IT'S STORY TIME

Filmmaker Suruchi Sharma, known for her deep-dive documentaries on folk culture, returns to fiction

- Poulomi Das

Over the past decade, 34-year-old Suruchi Sharma has been nestled deep into the world of Indian folk culture. In 2016, she directed, shot, and edited Utsav, her first short, an observational piece that laid bare the significance of folk entertainment in a Rajasthan village. A year later, the National Institute of Design alumna made Of Love and Artistry, a documentary that spotlighted the life stories of folk artists from Rajasthan. Then, in 2020, she helmed Meen Raag, a masterful documentation of the varying musical traditions that abound in the tribal Meena community, which earned her a National Award for Best Location Sound. And, last year, Sharma directed Equals, a seven-episode documentary series that profiled the lives and music of legendary folk musicians across the country.