Suman Sridhar
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Suman Sridhar | |
|---|---|
| The Black Mamba | |
| Other names | The Black Mamba |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter, actor, artist |
| Spouse | Natasha Mendonca |
| Website | www.youtube.com/sumansridhar |
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Ajeeb Aashiq / Strange Love | Music Director | English/Hindi | Transient Films |
| 2016 | Jaundya Na Balasaheb | "Mona Darling" | Marathi | Zee Studios |
| 2015 | Bombay Velvet | "Fifi" | Hindi | Sony Music |
| 2012 | Talaash | "Muskaanein Jhooti Hai" | Hindi | T-series |
| 2011 | Shaitan | "Hawa Hawai", "Khoya Khoya Chand" | Hindi | Apple Music |
| 404 Error Not Found | "Kya Dekh Raha Hai" | Hindi | Saga Music | |
| Luv Ka The End | "Tonight" | English | Apple Music |
Awards
| Year | Award | Category | Role | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Sesc_Videobrasil | Residency award at Wexner Center for the Arts for Ajeeb Aashiq/Strange Love | Co-producer, Lead Actor, Music director | Won | {{[5]}} |
| 2017 | LSF Hamburg International Queer Film Festival | Jury Prize, Best Film for Ajeeb Aashiq/Strange Love | Co-producer, Lead Actor, Music director | Won | {{[6]}} |
| 2013 | Times of India Film Awards | Best Female Playback Singer | Singer | Nominated | [citation needed] |
| 2013 | MTV Video Music Awards India | Best Female Indie Artist | Singer-Songwriter-Producer | Nominated | [citation needed] |
| 2013 | Jack Daniel's Rock Awards | Band of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Female Vocalist | Singer-Songwriter-Producer | Nominated | [citation needed] |
| 2013 | Femina Women's Awards | Music Category | Singer-Songwriter | Nominated | [citation needed] |
| 2012 | Mirchi Music Awards | Upcoming Female Vocalist of the Year | Singer | Nominated | [7] |
| 2012 | Color Screen Awards | Best Female Playback Singer | Singer | Nominated | [citation needed] |
| 2009 | Jack Daniel's Rock Awards | Emerging Band of the Year | Singer-Songwriter-Producer | Won | [citation needed] |
References
- ^ https://rollingstoneindia.com/suman-sridhar-and-natasha-mendonca-to-present-a-double-bill-at-the-tate-modern-museum/
- ^ "Strange Love". 18 January 2016.
- ^ https://www.mid-day.com/articles/attend-singer-suman-sridhars-special-valentines-day-performance/19062180
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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
- ^ https://www.indulgexpress.com/culture/music/2018/mar/06/the-black-mamba-celebrates-international-womens-day-6348.html
- ^ "Nominations - Mirchi Music Award Hindi 2012". www.radiomirchi.com. Retrieved 27 April 2018.