Suman Sridhar

Suman Sridhar [1] is a singer, songwriter, and actor. Sridhar works in music, performance art, theatre and film. She co-produced and acted in her debut feature film Ajeeb Aashiq/Strange Love by filmmaker Natasha Mendonca which premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, 2016 and received the Bright Future Award nomination.[2] Suman is trained in Bharat Natyam classical dance and Indian Classical music and studied Western Classical Music, Women’s & Gender Studies and Visual Arts from Mason Gross Rutgers University, USA. Suman has sung chart topping Bollywood film songs. Her performances include venues like National Centre for the Performing Arts (India), Southbank Centre (UK), BBC- World Service (UK), Coke Studio (MTV India), Sound Trek (Fox Traveller India), NH7 Weekender (India), Radio Mirchi Music Awards (India), Mijwan Fashion Show (India), Jazzmandu (Nepal), Galle Literary Festival (Sri Lanka), The Quarter: Royal Opera House (India), The Great Escape Festival (UK), One Billion Rising (India) etc.

Suman Sridhar
The Black Mamba
Spouse(s)Natasha Mendonca
Websitewww.youtube.com/sumansridhar

Her work has been part of art exhibitions such as Transformation 19124 (Philadelphia), Sarai Reader 09 (India), What Happened 2081? (German) and Between the Waves at dOCUMENTA (13) (Germany). Suman has produced, written and performed in original works such as Yoni Ki Baat (South Asian Women’s Collective, USA), The Flying Wallas: Opera Noir (Prithvi Theatre Festival, India) and All That Remains is Flight. Suman is one half of the audio-visual music duo The Black Mamba [3] which had an album world preview at the Tate Modern Museum, London (2017), inaugurated the 20th Contemporary Arts Festival, VideoBrasil_Sesc, São Paulo (2017) the Kochi Muziris Biennale, India (2016) and headlined at the Ziro Music festival, India (2016). The Black Mamba's live cinema piece Land of the Breasted Woman won a Sesc_Videobrasil residency prize at the Wexner Center for the Arts (USA).

Career

Sridhar's original theatre productions as writer-director-performer include Yoni Ki Baat (South Asian Women's Collective, USA, 2003) and The Flying Wallas: Opera Noir (Prithvi Theatre Festival, India 2009). Her performance art and sound design works include Between The Waves'(dOCUMENTA 13, Germany 2012), The Kochi Intervention (Kochi Biennale 2014) and Transformation 19124 (Flying Kite, Philadelphia 2012) amongst others.

In its 2014 listing of "25 Greatest Indian Rock Songs of the last 25 Years", Rolling Stone India featured Punk Bhajan.[4]

Filmography
Year Film Songs Language Label
2016Ajeeb Aashiq / Strange LoveMusic DirectorEnglish/HindiTransient Films
2016Jaundya Na Balasaheb"Mona Darling"MarathiZee Studios
2015Bombay Velvet"Fifi"HindiSony Music
2012Talaash"Muskaanein Jhooti Hai"HindiT-series
2011Shaitan"Hawa Hawai", "Khoya Khoya Chand"HindiApple Music
404 Error Not Found"Kya Dekh Raha Hai"HindiSaga Music
Luv Ka The End"Tonight"EnglishApple Music

Awards
Year Award Category Role Result Ref.
2017Sesc_VideobrasilResidency award at Wexner Center for the Arts for Ajeeb Aashiq/Strange LoveCo-producer, Lead Actor, Music directorWon{{[5]}}
2017LSF Hamburg International Queer Film FestivalJury Prize, Best Film for Ajeeb Aashiq/Strange LoveCo-producer, Lead Actor, Music directorWon{{[6]}}
2013Times of India Film AwardsBest Female Playback SingerSingerNominated
2013MTV Video Music Awards IndiaBest Female Indie ArtistSinger-Songwriter-ProducerNominated
2013Jack Daniel's Rock AwardsBand of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Female VocalistSinger-Songwriter-ProducerNominated
2013Femina Women's AwardsMusic CategorySinger-SongwriterNominated
2012Mirchi Music AwardsUpcoming Female Vocalist of the YearSingerNominated[7]
2012Color Screen AwardsBest Female Playback SingerSingerNominated
2009Jack Daniel's Rock AwardsEmerging Band of the YearSinger-Songwriter-ProducerWon

References
  1. https://rollingstoneindia.com/suman-sridhar-and-natasha-mendonca-to-present-a-double-bill-at-the-tate-modern-museum/
  2. "Strange Love". 18 January 2016.
  3. https://www.mid-day.com/articles/attend-singer-suman-sridhars-special-valentines-day-performance/19062180
  4. "The Search for Rolling Stone India's 25 Greatest Indian Rock Songs of the last 25 Years". Rolling Stone India. 8 October 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  5. https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u=http://artishockrevista.com/2018/01/15/videobrasil-la-indisciplina-los-saberes-del-sur/&prev=search
  6. https://www.indulgexpress.com/culture/music/2018/mar/06/the-black-mamba-celebrates-international-womens-day-6348.html
  7. "Nominations - Mirchi Music Award Hindi 2012". www.radiomirchi.com. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
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