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Amal Neerad (born on 7 October 1976) is an Indian film director, cinematographer and producer who mainly works in Malayalam Cinema. He attended the Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute, Kolkata (first batch). He was awarded the National Film Award for Best Cinematography (special mention) in 2001 for his diploma film Meena Jha (short feature section).

Amal Neerad
Amal in 2009
Born	(1976-10-07) 7 October 1976 (age 46) Kollam, Kerala, India
Alma mater	Maharaja's College, Ernakulam Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute
Occupation	Cinematographer Film director Film producer screenwriter
Years active	2004–present
Organization	Amal Neerad Productions
Spouse	Jyothirmayi ​ (m. 2015)​
Parent(s)	C. R. Omanakuttan (father) S Hemalatha (mother)

He started his career shooting music videos, documentaries and ads. It was his Diploma film that brought him to the attention of Ram Gopal Verma and his team. Neerad moved into Hindi Cinema with three back to back films; James (2004), Darna Zaroori Hai (2006) and Shiva (2006). In 2004, he also shot the Malayalam Film 'Black'.

Back in Malayalam Cinema, paths were being opened for new filmmakers collaborating with superstars like Mammootty whom he had met during the shoot of 'Black'. That fateful meeting resulted in his debut directorial venture, the now Cult Classic movie Big B (2007). The stylish narrative and technical brilliance also brought together a team of fresh technicians and minds on board, like writer Unni R., music director Gopi Sundar, cinematographer Sameer Thahir, asst. cinematographers Jomon T. John and Shyju Khalid, editor Vivek Harshan etc. revolutionising Malayalam Cinema of the new decade. He has since then gone on to direct and shoot and produce and distribute many critically and commercially successful Malayalam movies.

Early and personal life

Amal Neerad born in Kollam, Kerala. He attended school and college in Kochi.[1] He was the college union chairman of Maharaja's College, Ernakulam in two consecutive terms (1992–93 and 1993–94). [2]

He married actress Jyothirmayi on 4 April 2015.[3]

Career

Amal joined Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute in 1995.[4] He is a winner of National Film Awards for best cinematography. After his graduation from the institute he worked as a cinematographer with Ram Gopal Varma's production company for the films such as James, Darna Zaroori Hai and Shiva. His debut movie in Malayalam as cinematographer was Black, directed by Ranjith.

In 2007, he made his directorial debut Big B starring Mammootty and Shereveer Vakil. Even though the movie was an average grosser at the box office, the stylish narrative and technical brilliance that the film possessed apparently gave the movie an iconic stature and cult following.[5][6][7][8][9] His next film was Sagar Alias Jacky starring Mohanlal, a sequel of 1987 film Irupatham Noottandu. In 2010, He directed Anwar with Prithviraj and Prakash Raj in lead roles.

Amal Neerad launched his production company Amal Neerad Productions through the 2012 film Bachelor Party directed by himself. In 2013, he produced the anthology film, 5 Sundarikal. Amal directed the segment Kullante Bharya starred Dulquer Salmaan and handled camera for the segment Aami, directed by Anwar Rasheed. He directed and co-produced (with Fahad Faasil) the period thriller Iyobinte Pustakam starring Fahadh Faasil, Lal, and Jayasurya in 2014. In 2017, he produced and directed Comrade In America starring Dulquer Salmaan. He later directed Fahadh Faasil starred Varathan in 2018. The movie was jointly produced by Neerad and Fahadh Faasil. Amal joined hands with Anwar Rasheed again as a cinematographer for the movie Trance, starring Fahadh Faasil.[10] Later, he joined Mammootty again after 15 years for the movie Bheeshma Parvam which emerged as one of the biggest hits in Mollywood industry.

Filmography

Year	Title	Language	Director	Cinematographer	Producer	Notes
2004	Black	Malayalam	No	Yes	No
2005	James	Hindi	No	Yes	No
2006	Shiva	Hindi	No	Yes	No
2006	Darna Zaroori Hai	Hindi	No	Yes	No
2007	Big B	Malayalam	Yes	Yes	No
2009	Sagar Alias Jacky Reloaded	Malayalam	Yes	Yes	No
2010	Anwar	Malayalam	Yes	No	No
2010	Tournament	Malayalam	No	Yes	No	A song only (Nila Nila).
2012	Bachelor Party	Malayalam	Yes	Yes	Yes
2013	5 Sundarikal	Malayalam	Yes	Yes	Yes	Anthology film. Director of "Kullante Bharya". Cinematographer of "Aami"
2014	Iyobinte Pustakam	Malayalam	Yes	Yes	Yes	Winner: Kerala state film award for best cinematography
2017	Comrade in America	Malayalam	Yes	No	Yes	[11][12]
2018	Varathan	Malayalam	Yes	No	Yes	Co-produced with Nazriya Nazim
2020	Trance	Malayalam	No	Yes	No
2022	Bheeshma Parvam	Malayalam	Yes	No	Yes	Also co-writer
2023	Bilal	Malayalam	Yes	No	Yes	[13][14]

Awards and recognitions

His film Iyobinte Pustakam bagged best film in 2014 Asianet Film Awards. [15]

2014 Kerala State Film Awards[16]

• Best Cinematography: Amal Neerad

References

External links

• - Amal Neerad Productions Official YouTube Channel

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