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{{Infobox person
| name = Sruti Harihara Subramanian
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| birth_place = [[Nigeria]]<ref>{{Cite news|title=A saga from the banks of Meenachil|url=https://www.onmanorama.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/kottayam-meenachil-sruti-documentary-national-award-a-far-afternoon-a-painted-saga.html|website= Malayala Manorama}}</ref>
| other_names = Sruti Harihara
| birth_date =
| occupation = Director
| spouse =
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| yearsactive = 2002–present
|known_for = Brave and Bold
}}
'''Sruti Harihara Subramanian''' is a director, entrepreneur, theater actor and former [[Miss Chennai]] in 2002.<ref>{{Cite web| title=Sruti finds her metier in film |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/lifestyle/viral-and-trending/181018/sruti-finds-her-metier-in-film.html|work=Indian Express|date=18 October 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | title=Sruti Harihara Subramanian: Documenting art| url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/Sruti-Harihara-Subramanian-Documenting-art/article16729538.ece | website= The Hindu| date=30 November 2016 | last1=Nadadhur | first1=Srivathsan }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Expect the unexpected in cinema'|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/kollywood/050216/expect-the-unexpected-in-cinema.html|website= Deccan Chronicle|date=5 February 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=A saga from the banks of Meenachil|url=https://www.onmanorama.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/kottayam-meenachil-sruti-documentary-national-award-a-far-afternoon-a-painted-saga.html |website=Malayala Manorama |language=en}}</ref> Her debut feature documentary ''A Far Afternoon'', about artist [[Krishen Khanna]], got 2 national awards: Rajat Kamal Award for Best Art and Culture Film and Best Music for non-feature film at the [[63rd National Film Awards]].<ref>{{Cite news | title=Between dawn and dusk| url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/art/a-documentary-on-painter-krishen-khanna-a-far-afternoon-has-bagged-the-national-awards/article8417893.ece | website= The Hindu| date=31 March 2016 }}</ref> She is most notable for directing the 5 episode Amazon Exclusive musical docu-series, ''Harmony with [[A. R. Rahman]]'' and the 2017 documentary ''Brave and Bold''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=AR Rahman has a childlike nature: Sruti Harihara|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/web-series/ar-rahman-birthday-sruti-harihara-5525320/|website = Indian Express|date=6 January 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | title=A Far Afternoon — A Painted Saga by Krishen Khanna, Sruti Harihara Subramanian captures in reel how the life and craft of this artist are intertwined| url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/as-krishen-khanna-etched-a-far-afternoon/article7695173.ece | website= The Hindu| date=27 September 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | title=The Slow Unfolding of an Artist's Creative Process| url=https://thewire.in/society/18857 | website= The Wire}}</ref> In 2019 she received the Upcoming Entrepreneur of the Year award from [[Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry|FICCI]].

==Early life==
Before starting her career as a documentary director, she was [[Miss Chennai]] in 2002 and worked as an assistant director with notable filmmakers like [[Revathi]]. She assisted [[Vikram Kumar|Vikram K. Kumar]] in the movies [[Yavarum Nalam]] & 13B in 2009 and [[Vishnuvardhan (director)]] in the movie Panjaa in 2011. Sruti has also acted in Tamil TV series like Sahana in 2003,<ref>{{Cite web|title=An afternoon sojourn |url=https://www.theweek.in/news/entertainment/an-afternoon-sojourn-krishen-kumar.html|website =The Week}}</ref> Chidambara Rahasyam in 2004 and was featured in over 100 print ads. Apart from winning the 2nd runner-up, she also won the Miss Talent and Miss Cyber Princess at the Miss Chennai contest in 2002. She is also a trained Carnatic singer and Bharatnatyam dancer.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Expect the unexpected in cinema'|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/kollywood/050216/expect-the-unexpected-in-cinema.html|website= Deccan Chronicle|date=5 February 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=A saga from the banks of Meenachil|url=https://www.onmanorama.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/kottayam-meenachil-sruti-documentary-national-award-a-far-afternoon-a-painted-saga.html |website=Malayala Manorama |language=en}}</ref>

==Entrepreneur life==

Sruti is an entrepreneur and founder of Goli Soda Store, which was launched as a sustainability store with zero wastage in 2013 in Chennai.
In 2019 Sruti was awarded the [[Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry|Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) Ladies Organization]] (FLO) award for ''Upcoming Entrepreneur of the Year''. Sruti received the award from Tamil Nadu Governor [[Banwarilal Purohit]]. The same year she was awarded the Yuva Samman Young Achiever award in the Best Entrepreneur category.<ref>{{Cite web | title= Women's Day Special: These Indian business heads help Mother Earth profit with every sale|url=https://www.indulgexpress.com/msociety/2019/mar/08/these-indian-women-who-help-mother-earth-profit-every-time-you-swipe-your-card-at-one-of-their-store-13249.html | website = Indian Express|date=8 March 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | title=Buy less, waste less, live in harmony with nature | url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/personal-finance/buy-less-waste-less-liveharmonynature-944879.html| website=Money control}}</ref>

Sruti is also the founder trustee of The Cinema Resource Centre (TCRC) which is a not-for- profit public archive of Indian cinema designed to enable research on the audio-visual cultural artifacts produced by Indian films, especially those made in the South Indian regional languages.<ref>{{Cite web|title='Rewind. Pause. Archive': The Cinema Resource Centre's efforts to preserve forgotten treasures of Indian cinema|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2020/jun/11/rewind-pause-archive-2154907.html|website = New Indian Express|date=11 June 2020 }}</ref>

==Filmography==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Language !! Type !! Notes
|-
| 2015 || ''A Far Afternoon: a Painted Saga by [[Krishen Khanna]]''|| Director || [[English language|English]]|| Documentary feature film || Won [[National Film Award]]
|-
| 2016 || ''Sewa Geet'' || Director || [[Hindi]]|| Music Video || Piramal group anthem sung by [[Kailash Kher]]
|-
| 2017 || Brave and Bold || Director || [[Tamil language|Tamil]] / [[English language|English]]|| Documentary film || by Cuomo Foundation
|-
| 2018 || ''Harmony with [[A. R. Rahman]]''|| Director || English / Malayalam / Manipuri / Lepcha / Hindi || Documentary film || Featuring A R Rahman
|-
| 2021 || ''Yavanika''|| Director || Tamil / Kannada / Hindi / Telugu / English || Dance Film || featuring Priyadarsini Govind
|-
| 2022-23 || ''Ponniyin Selvan: Part 1 & 2''|| Promo Videos Director || Tamil / English / Hindi
|| Series of Promotional films ||
|}

==Awards and nominations==
* 2015 : Rajat Kamal for the best art/cultural film at the 63rd Indian [[National Film Awards]]
* Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) Ladies Organization (FLO) award for Upcoming Entrepreneur of the year
* Yuva Samman Young Achiever award.
<ref>{{ Cite news| title= Women achievers honoured in Chennai |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/women-achievers-honoured-in-chennai/articleshow/68169965.cms | website = Times of India|date=26 February 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| title= Chennai college honours under-35 female achievers| url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2019/feb/25/city-college-honours-under-35-female-achievers-1943239.html | website = Indian Express| date=24 February 2019 }}</ref>

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