Shreya Narayan

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Shreya Narayan
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Narayan at I Am National Award bash
Born1984or1985(age 38–39) [1]
Other namesShreya Narayan
Occupation(s)Actress, writer
Years active2009–present

Shreya Narayan is an Indian film and television actress and a writer. [1]

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Early life and education

Shreya Narayan was born in Muzaffarpur, Bihar .

Film career

In 2011, Shreya won critical acclaim for her portrayal of Mahua in the Tigmanshu Dhulia hit movie Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster .

She has acted in many Hindi movies like Knockout , Rockstar , Sukhwinder Singh's acting debut Kuch Kariye and Sudhanshu Shekhar Jha's Premmayee .

She is playing a pivotal role in Inder Kumar's Super Nani , in which the role of Nani is being portrayed by the legendary Hindi film actress Rekha. She also played the character of a mentally disturbed girl called Divya in Rajshri's Samrat & co.

She has written the lyrics of the song "Sharm Laaj" for the Soumik Sen-directed, Anubhav Sinha-produced Gulaab Gang , which was picturised on Madhuri Dixit.

She debuted in Yashraj Film's mini series called Powder , playing one of the leading characters, Julie, a high class escort and police informer. It was directed by Atul Sabharwal and played on Sony TV.

She also did another Yashraj Miniseries called Kismet, playing the character of Vasudha, an obsessive girl with a vengeful streak. It was directed by Naresh Malhotra YRF's Yeh Dillagi and played on Sony TV.

In 2015, Shreya co-produced her first film namely Wedding Anniversary. It stars Nana Patekar and Mahie Gill. She also completed work on two films, Tigmanshu Dhulia's Yaraa opposite Amit Sadh, and Syed Afzal Ahmed's Ye Lal Rang, opposite Randeep Hooda.

In Sept 2015, her prolific portrayal of Sharmila in the story Dui Bon in Anurag Basu's Rabindranath Tagore Stories for Epic Channel was highly appreciated.

She has appeared in various ad films for brands such as Pepsodent, Vodafone, Amul, Castrol, Axis Bank, etc. Her Bharatmatrimony Kaisa Tha TVC was a hit.

She worked on the Bihar Flood Relief Mission with Prakash Jha during the Kosi river floods.

Shreya also wrote a 3 part article on the "An Economic Model of Bollywood" for the Indian Economist. [2] [3] [4]

In recent years, she has done Tigmanshu Dhulia's Yaara (where she played Tanuja), and Nirang Desai's Tabeer (she played Army Major Rashmi Sharma). Yaara released in 2020 and Tabeer is yet to release.

In 2020, she was vocal about investigating Sushant Singh Rajput's death case, saying she would like to get clarity on how he died.

In March 2021, she shot for a webseries in Madhya Pradesh, tentatively titled White Gold, directed by Kittu Saluja.

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2009 Eik Dastak
2009 Knock Out
2010 Kuch Kariye Ankita Sharma
2010 Raajneeti Cameo as Journalist
2011 Tanu Weds Manu Guest appearance
2011 Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster Mahua
2011 Rockstar Jordan's sister-in-law
2012 Prem Mayee Payal
2014 Samrat & Co. Divya Singh
2014 Super Nani Astha
2016 Laal Rang Neelam
2020 Yaara TanujaReleased on ZEE5
2022 Murder at Koh e Fiza KanganaReleased on Shemaroo [5]

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Biwi may refer to:

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