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Mrinal Desai

Career

Active from 2005 to 2025, busiest in 2015 and 2023 with 3 main titles each.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score78/100
Highest rated
Poster for To Kill a Tiger
To Kill a Tiger
GoodWatch score86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 4 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.3 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Mrinal Desai Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Nostalgia
    0.8, average 3.8
  • Physical Comedy
    0.0, average 2.4
  • Adrenaline
    2.4, average 4.8
  • Situational Comedy
    0.6, average 2.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Documentary 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

28
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

7 titles ยท average score 85
The Gymnasts of Fisherman Colony
The Gymnasts of Fisherman Colony (2026)

Creative Consultant

Parade: Queer Acts of Love & Resistance
Parade: Queer Acts of Love & Resistance (2025)

Director of Photography

Bodies for Rent
Bodies for Rent (2024)

Director of Photography

A Mother Apart
A Mother Apart (2024)

Director of Photography

To Kill a Tiger
To Kill a Tiger (2023)
GoodWatch score 86

Director of Photography

The Burdened
The Burdened (2023)
GoodWatch score 84

Director of Photography

The Discord Leaks
The Discord Leaks (2023)

Director of Photography

2010s

9 titles ยท average score 74
Court
Court (2015)
GoodWatch score 80

Director of Photography

The Day the Sun Fell
The Day the Sun Fell (2015)

Director of Photography

English India
English India (2015)

Director of Photography

Terror at the Mall
Terror at the Mall (2014)
GoodWatch score 77

Director of Photography

The World Before Her
The World Before Her (2012)
GoodWatch score 71

Director of Photography

Children of the Tsunami
Children of the Tsunami (2012)

Director of Photography

Nainsukh
Nainsukh (2011)
GoodWatch score 70

Director of Photography

You Don't Belong
You Don't Belong (2011)

Director of Photography

Tales from Napa
Tales from Napa (2011)

Cinematography

2000s

12 titles ยท average score 81
Siddharth: The Prisoner
Siddharth: The Prisoner (2009)

Director of Photography

Slumdog Millionaire
Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
GoodWatch score 81

Second Unit Director of Photography

The Firm Land
The Firm Land (2008)

Cinematography

The Boot Cake
The Boot Cake (2008)

Cinematography

Beware Dogs
Beware Dogs (2008)

Director of Photography

The Salt Stories
The Salt Stories (2008)

Cinematography

Mahek
Mahek (2007)

Director of Photography

In Search of Gandhi
In Search of Gandhi (2007)

Cinematography

Haathi Ka Anda
Haathi Ka Anda (2005)

Director of Photography

The House On Gulmohar Avenue
The House On Gulmohar Avenue (2005)

Cinematography

Narayan Gangaram Surve
Narayan Gangaram Surve (2002)

Camera Operator

A Few Things I Know About Her
A Few Things I Know About Her (2002)

Cinematography