Home English English Director

Anushka Meenakshi

Written By - Team Nettv4u

Anushka Meenakshi is a director, actress, cinematographer, and community video trainer. She is a member of Perch, a collective performance in Chennai that comprises artists from different fields. She is known for her work in Up Down & Sideways, Nelson Vandre, and the 10th Film Bazaar.

Anushka and her co-director, Ishwar Srikumar, started the U Ra Mi Li project, which brings together people who tell stories about music through writing, photography, and performance. They have been traveling across India since 2011 to rediscover the work music of various communities. The main purpose of the project is to research and document different forms of art. The project was praised by the India Foundation for the Arts, Pad. ma, and the Archive and Research Centre for Ethnomusicology. It has also been selected for the NDFC film Baazar WIP Lab and Docedge, Kolkata. Her film, Up Down & Sideways, also received a special jury mention award for India Gold.

They have worked on great projects. They discovered the magical form of Li, which is the relationship between song and agricultural labor, during a week-long visit to Phek Village in 2011. They have also been commissioned by the National Centre of Performing Arts, Mumbai.

BORN TODAY


Born: 29 April 1970

Age Now 54

Uma Thurman - (Movie Actress)

Born: 29 April 1958

Age Now 66

Michelle Pfeiffer - (Movie Actress)

Born: 29 April 1957

Age Now 67

Daniel Day Lewis - (Movie Actor)

Born: 29 April 1930

Lived For 86 Years

Jean Rochefort - (Movie Actor)

Born: 29 April 1917

Lived For 94 Years

Celeste Holm - (Movie Actress)

Born: 29 April 1973

Age Now 51

David Belle - (Movie Actor)

Born: 29 April 1972

Age Now 52

Derek Mears - (Movie Actor)

Born: 29 April 1907

Lived For 89 Years

Fred Zinnemann - (Director)