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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" that premiered at MAMI Film Festival 2024. 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 :)

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Photo credit: Krishan Jagota. 

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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.

Click here to see directorial works. 

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. 

Web visit Studio Ainak. 

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. 

See writing samples here. 

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.

See research portfolio. 

FILMOGRAPHY 

 

As Director- Producer at Studio Ainak

GAGAN GAMAN / Short Film / 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

Unreleased 

EK TAAR /  Documentary / for Studio Ainak / 2025

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COLLABORATIONS

Work on hire as director/ producer. 

CHETAK/ Co-producer/ Feature Film/ with Bhuwan Somani / WIP

DHOOD/Co- 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 design students at JECRC school of Design.

Interaction with students at JECRC school of design. 

WORKSHOPS

Mentor for Cine Bazaar at Alpaviram International Film Festival 2024

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)

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