Ineya

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Ineya
Born
Shruti Sawant

OccupationActress
Years active2005–present
RelativesSwathi Thara (sister)

Shruti Sawant, known by her stage name Ineya, is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Malayalam and Tamil films.[ citation needed ]

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She won the Edison Award for Best Debut Actress and Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress for her role in the Tamil film Vaagai Sooda Vaa (2011) as well as Kerala Film Award for Best Supporting Actress in the Malayalam for Parole (2018) and Pengalila (2019).

Early life

Ineya, whose real name is Shruti Sawant was born to Salahuddin. S and Savithri at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. She has an elder sister, Swathi, who is also a Malayalam television actress and a younger brother, Sravan.[ citation needed ] Ineya had her primary education at Thiruvananthapuram from Amritha Vidyalaya, Fort Girls Mission High School and Manakkad Karthika Thirunnal High School. She did her B.B.A course by correspondence.[ citation needed ]

Career

Ineya acted in several Malayalam television series, short films and telefilms as a child artist. [1] While studying in class four, she acted in the telefilm Koottilekku, which was followed by appearances in tele-serials Orma and Sree Guruvayoorappan by Vayalar Madhavan Kutty. [2] Ineya won the Miss Trivandrum title in 2005, following which she did modeling and appeared in several television advertisements as well as a number of Malayalam award-winning art films, including Saira (2006), directed Dr. Biju, Dalamarmarangal (2009) and Umma (2011), both directed by Vijayakrishnan. [2] [3] She also played a pivotal role in Rajesh Touchriver's short feature The Sacred Face, which focusses on child abuse. [2]

In 2010, she starred in a Tamil film Padagasalai and signed up four more Tamil films, [4] [5] all of which were cancelled or remain unreleased. She next played a supporting role as the sister to Cheran's character in Mysskin's mystery thriller Yuddham Sei . [6] Director A. Sarkunam signed her for the female lead character in his period piece Vaagai Sooda Vaa (2011), for which she changed her screen name to Ineya.[ citation needed ] Her portrayal of a tea stall owner was lauded by critics. Pavithra Srinivasan of Rediff wrote that she was a "welcome find", describing her as "natural, appealing, and very expressive". [6] She played as a medical student and love interest of the hero in the film Mouna Guru co-starring Arulnidhi.[ citation needed ]

She was part of a number of offbeat films in Malayalam like Ayaal , Bhoopadathil Illatha Oridam and Radio . In 2014, she was first seen as herself in Vikraman's Ninaithathu Yaaro [7] then in Pulivaal , the Tamil remake of the Malayalam film Chaappa Kurishu and Naan Sigappu Manithan . [8] In her only Malayalam release of 2014, Madhu Kaithapram's Vellivelichathil (In the Limelight), she played the role of a dancer. [9] She is seen in a dance number in the comedy entertainer Amar Akbar Anthony (2015). She also part of the bilingual titled Alone (2015) and Girls (2016). [10]

Ineya portrayed a character named Lovely in Swarnakaduva (2016), directed by Jose Thomas. The actress was much praised for her powerful performance in the movie .She working with actor Mammootty, for the first time in Puthan Panam (2017).[ citation needed ]

Iniya’s performance in the movies Parole (2018) and Pengalila (2019) won her the second Best Supporting Actress award at the Kerala Film Critics Association Awards. [11] She playing the title role in Tamil film Pottu (2019), a horror-comedy. [12] Ineya was seen in the Malayalam film Mamangam (2019), and she shared screen space wwith Megastar Mammootty in the film. Her performance in the film was well appreciated. [13]

In 2020, Ineya has also signed a new movie opposite Kannada superstar Shiva Rajkumar titled Drona in which she has a meaty role.[ citation needed ] She then appear in The Tamil TV soap Kannana Kanne . [14] She has played the lead in the thriller Coffee (2021) directly on TV. [15] Later Ineya, who plays Vimal's wife in the crime web series Vilangu (2022) started streaming on ZEE5. [16] She working with Samuthirakani in the crime thriller Naan Kadavul Illai (2023) directed by S. A. Chandrasekhar. [17]

