Suman Sridhar & The Black Mamba’s urban contemporary sound traverses effortlessly between cultures, genres and languages; afropunk, opera, Indian classical and jazz against the backdrop of cascading vocal crescendos and counterpoint melodies. The result is a contemporary genre – worldbeat wherein divergent performance traditions are inexorably fused. Suman Sridhar is a musician, composer and actor from Mumbai / New Jersey. She works at the intersection of music, film, performance art, theater. She is recognized for singing chart topping Bollywood film songs such as Fifi (Bombay Velvet, 2015), Muskaane Jhooti Hain (Talaash, 2012), Khoya Khoya Chand (Shaitan, 2011). She was one half of the lyrical/pop music act Sridhar/Thayil. As a songwriter and performer, she is recognized by Rolling Stone magazine for redefining indie music in India. Suman's genre-bending work has received several awards and nominations. Her performances include dOCUMENTA (13) (Germany), Berlin Biennale (Germany), Southbank Centre (UK), Coke Studio MTV India, NH7 Weekender (India), BBC- World Service (UK) etc. She holds a degree in Music, Visual Art and Women's & Gender Studies from Rutgers University, USA.