Madhumita SundararamanDIRECTOR | WRITER | PRODUCER
Madhumita is a Tamil film director born in born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India and raised in Indonesia.
Her debut film was the romantic drama Vallamai Tharayo starring R. Parthipan and Chaya Singh, winning the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Family Film in 2008. The film was also screened at various international film festivals including the Newport Beach Film Festival in Los Angeles. Her second film was the comedy flick Kola Kolaya Mundhirika, which was co-written by Crazy Mohan. After a five-years hiatus, she released the bilingual romantic comedies, Moone Moonu Varthai (Tamil) / Moodu Mukkallo Cheppalante.
She will be directing the forthcoming documentary Shades of Grey: The Cinema of K. Balachander, an in-depth look at the cinema of legendary Indian filmmaker K. Balachander.
SNAPSHOT
Program Studied at NYFA: Filmmaking
Program Type: 1-Year Conservatory
Year Attended: 2006
Location: Los Angeles