Hello, thank you for stopping by.
I am Suruchi Sharma - a filmmaker, creative entrepreneur, media educator from Jaipur.
I am founder of boutique production house Studio Ainak and an annual residential screenwriters' mentoring program called - Rewrite.
Director of several documentaries including the national award winning Meen Raag, I am also the director of India's first folk docu-series "Equals". My work revolves around ideas and conversations and I seek to celebrate the various facets of culture and learn something along the way. I have just finished my short fiction "Gagan Gaman" set to premiere at a leading film festival in India.
It is a foray into fiction Seven years after "Sandhya" . Currently I am developing my first feature film as a director and associated with several projects as a producer.
Open to collaborations on short term content, non fiction series and part time teaching and mentoring programs.
Please explore more about my work below,
where I speak about myself in third person :)
MEEN RAAG
Winner of 69th National Film Award for Best Location Sound (non- feature)
DIRECTOR
Suruchi as a director has successfully executed her ideas in the form of music videos, documentaries, short fiction films and educational programmes. She derives her unique style and insights, thanks to her experience as a researcher, writer, editor, cinematographer and much more.
EQUALS
Winner of Special Mention Award for best short form series at IDA Awards 2023
PRODUCER
Independently producing films since 2015, Suruchi is now running her Rajasthan based production house Studio Ainak, focussing on creative collaboration while being environmentally conscious. At Ainak, she produces promotional content for sustainable brands and often facilitates line production in Rajasthan for international clients.
WRITER
A copywriter in her early career, Suruchi often writes poetry and short stories for her personal collection and jingles and lyrics as part of various collaborations. She has written for non fiction shows, short films, and is currently developing some feature scripts.
REPRODUCTION BY SHILPA ANANTH
Special Mention at Berlin Music Video Awards 2024
RESEARCHER
Suruchi has spent hours on research of various shows and content relating to food, history, culture, quirky and bizarre real stories from all across the country. Was recently enrolled as a researcher for an investigative docu-series for Amazon Prime in its development phase. In early satges, she also worked as a Design Researcher for CKS, studying the on ground public health system in Bihar.
FILMOGRAPHY
As Director- Producer at Studio Ainak
GAGAN GAMAN / Short Film / for Studio Ainak / 2024
EK TAAR / Documentary / for Studio Ainak / 2024
BAISE GABA BRAND FILMS / Social Media Campaign/ for Baise Gaba / 2024
REPRODUCTION / Music Video / for Shilpa Ananth / 2023
SEARCH / Music Video / for Shilpa Ananth / 2022
RUNAK JHUNAK / Music Video / for Kanika Patawari / 2021
HOPEWALIDIWALI / Social Media Campaign/ for Noccarc / 2021
PHENKO MAT / Social Media Campaign/ for Recircle / 2021
MEEN RAAG / Documentary/ for Sahapedia / 2021
FEAR / Music Video / for Shilpa Ananth / 2021
WASTE NO MORE / Teachers Training Video / for Xynteo / 2020
SAARI RAAT / Music Video / for Kanika Patawari / 2019
PLASTIC SAFARI PROMO / for Xynteo / 2019
OF LOVE & ARTISTRY / Documentary / for Jaipur Virasat Foundation / 2017
UTSAV / Documentary / for Ainak / 2016
SANDHYA / Short Fiction / for Ainak / 2015
MADHURI USHA / Documentary / for National Institute of Design / 2014
AAJE WAGH NAHI AAVE / Short Fiction / for National Institute of Design / 2014
COLLABORATIONS
Work on hire as director/ producer.
CHETAK/ Co-producer/ Feature Film/ with Bhuwan Somani / WIP
DHOOD/ Executive Producer/ Feature Film/ for Soul of desert / WIP
MAI JO KARTI WO KYU KARTI / Director/ With Jaipur Virasat Foundation/ Live musical performance/ 2023
EQUALS / Director/ Seven part docu series/ for Anahad Foundation / 2024
TCS/ Researcher/ Docu-drama series/ for a major OTT / Aug 21- Aug 22
THE ROYAL PALATE/ Creative Director & Writer/ Travel Show/ for TVF / 2019
RAJA RASOI AUR ANDAAZ ANOKHA S2/ Director/ Food Show/ for The Epic Channel / 2018
TYOHAAR KI THAALI S1-S2/ Food Show/ Creative Head/ for The Epic Channel / 2017-18
RECOGNITION
69th National Film Award 2021
Best location sound recordist (non-feature)
Special Mention Best Music Video
Berlin Music Video Awards 2024
Special Mention for Best Short Form Docu-series
International Documentary Association Awards 2023
Best Music Video 2022
Aravalli International Film Festival 2022
Tokyo Docs Fellow 2021
Docedge Kolkata Fellow 2021
Baltic Sea Docs Award 2021
Docedge Kolkata Pitch Award 2021
Best World Music Video
California Music Video & Film Awards 2020
Runner Up for Short Documentary
Albuquerque Film & Music Experience 2020
Special Mention
The Archaeology Channel International Film Festival 2019
Runner Up
Women International Film Festival 2018, Pakistan
Special Mention for Long Documentary
International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala 2017
Forum Lenteng Award
ARKIPEL Jakarta International Documentary and Experimental Film Festival 2017
Best Editing & Director
Rajasthan International Film Festival 2015, India
Best Documentary (National)
Darbhanga International Film Festival 2015, India
Special Mention (Fiction)
Cut.In Student Film Festival 2015, India
Best Fiction Film (Student)
Cinephile International Film Festival 2014, India
Interaction with students at JECRC school of design.
WORKSHOPS
Design Management workshop for NID Students 2020-2024
Photography workshop for Shadhika's Leaders for Change Summit 2021
Fiction Workshop for NID undergraduate batch 2021
Film Appreciation Course for NIFT Udaipur graduation batch 2021
COMMUNITY COLLABORATIONS
Rewrite Residency with Ainak 2022 (Paid Mentorship Program)
Writing Workshop for emerging writers in 2021 (Voluntary & free)
Homecoming Video Project in Lockdown 2020 (Voluntary & free)