Shwetha Srivatsav

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Shwetha Srivatsav
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Shweta at 60th Filmfare Awards South event
Born
Shwetha Srivatsav

Karnataka, India
NationalityIndian
OccupationActress
Years active2000–present
Spouse
Amith Srivatsav
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(m. 2015)​

Shwetha Srivatsav is an Indian actress, known for her work in Kannada cinema and television. She began her career in theatre, before moving to television, where she received recognition for her role in T. N. Seetharam's Manvantara. She subsequently went on to work in films. Having made her film debut with Mukha Mukhi (2006), she shot to fame with her performance in Simple Agi Ondh Love Story (2013). Her performance in Fair & Lovely (2014) won her the Filmfare Award South for Best Actress.

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Career

Shwetha took part in a theatre workshop conducted by B. V. Karanth, circa 1997, when she was in class six. She was later cast in the television soap Jwalamukhi, directed by T. N. Seetharam. Shwetha subsequently went on to appear in many telefilms and teleplays before being cast in Seetharam's Manvantara. [1]

After appearing in a host of plays and television projects, Shwetha made her film acting debut in a parallel film Mukha Mukhi (2006). [2] She appeared in a small role in the gangster film Aa Dinagalu (2007) before taking up a lead role in the film Cyber Yugadol Nava Yuva Madhura Prema Kavyam (2012). She won the Filmfare Best Female Debut award for her performance in the film. Following this, she featured in the much acclaimed blockbuster film Simple Agi Ondh Love Story (2013) which earned her wide appreciation for her portrayal of a bubbly girl character and her dialogue delivery. She was in the 2014 film Fair & Lovely , in which she played the character of a sex worker opposite to Prem, a role for which she won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada. She has announced a Telugu film "Bommala Ramaram" with a debutant director. She was in the 2016 film Kiragoorina Gayyaligalu , with a story based on the novel with the same name by the well-known writer Poornachandra Tejaswi and directed by Sumana Kittur. [3] Shwetha also became the brand ambassador of an international fashion company "Shinayele".

After taking three years of her maternity [4] break from not doing films she signed her first film in 2019 titled as Rahadhari. It is directed by Girish Vairamudi where she will be essaying the role of a cop. [5] [6]

Personal life

Shwetha's father L. Krishnappa was a theatre artist. She began her schooling at New Cambridge English School in Vijayanagar, Bangalore and completed high school education at Vidya Peeta, graduation from Christ College [7] and obtained a master's degree in mass communication from Central College, all in Bangalore. [1]

Shwetha met Amith Srivatsav during the making of the telefilm Lakshmi Kataksha. After four years of courtship, they married in 2015. [8] They have a daughter together (born 2017). [9]

Filmography

Key
†Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearFilmRoleNotes
2006Mukha MukhiVasu
2007 Aa Dinagalu Kothwal's wife
2012 Cyber Yugadol Nava Yuva Madhura Prema Kavyam SnehaDebut as lead
2013 Simple Agi Ondh Love Story Khushi
2014Aathma SakshiLeena Pinto
2014 Fair & Lovely Bhumika
2016 Kiragoorina Gayyaligalu Daanamma
2022 Hope Shivani [10] [11]
2023 Raghavendra Stores Vyjayanthi [12]
2024 Ondu Sarala Prema Kathe HerselfCameo appearance
2024Chikkiya Mukutti†TBAFilming [13]

Television

Awards and nominations

FilmAwardCategoryResult
Cyber ugadol Nava Yuva Madhura Prema Kavyam 60th Filmfare Awards South Best Female Debut Won [14]
Aryabhatta PrashasthiBest Debut ActressWon
Simple Agi Ondh Love Story 61st Filmfare Awards South Best Actress Nominated[ citation needed ]
Fair & Lovely 62nd Filmfare Awards South Best Actress Won [15]
Kiragoorina Gayyaligalu 64th Filmfare Awards South Best Actress Nominated [16]

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