Suman Sridhar
The Black Mamba
Also known asThe Black Mamba
Instrument(s)Voice, piano
Websitewww.youtube.com/sumansridhar

Suman Sridhar [1] 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 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), 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) 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 Natasha Mendonca which premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, 2016 and received the Bright Future Award nomination [2] and the jury prize at the Lesbisch Schwule Filmtage Hamburg International Queer Film Festival. Suman's music act The Black Mamba The Black Mamba [3] 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) and had a screening at the 11th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art.

Career

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

Discography

Suman Sridhar released the album STD by Sridhar/Thayil in 2012. [5]

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{{[6]}}
2017LSF Hamburg International Queer Film FestivalJury Prize, Best Film for Ajeeb Aashiq/Strange LoveCo-producer, Lead Actor, Music directorWon{{[7]}}
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[8]
2012Color Screen AwardsBest Female Playback SingerSingerNominated
2009Jack Daniel's Rock AwardsEmerging Band of the YearSinger-Songwriter-ProducerWon

References

  1. ↑ "Suman Sridhar and Natasha Mendonca to Present a Double Bill at the Tate Modern Museum -". 9 May 2017.
  2. ↑ "Strange Love". 18 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "Attend singer Suman Sridhar's special Valentine's Day performance". 14 February 2018.
  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. ↑ "Sridhar/Thayil – STD".
  6. ↑ "Videobrasil.la Indisciplina de los Saberes del Sur". 15 January 2018.
  7. ↑ "The Black Mamba celebrates International Women's Day".
  8. ↑ "Nominations - Mirchi Music Award Hindi 2012". www.radiomirchi.com. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
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