Ace cameramen Santosh Sivan and V. Manikandan have been together nominated for the Best Cinematography Award at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) to be held in Australia on December2.

The nominations for the fourth annual Asia Pacific Screen Awards to be held in have been announced and India has received five nominations, including three for Marathi cinema.

The breath taking visuals of ‘Raavan’ were hailed as poetry on celluloid. Though the film received mixed responses, the cinematography of Santhosh Sivan and Manikandan was unanimously admired by both critics and the masses.

Their closest competitor in the category will be Sudhir Palsane for the Marathi film ‘Vihir’, produced by Amitabh Bachchan.

APSA is an initiative of the Queensland government, Australia, in collaboration with UNESCO and FIAPF - International Federation of Film Producers' Associations.