Sruti Harihara Subramanian
Born
Nigeria[1]
Other namesSruti Harihara
OccupationDirector
Years active2002–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]

Early life

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

Apart from her passion for making films, Sruti is also 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

YearTitleRoleLanguageTypeNotes
2015A Far Afternoon: a Painted Saga by Krishen KhannaDirectorEnglishDocumetary feature filmWon National Film Award
2016Sewa GeetDirectorHindiMusic VideoPiramal group anthem sung by Kailash Kher
2017Brave and BoldDirectorTamil / EnglishDocumetary filmby Cuomo Foundation
2018Harmony with A. R. RahmanDirectorEnglish / Malayalam / Manipuri / Lepcha / HindiDocumetary filmFeaturing A R Rahman
2021YavanikaDirectorTamil / Kannada / Hindi / Telugu / EnglishDance Filmfeaturing Priyadarsini Govind
2022-23Ponniyin Selvan: Part 1 & 2Promo Videos DirectorTamil / English / Hindi Series of Promotional films

Awards and nominations

  • 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.

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References

  1. ↑ "A saga from the banks of Meenachil". Malayala Manorama.
  2. ↑ "Sruti finds her metier in film". Indian Express.
  3. ↑ "Sruti Harihara Subramanian: Documenting art". The Hindu.
  4. ↑ "Expect the unexpected in cinema'". Deccan Chronicle.
  5. ↑ "A saga from the banks of Meenachil". Malayala Manorama.
  6. ↑ "Between dawn and dusk". The Hindu.
  7. ↑ "AR Rahman has a childlike nature: Sruti Harihara". Indian Express.
  8. ↑ "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.
  9. ↑ "The Slow Unfolding of an Artist's Creative Process". The Wire.
  10. ↑ "An afternoon sojourn". The Week.
  11. ↑ "Expect the unexpected in cinema'". Deccan Chronicle.
  12. ↑ "A saga from the banks of Meenachil". Malayala Manorama.
  13. ↑ "Women's Day Special: These Indian business heads help Mother Earth profit with every sale". Indian Express.
  14. ↑ "Buy less, waste less, live in harmony with nature". Money control.
  15. ↑ "'Rewind. Pause. Archive': The Cinema Resource Centre's efforts to preserve forgotten treasures of Indian cinema". New Indian Express.
  16. ↑ "Women achievers honoured in Chennai". Times of India.
  17. ↑ "Chennai college honours under-35 female achievers". Indian Express.


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