Sruti Harihara Subramanian
Sruti Harihara Subramanian | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| Other names | Sruti Harihara |
| Occupation | Director |
| Years active | 2002–present |
Sruti Harihara Subramanian is a director, entrepreneur, theater actor and former Miss Chennai in 2002.[2][3][4][5] Her debut feature documentary A Far Afternoon about artist Krishen Khanna got 2 national awards. Rajat Kamal Award for Best Art and Culture Film and Best Music for non-feature film at the 63rd National Film Awards.[6] She is most notable for directing the 5 episode Amazon Exclusive musical docu-series, Harmony with A. R. Rahman and the 2017 documentary Brave and Bold.[7][8][9] In 2019 she received the Upcoming Entrepreneur of the Year award from FICCI.
Early life[edit]
Before starting her career as a documentary director, she was Miss Chennai in 2002 and worked as an assistant director with notable filmmakers like Revathi. She assisted Vikram K. Kumar(director) in the movies Yavarum Nalam & 13B in 2009 and Vishnuvardhan (director) in the movie Panjaa in 2011. Sruti has also acted in Tamil TV series like Sahana in 2003,[10] Chidambara Rahasyam in 2004 and was featured in over 100 print ads. Apart from winning the 2nd runner-up, she also won the Miss Talent and Miss Cyber Princess at the Miss Chennai contest in 2002. She is also a trained Carnatic singer and Bharatnatyam dancer.[11][12]
Entrepreneur life[edit]
Sruti is an entrepreneur, she is the founder of Goli Soda Store. Goli Soda was founded as a sustainability store with zero wastage in 2013 in Chennai. In 2019 Sruti was awarded the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) Ladies Organization (FLO) award for Upcoming Entrepreneur of the Year. Sruti received the award from the Governor Of Tamil Nadu, Banwarilal Purohit. The same year she was awarded the Yuva Samman Young Achiever award in the Best Entrepreneur category.[13][14]
Sruti is also the founder trustee of The Cinema Resource Centre (TCRC) which is a not-for- profit public archive of Indian cinema designed to enable research on the audio-visual cultural artifacts produced by Indian films, especially those made in the regional languages of South India.[15]
Filmography[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Language | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | A Far Afternoon: a Painted Saga by Krishen Khanna | Director | English | Documetary feature film | Won National Film Award |
| 2016 | Sewa Geet | Director | Hindi | Music Video | Piramal group anthem sung by Kailash Kher |
| 2017 | Brave and Bold | Director | Tamil / English | Documetary film | by Cuomo Foundation |
| 2018 | Harmony with A. R. Rahman | Director | English / Malayalam / Manipuri / Lepcha / Hindi | Documetary film | Featuring A R Rahman |
| 2021 | Yavanika | Director | Tamil / Kannada / Hindi / Telugu / English | Dance Film | featuring Priyadarsini Govind |
| 2022-23 | Ponniyin Selvan: Part 1 & 2 | Promo Videos Director | Tamil / English / Hindi | Series of Promotional films |
Awards and nominations[edit]
- 2015 : Rajat Kamal for the best art/cultural film at the 63rd Indian National Film Awards
- Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) Ladies Organization (FLO) award for Upcoming Entrepreneur of the year
- Yuva Samman Young Achiever award.
References[edit]
- ^ "A saga from the banks of Meenachil". Malayala Manorama.
- ^ "Sruti finds her metier in film". Indian Express.
- ^ "Sruti Harihara Subramanian: Documenting art". The Hindu.
- ^ "Expect the unexpected in cinema'". Deccan Chronicle.
- ^ "A saga from the banks of Meenachil". Malayala Manorama.
- ^ "Between dawn and dusk". The Hindu.
- ^ "AR Rahman has a childlike nature: Sruti Harihara". Indian Express.
- ^ "A Far Afternoon — A Painted Saga by Krishen Khanna, Sruti Harihara Subramanian captures in reel how the life and craft of this artist are intertwined". The Hindu.
- ^ "The Slow Unfolding of an Artist's Creative Process". The Wire.
- ^ "An afternoon sojourn". The Week.
- ^ "Expect the unexpected in cinema'". Deccan Chronicle.
- ^ "A saga from the banks of Meenachil". Malayala Manorama.
- ^ "Women's Day Special: These Indian business heads help Mother Earth profit with every sale". Indian Express.
- ^ "Buy less, waste less, live in harmony with nature". Money control.
- ^ "'Rewind. Pause. Archive': The Cinema Resource Centre's efforts to preserve forgotten treasures of Indian cinema". New Indian Express.
- ^ "Women achievers honoured in Chennai". Times of India.
- ^ "Chennai college honours under-35 female achievers". Indian Express.
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