10 films of Santosh Sivan: First Indian with Pierre Angenieux tribute

10 FILMS SHOT BY SANTOSH SIVAN: FIRST INDIAN TO GET PIERRE ANGENIEUX TRIBUTE AT CANNES FILM FESTIVAL

By TANUSHREE GHOSH May 23, 2024

Santosh Sivan, 60, is the first Indian to receive the prestigious Pierre Angenieux ExcelLens in Cinematography tribute honour at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival

[{"selector":"#anim-7abf52fc-ea9b-4549-a6ed-e805aa9b85dd [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(0%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] Cinematographer Santosh Sivan has shot over 80 films in four decades and directed over 20 films

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[{"selector":"#anim-34f37bee-fb25-499b-8982-06f0e5eb6eca [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-39.7982952202968%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] Santosh Sivan, a founding member of the Indian Society of Cinematographers and the most awarded Director of Photography in India, graduated from the Film and Television Institute of India in 1984

Mashaal (1984)

[{"selector":"#anim-59ebd187-ee19-483a-9d98-b86ba4083231 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(-21.007370801990902%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] Fresh out of FTII, Santosh Sivan bagged a major film. Yash Chopra hired the young cinematographer for the Dilip Kumar-Anil Kapoor starrer action drama

Nidhiyude Katha (1986)

[{"selector":"#anim-c4c07d68-759e-4600-b5c5-25fa76687293 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(0%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] Santosh Sivan shot this Tamil film, which won him his first National Film Award. Sivan has won 12 National Film Awards.

Raakh (1989)

[{"selector":"#anim-4cd464ec-181e-4e03-b16a-aee8b36e213a [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(0%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] Spectacularly shot by Sivan, the Aamir Khan-starrer dystopian gangster-noir 'Raakh' belongs to Bombay Noir, a neo-noir subgenre created with Guru Dutt's Baazi (1951)

Thalapathi (1991)

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Roja (1992)

[{"selector":"#anim-f6897777-5cd6-4e19-97d9-2d6cb5d44880 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(0%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] With breathtaking shots by Sivan, Roja (originally made in Tamil) marked Mani Ratnam's entry into Hindi cinema

Iruvar (1997)

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Dil Se.. (1998)

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Asoka (2001)

[{"selector":"#anim-45bb11fb-4316-4ac5-acd9-3e999dc4c781 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(0%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] Sivan not only shot but also directed the Shah Rukh Khan and Kareena Kapoor-starrer Asoka

Meenaxi: A Tale of Three Cities (2004)

[{"selector":"#anim-43e8feb5-16df-4612-b4f7-741446b42d12 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-18.838778531004515%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] On this film, starring Tabu and Kunal Kapoor, Sivan collaborated with painter MF Husain, who directed the film

Raavan / Raavanan (2010)

[{"selector":"#anim-3ef56ec7-2bc1-48fb-928e-f8291cca100e [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(0%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] In a first, both the Hindi and Tamil versions of the Mani Ratnam-directed and Sivan-shot eye-grabbing film was made simultaneously

[{"selector":"#anim-99a8d4f5-e174-4ab9-bee7-9ffde4fafd4e [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0, -19.879517706749322%, 0)","translate3d(0, 0%, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] Santosh Sivan with Aishwarya Rai Bachchan directed by Gurinder Chadha during the shooting of Bride & Prejudice (2004)