Madhumitha is a

Tamil film Tamil cinema, also known as Kollywood is a part of Indian Cinema; primarily engaged in production of motion pictures in the Tamil language. Based out of the Kodambakkam neighbourhood in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, it is popularly called ''Kollywo ...

director.

Career

Madhumita was born in

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, India and grew up in

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. She later moved to

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for college and did her master's degree in

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, US. 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 ''Vallamai Tharayo'' () is a 2008 Tamil language romantic drama film written and directed by Madhumitha. The film stars Parthiban and Chaya Singh, with Karunas and Anand Raj in supporting roles, and Srikanth in a guest appearance. The music was ...

'' starring

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and

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. In spite of mixed reviews, with

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calling her direction "amateurish", the film completed a 100 days-run at the box office and won the

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in 2008. According to Madhumitha, the film was also screened at various international film festivals including the

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in Los Angeles. Her second film was the comedy flick ''

Kola Kolaya Mundhirika ''Kola Kolaya Mundhirika'' is a 2010 Indian Tamil-language comedy film written by Crazy Mohan and directed by Madhumitha. The film stars Jayaram, Karthik Kumar, and Shikha along with numerous popular Tamil comedy artists including M. S. Bhaska ...

'', which was co-written by

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. 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''.

Filmography

*''All films are in Tamil, unless otherwise noted.''

References

External links

* Tamil film directors Living people Film directors from Chennai Indian women film directors 21st-century Indian film directors Telugu film directors Tamil screenwriters Indian women screenwriters Screenwriters from Chennai Women artists from Tamil Nadu 21st-century Indian women artists Year of birth missing (living people) {{India-film-director-stub