kochi the cinematography of ela veezha poonchira was a major challenge for me as the harsh weather of the hill station itself was one of the lead characters of the crime thriller said manesh madhavan who won the state film award for the best cinematographermanesh 41 shared the award with chandru selvaraj for the movie vazhakku when the state film awards were announced on fridayi am happy and excited to win the award for such a movie which gave special focus to the geographical features of the hill station where rain and thunderstorms are frequent and even lightning deaths are not uncommon the locale was equally important to the character played by the movie hero soubin shahir it was a major challenge to create an impact on the crime thriller plot using the mysterylaced visuals of the hill stations said maneshthe contribution of renowned colourist robert lang who also won the award for his work in the same movie was also a major factor in setting the mood of the movie story said manesh speaking on the challenges the film crew faced while shooting in october 2021 manesh said that unexpected changes in weather in the area including minor landslides were major hurdles faced by the crew membersmanesh a graduate of film and television institute of india pune won the state film award for the first time in 2017 for the movie edan joseph 191a and wonder women were the other movies in which manesh was the cinematographer tnn