In 2000 Sandhya Suri received a scholarship to study documentary cinema at the National Film and Television School in England, where she directed five films. Her graduation film, Safar, screened at a range of international festivals and won several awards, including Cinema du Reél (Jury Honorable Mention) at the Munich International Documentary Film Festival; it was also named the best short film at the British Film Institute’s Imagine Asia Festival. Currently based in London, Suri has lived in Germany, India, and Japan. I for India is her first feature-length documentary and was a selection for Sundance in 2006.