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Madhumita, a Young Achiever
Mademoiselle Madhu
 Madhumita
Sundaraman, was felicitated as YOUNG ACHIEVER - FILM
MAKER by SUYAM Charitable Trust, Chennai and was presented
MADEMOISELLE award along with seven other eminent women on 8th March
2006 (Women's Day). This is in consequence to Madhu's short films
getting International awards earlier and her recent short film
"YOURS AFFECTIONATELY" participating in international film festivals.
The awards were given to 8 eminent women from Chennai (one IAS
officer, one sports-person, one social worker) including Madhu. She
was the youngest at 22 to receive such an award. Madhu is one of
those Indo-Indians doing bright internationally. As you may be
aware, she finished her schooling in GMIS and then did her
Multimedia degree (video/film making) of four years in La Salle
School of Arts, Singapore. She achieved two international awards
from Sandberg Institute, Netherlands the most reputed video
institution in the world - for her one minute videos. One was on
Indian "bindhi" culture and the other one on “Women and taboos". She
was interviewed by BBC for these awards and her interviews posted on
their website too. She was interviewed by Jaya TV, Chennai as an
eminent personality, and film-maker in 2004.
She was recommended to the New York Film Academy in Hollywood
(Universal Studios) for a specialized Masters program in film making
by her College faculty and was selected for the course in 2005
January. She completed the course in one year (the course is for 18
months and she was allowed to finish the same early due to her
credits). She did many short films during this time and her latest
short film of 14 minutes duration was screened at Warner Brothers
preview theatre in Hollywood attended by the VIPs of Hollywood. The
film "Yours affectionately" was selected as the best film and has
been recommended for participation in 11 film festivals around the
world by the New York Film Academy.
Suyam Charitable Trust which is a south India based social welfare
trust heard about her credentials when she was in Chennai recently
and decided to give her an award on the International Women's day
celebration at Chennai on the 8th March 2006. |
