Sruti Harihara Subramanian

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Sruti Harihara Subramanian
Born
Nigeria [1]
Other namesSruti Harihara
OccupationDirector
Years active2002–present
Known forBrave and Bold

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.

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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

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

YearTitleRoleLanguageTypeNotes
2015A Far Afternoon: a Painted Saga by Krishen Khanna Director English Documentary feature filmWon National Film Award
2016Sewa GeetDirector Hindi Music VideoPiramal group anthem sung by Kailash Kher
2017Brave and BoldDirector Tamil / English Documentary filmby Cuomo Foundation
2018Harmony with A. R. Rahman DirectorEnglish / Malayalam / Manipuri / Lepcha / HindiDocumentary 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

[16] [17]

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  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. 27 September 2015.
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