Shridhar is a graduate of M.Des (Film and Video Communication) at the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad before which he pursued a B.F.A. (Visual Communication) course from College of Art, New Delhi. Hailing from Patna, Bihar, he has spent part of his schooling in a residential school in Pilani, Rajasthan, and then in Varanasi, which has given him a broad range of exposures and experiences which later drove him towards photography and then film-making. After finishing his Masters, he has been making independent films and freelancing throughout the country. He briefly worked in Mumbai, where he developed feature film stories and then briefly assisted director/actor Nandita Das, after which he shifted to the mountains of Himachal Pradesh. Here he started Buddhijeev Studios, through which he tries to create audio-visual content in the Indian context. He enjoys travelling, photography, art, sports, playing and listening to music and watching films among other things.