Soumya Sadanandan
# Soumya Sadanandan

Soumya Sadanandan is an Indian filmmaker and actor who works in Malayalam Film Industry. She was popular as the Television Host of a film based show in Kappa TV, called 'Film Lounge' (2013–2017). She was a member of the Jury and Selection Committee of IFFK 2017 and IDSFFK 2021.

## Early life

She was born at Mepallikutti, Alappuzha, Kerala. She completed her schooling from Kendriya Vidyalaya Pattom and secured a degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from College Of Engineering Thiruvananthapuram , Kerala.

## Filmography

### As Director / Producer

| Year | Title | Category | Credit | Awards |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 2018 | Mangalyam Thanthunanena | Malayalam Feature Film | Director | |
| 2017 | Rabbit Hole | Short Film | Director | 2018 Best cinematography, Best Sound Design and Special Mention for Screenplay at Eastern Global Short film festival 2018 |
| 2016 | Chembai: My discovery of a legend | Documentary | Director, Narrator, Producer | 2017 Special Jury Award at 64th National Film Awards 2016 Signs Film Festival, Kerala 2016 Best Documentary at Allahabad International film festival |
| 2016 | C/O Saira Banu | Malayalam Feature Film | Language Coach | |
| 2015 | Olappeeppi | Malayalam Feature Film | Chief Associate Director | |
| 2013 | David and Golaith | Malayalam Feature Film | Assistant Director / Lead Artist | |
| 2013 | Inam | Tamil Feature Film | Assistant Director / Supporting Artist | |
| 2012 | Jawan of Vellimala | Malayalam Feature Film | Assistant Director | |
| 2012 | Cinema Company | Malayalam Feature Film | Assistant Director / Junior Artist | |

### As Artist

| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Category | Director |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2015 | Mili | Mili's Friend | Supporting Artist | Feature Film | Rajesh Pillai |
| 2014 | Ormayundo Ee Mukham | Neethu | Supporting Artist | Feature Film | Anvar Sadik |
| 2013 | David and Goliath | Sharon | Lead Artist | Feature Film | Rajeevnath |
| 2013 | Ceylon | Aisha | Supporting Artist | Feature Film | Santosh Sivan |
| 2012 | Cinema Company | Journalist | Junior Artist | Feature Film | Mamas K Chandran |

## Awards

* 2016 Chembai: My discovery of a legend - Special Jury Award for Best Documentary at the 64th National Film Awards.
* 2016 Chembai : My discovery of a legend - Best Documentary at Allahabad International film festival.
