Madhumitha (director)
Madhumitha | |
|---|---|
| Born | Madhumitha Sundararaman Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Occupation(s) | Director, writer |
| Years active | 2008–present |
Madhumitha is a Tamil film director.[1]
Career
[edit]Madhumita was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India and grew up in Indonesia. She later moved to Singapore for college and did her master's degree in Los Angeles, US.[2]
During her stay in Singapore she made several short films, one of which won the best of the world category in BBC and she was honoured with the Singapore Student Award.[2] In USA, she briefly worked with the Pirates of the Caribbean team before returning to Chennai to become a film director.[2]
Her debut film was the romantic drama Vallamai Tharayo starring R. Parthipan and Chaya Singh. In spite of mixed reviews,[3][4] with Sify calling her direction "amateurish",[5] the film completed a 100 days-run at the box office [6] and won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Family Film in 2008.[7] According to Madhumitha, the film was also screened at various international film festivals including the Newport Beach Film Festival in Los Angeles.[8] Her second film was the comedy flick Kola Kolaya Mundhirika, which was co-written by Crazy Mohan. After a five-years hiatus, 2015 will see the release of her next projects, the bilingual romantic comedies, Moone Moonu Varthai (Tamil) / Moodu Mukkallo Cheppalante.[9][10]
Filmography
[edit]- All films are in Tamil, unless otherwise noted.
| Year | Film | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Vallamai Tharayo | Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Family Film |
| 2010 | Kola Kolaya Mundhirika | And co-writer |
| 2015 | Moone Moonu Varthai | Simultaneously shot in Telugu as Moodu Mukkallo Cheppalante |
| 2019 | K. D. | |
| 2022 | Putham Pudhu Kaalai Vidiyaadhaa | Segment: Mouname Paarvayaai |
References
[edit]- ^ "Kollywood's Top 25 Directors - Directors - Vetrimaran Balaji Sakthivel Lingusamy Vasanth Karu Pazhaniappan Simbudevan". www.behindwoods.com.
- ^ a b c Chowdhary, Y. Sunita (4 January 2015). "Challenging sterotypes". The Hindu.
- ^ "Review: Vallamai Tharayo". www.rediff.com.
- ^ "Well begun, just half done - Vallamai Thaaraayo". The Hindu. 27 June 2008.
- ^ "Archived copy". Sify. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Vallamai Tharayo celebrates 100 days". Sify. Archived from the original on 21 April 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
- ^ "Tamilnadu state awards (2007, 2008) announced!". Sify. Archived from the original on 25 September 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
- ^ "Doing festival rounds". The Hindu. 25 March 2009.
- ^ Raghavan, Nikhil (20 December 2014). "Etcetera". The Hindu.
- ^ "Three words of love". The Times of India.
External links
[edit]- Madhumitha at IMDb
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