}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-cinema-news-10/dop-manush-nandan-of-manmadhan-ambu-fame-got-married.html|title=Kamal’s DoP gets married|date=10 October 2013|work=Behindwoods}}

| parents = Gnani Sankaran (father){{cite news|title=Journalist Gnani passes away|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/journalist-gnani-passes-away/article22441651.ece|accessdate=15 January 2018|work=The Hindu|date=15 January 2018}}
AS Padmavathi (mother)

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Manush Nandan is an Indian cinematographer who works in Hindi and Tamil-language films. He studied at the Film and Television Institute of Tamil Nadu and worked under Ravi K. Chandran during his early days and for his directorial debut Yaan (2014).{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/kamal-and-shah-rukh-to-join-hands/articleshow/22089281.cms|title=Kamal and Shah Rukh to join hands|date=27 August 2013|work=The Times of India}} He worked as an assistant cinematographer for Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (2008) and My Name is Khan (2010) before being recommended to Farah Khan by an assistant director to work on Happy New Year (2014).{{Cite web|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/shah-rukh-has-immense-trust-in-his-technicians-manush-nandan-interview-114102000251_1.html|title=Shah Rukh has immense trust in his technicians: Manush Nandan (Interview)|work=Indo-Asian News Service|via=Business Standard|date=20 October 2014}} He has since worked on several well known Hindi films such as Thugs of Hindostan (2018) and Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani (2023).