Suman Sridhar
Suman Sridhar is a singer, songwriter, and actor. Sridhar works in music, performance art, theatre and film. 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 Rutgers University, USA. Suman has sung chart topping Bollywood film songs. Her performances include venues like National Centre for the Performing Arts, Southbank Centre, BBC- World Service, MTV India, Sound Trek, NH7 Weekender, Radio Mirchi Music Awards, Mijwan Fashion Show, Jazzmandu, Galle Literary Festival, The Quarter: Royal Opera House, The Great Escape Festival, One Billion Rising etc.
Her work has been part of art exhibitions such as Transformation 19124, Sarai Reader 09, What Happened 2081? and Between the Waves at dOCUMENTA . Suman has produced, written and performed in original works such as Yoni Ki Baat, The Flying Wallas: Opera Noir Fall In Line and All That Remains is Flight: a conversation between Sappho and Medusa. She co-produced and acted in her debut feature film Ajeeb Aashiq/''Strange Love'' by filmmaker which premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, 2016 and received the nomination and the jury prize at the .
Suman's music act The Black Mamba inaugurated the 20th Contemporary Arts Festival, the Kochi Muziris Biennale, India and headlined at the Ziro Music festival, India. The Black Mamba's live cinema piece won a Sesc_Videobrasil residency prize at the Wexner Center for the Arts and had a screening at the
Career
In its 2014 listing of "25 Greatest Indian Rock Songs of the last 25 Years", Rolling Stone India featured Punk Bhajan.Discography
Suman Sridhar released the album STD by Sridhar/Thayil in 2012.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 |
| 2011 | 404 Error Not Found | "Kya Dekh Raha Hai" | Hindi | Saga Music |
| 2011 | Luv Ka The End | "Tonight" | English | Apple Music |