Filmography

Films

YearTitleRoleLanguageNotes
2005 Saira Aleena Malayalam
2007 Time Unknown
2008 Thrill HemaCredited as Nirmisha
2009DalamarmarangalAswathyCredited as Nirmisha
2010 Padagasalai Abhirami Tamil
2011 Yuddham Sei Charu
Umma UnknownMalayalam
Vaagai Sooda Vaa MadhiTamil Edison Award for Best Debut Actress
Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress
Nominated, Vijay Award for Best Debut Actress
Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil
Mouna Guru AarthiTamil
2012 Bhoopadathil Illatha Oridam BhaamaMalayalam
Ammavin Kaipesi SelviTamil
2013Omega.exeAleena AntonyMalayalam
Radio Shwetha
Kan Pesum Vaarthaigal JananiTamil
Chennaiyil Oru Naal Swetha
Maasani Masani
Ayaal ChakkaraMalayalam
Nugam Kathir's girl friendTamil
2014 Ninaithathu Yaaro HerselfSpecial appearance
Pulivaal Pavithra
Naan Sigappu Manithan Kavitha
Kathai Thiraikathai Vasanam Iyakkam HerselfSpecial appearance
Vellivelichathil TanujaMalayalam
Oru Oorla Rendu Raja Street dancerTamilSpecial appearance
2015RosapookalamRoseMalayalam
Amar Akbar Anthony Bar dancerSpecial appearance
Alone Ramya Kannada Multilingual
2016 Karai Oram Tamil
Leela Telugu
Girls SophiaMalayalamBilingual film
Thiraikku Varaadha Kadhai Tamil
Swarnakaduva LovelyMalayalam
2017 Koditta Idangalai Nirappuga DancerTamilCameo appearance in a song
Vaigai Express Swapnapriya
Puthan Panam SundariMalayalam
Sathura Adi 3500 SophieTamil
Aakashamittayee RadhikaMalayalam
2018 Parole Annie Kerala Film Critics Association Award for Second Best Actress
2019 Pengalila Rekha Kerala Film Critics Association Award for Second Best Actress
Pottu PottuTamil
Thakkol SarahMalayalam
Mamangam UnnineeliRamu Karyat award - Special Jury
2020 Drona Guru's wifeKannada
2021 Writer SaranyaTamil
2022 Aadhaar Saroja
CoffeeSathya
2023 Naan Kadavul Illai Maisu
2024 DNA Naila VincentMalayalam [18]
Gangs of Sukumara KurupTBA [19]

Television

Serials
YearTitleRoleChannelLanguage
2005OrmaDancer in title song Asianet Malayalam
2007Jalam Surya TV
Sree GuruvayurappanYoung Poothana
2020–2021; 2023 Kannana Kanne Kousalya and Chief Doctor Sun TV Tamil
2022–2023 Kanalpoovu Ashwathy Mahadevan Surya TV Malayalam
Shows
YearTitleRoleChannelLanguage
2012Super KudumbamCelebrity judge Sun TV Tamil
Comedy StarsDancer Asianet Malayalam
2013Munch StarsHerself
2014Let's Dance: Season 2Judge Amrita TV
2015Smart ShowParticipant Flowers
Genes Zee Tamil Tamil
2019Kerala Dance LeagueJudge Amrita TV Malayalam
Comedy StarsCelebrity judge Asianet
Surya Jodi No.1Judge Surya TV
2021 Star Singer Performer for Shankaram fusion Asianet
Star MagicMentor Flowers
Dance Vs Dance 2 Colors Tamil Tamil
2023Red Carpet Amrita TV Malayalam
Other Works
YearTitleRoleChannelLanguage !1 Notes
KoottilekkuActress (Child Artist) Malayalam Telefilm
2022 Vilangu Revathi ZEE5 Tamil Web-Series

Awards

Edison Awards
Tamil Nadu State Film Awards
Kerala Film Critics Association Awards

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