Shraddha Srinath

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Shraddha Srinath
Born (1990-09-29) 29 September 1990 (age 33)
Alma materBangalore Institute of Legal Studies
OccupationActress
Years active2015–present

Shraddha Rama Srinath (born 29 September 1990) is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Tamil, Kannada and Telugu films. [1] She debuted in 2015, with the Malayalam film Kohinoor and gained wide acclaim for her role in the Kannada psychological thriller U Turn (2016) for which she won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress [2] and also for her performances in Jersey , Urvi , Vikram Vedha , Nerkonda Paarvai and Operation Alamelamma . For the latter, she won Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress – South award. [3] She won the Zee Cine Awards Telugu for Best Find of the Year - Female in 2020 for her role in Jersey. [4]

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Early life and education

Shraddha was born on 29 September 1990 [5] in the town of Udhampur, Jammu & Kashmir. [6] Her father was an officer in the Kumaon Regiment of the Indian Army and her mother was a school teacher. Kannada is her mother tongue. [7] She was raised all over India and lived in the towns of Suratgarh (Rajasthan), Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh), Dharchula (Uttarakhand) Belagavi (Karnataka), Silchar (Assam), and Secunderabad (Telangana). After graduating from 12th from Army School Secunderabad, she moved to Bangalore to study law at the Bangalore Institute of Legal Studies.[ citation needed ]

Acting career

After graduating from law school, she started working as a real estate lawyer with a Bangalore-based real estate company and then moved to a French retail company as a real estate legal advisor. However, along with her full-time corporate job, she continued to act in plays and also appeared in several advertisements. [8]

She was called to play the second female lead in the Malayalam film called Kohinoor , directed by Vinay Govind, which released in September 2015.[ citation needed ] Her Kannada debut happened in May 2016 with U Turn which was directed by Pawan Kumar which premiered at the New York Indian Film Festival and then subsequently released in India and worldwide. [9] Srinath received critical acclaim for this movie and received the Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada.

Shraddha's 2017 releases are Urvi , directed by B. S. Pradeep Varma and Operation Alamelamma , directed by Simple Suni. [10] She debuted in the Tamil industry by doing a small role in Mani Ratnam's Katru Veliydai . Later she played the female lead in R. Kannan's movie Ivan Thanthiran opposite Gautham Karthik and R. J. Balaji in the lead and also in Pushkar Gayatri's movie Vikram Vedha [11] opposite Madhavan. In Richie she paired opposite Nivin Pauly, directed by Gautham Ramachandran. [12] She started to get more offers in South Cinema Industry. She had appeared only in a song of The Villain , along with Shiva Rajkumar.

In 2019, her first release was her Bollywood debut with Ali Fazal in Milan Talkies , [13] which is directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia. After Milan Talkies, her next release of the year was her Telugu debut opposite Nani in the sports drama Jersey . [14] The Times of India newspaper wrote that "Shraddha Srinath makes an impressive Telugu debut, as a woman who's head-over-heels in love with her husband, but is still not someone who will agree to put up with his carelessness." Her next release of the year was her Tamil movie K-13, [15] where she is paired opposite Arulnithi. Her next release of the year was her Kannada movie Rustum , [16] where she is paired opposite Shiva Rajkumar. Her next after Rustum was Nerkonda Paarvai , the Tamil remake of Hindi movie Pink , with Ajith. [17] Her next release of the year was Jodi , [18] where she is paired opposite Aadi Saikumar. In 2021 her releases were Tamil films Maara and Chakra. [19] In 2022, her first release was Mohanlal starrer Malayalam film Aaraattu . [20]

Filmography

Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released
List of films and roles
YearTitleRole(s)Language(s)NotesRef.
2015 Kohinoor NancyMalayalam
2016 U Turn RachanaKannada [21]
Mungaru Male 2 DoctorKannadaCameo appearance
2017 Urvi SuzieKannada
Kaatru Veliyidai Girija KapoorTamilCameo appearance
Ivan Thanthiran AshaTamil
Vikram Vedha PriyaTamil
Richie MeghaTamil
Operation Alamelamma AnanyaKannada
2018 The Villain HerselfKannadaSpecial appearance in the song "Bolo Bolo Ramappa"
2019 Milan Talkies Maithili / Janak KumariHindi
Jersey SarahTelugu
K- 13 MalarvizhiTamil
Rustum Anjana 'Anju'Kannada [22]
Nerkonda Paarvai Meera KrishnanTamil
Jodi Kanchana MalaTelugu
2020 Krishna and His Leela SathyaTelugu [23]
2021 Maara ParvathyTamil [24]
Chakra GayathriTamil [25]
2022 Aaraattu AnjaliMalayalam [26]
Dear Vikram NityaKannada [27]
Witness ParvathyTamil [28]
2023 Irugapatru Mithra ManoharTamil [29]
2024 Saindhav ManognyaTelugu [30] [31]
RudraprayagTBAKannadaFilming [32]
KaliyugamTBATamilCompleted [33]
Letters to Mr KhannaTBAHindiCompleted [34] [35]

Awards and nominations

List of awards and nominations
TitleAwardCategoryResultRef.
U -Turn 64th Filmfare Awards South Best Actress – Kannada Won [36]
6th SIIMA Awards Best Actress – Kannada Won [37]
2nd IIFA Utsavam Best Actress – KannadaWon [38]
Operation Alamelamma 65th Filmfare Awards South Best Actress – Kannada Nominated [39]
Critics Award for Best Actor – Kannada Won [40]
7th SIIMA Awards Best Actress – Kannada Nominated[ citation needed ]
Vikram Vedha 7th SIIMA Awards Best Debutant Actress – Tamil Nominated [41]
10th Vijay Awards Best Actress Nominated [42]
Rustum Filmibeat Awards Best Actress - KannadaNominated[ citation needed ]
Nerkonda Paarvai Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards Best ActressNominated [43]
Jersey 3rd Zee Cine Awards Telugu Best ActressNominated [44]
Best Find of the Year - FemaleWon

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