Madhumitha (director)
{{Short description|Indian film director}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Madhumitha
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| birth_name = Madhumitha Sundararaman
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| birth_place = Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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| occupation = Director, writer
| yearsactive = 2008–present
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Madhumitha is a Tamil film director.{{Cite web|url=http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-slide-shows/movie-2/top-directors/directors-25-21.html|title=Kollywood's Top 25 Directors - Directors - Vetrimaran Balaji Sakthivel Lingusamy Vasanth Karu Pazhaniappan Simbudevan|website=www.behindwoods.com}}
Career
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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/moodu-mukkallo-cheppalante-marks-the-debut-of-director-madhumita-and-hero-rakendu-mouli-in-telugu-films/article6753905.ece|title=Challenging sterotypes|first=Y. Sunita|last=Chowdhary|date=4 January 2015|work=The Hindu}}
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. In USA, she briefly worked with the Pirates of the Caribbean team before returning to Chennai to become a film director.
Her debut film was the romantic drama Vallamai Tharayo starring R. Parthipan and Chaya Singh. In spite of mixed reviews,{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/2008/jun/27ssvd.htm|title=Review: Vallamai Tharayo|website=www.rediff.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/Well-begun-just-half-done-Vallamai-Thaaraayo/article15399090.ece|title=Well begun, just half done - Vallamai Thaaraayo|date=27 June 2008|work=The Hindu}} with Sify calling her direction "amateurish",{{cite web |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/vallamai-tharayo-review-tamil-14704805.html |title=Archived copy |website=Sify |access-date=9 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924211509/http://www.sify.com/movies/vallamai-tharayo-review-tamil-14704805.html |archive-date=24 September 2015 |url-status=dead}} the film completed a 100 days-run at the box office {{cite web |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/vallamai-tharayo-celebrates-100-days-news-tamil-kkfsMGajidhsi.html |title=Vallamai Tharayo celebrates 100 days |website=Sify |access-date=9 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150421072846/http://www.sify.com/movies/vallamai-tharayo-celebrates-100-days-news-tamil-kkfsMGajidhsi.html |archive-date=21 April 2015 |url-status=dead}} and won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Family Film in 2008.{{cite web |url=https://www.sify.com/movies/tamilnadu-state-awards-2007-2008-announced-news-tamil-kkfr09fffbgsi.html |title=Tamilnadu state awards (2007, 2008) announced! |website=Sify |access-date=9 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190925115710/https://www.sify.com/movies/tamilnadu-state-awards-2007-2008-announced-news-tamil-kkfr09fffbgsi.html |archive-date=25 September 2019 |url-status=dead}} According to Madhumitha, the film was also screened at various international film festivals including the Newport Beach Film Festival in Los Angeles.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/Doing-festival-rounds/article15931543.ece|title=Doing festival rounds|date=25 March 2009|work=The Hindu}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/etcetera/article6711013.ece|title=Etcetera|first=Nikhil|last=Raghavan|date=20 December 2014|work=The Hindu}}{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/Three-words-of-love/articleshow/31789264.cms|title=Three words of love|website=The Times of India}}
Filmography
- All films are in Tamil, unless otherwise noted.
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| 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
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External links
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Category:Film directors from Chennai
Category:Indian women film directors
Category:21st-century Indian people
Category:Telugu film directors
Category:Indian women screenwriters
Category:Screenwriters from Chennai
Category:Women artists from Tamil Nadu
Category:21st-century Indian women artists
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