Saumyananda has worked as a cinematographer on both documentaries as well as ction features. He is a pass out from FTII (Pune) in Film Cinematography. He won MIFF 2014 National Award for Best Cinematography (Long Documentary) for the lm Have You Seen the Arana? He has also worked in Small Things, Big Things (2014), Sivapuranam (2015), Balekempa (2018) and Ghode ko Jalebi khane le ja riya Hoon (2019).