Sreedhanya

Sreedhanya
Born	Sreedhanya Thekkedath Kerala, India
Other names	Gayathri
Occupation	Actress

Sreedhanya Thekkedath, known mononymously as Sreedhanya, ^[1] is an Indian actress and television host who works in predominantly Malayalam-language films and television shows.

Career

Sreedhanya participated in a talk show on Jeevan TV before receiving her first show as an anchor with Samantharam on Amrita TV. ^[2] She went on to host several shows including Vaidyasala, Veedu, and Grihathuram. ^[2] She played supporting roles in several films before playing one of the leads in Njan Samvidhanam Cheyyum under the stage name of Gayathri. ^[3] She worked as a Malayalam tutor for Vidya Balan for the film Aami before Balan left the project. ^{[4] [5] [6]} In 2017, she replaced Bhagyalakshmi as a host for "Selfie" on Kairali TV. ^{[2] [7]}

Filmography

• All films are in Malayalam, unless otherwise noted..

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	Kadaksham	Nirmala
2013	3 Dots	Beena Mathew Paul
	Left Right Left	Anu
	Tharattu Pattu	Crying baby boy's mother	Short film
2014	Manglish	Seenath
	Mummiyude Swantham Achoos	Sandra Roy
2015	Njan Samvidhanam Cheyyum	Gayathri Devi	credited as Gayathri
2017	Rakshadhikari Baiju Oppu	Nirmala
2018	Kadal Kuthiraigal	School teacher	Tamil film
2019	Irupathiyonnaam Noottaandu	Prabha
	Ivide Ee Nagarathil	Sreedhanya
	Pranaya Meenukalude Kadal	Sulfath Beevi
2020	Innaleyolam	Vineetha	Short film
2022	Makal	Dr. Susan
	Dancing Queen	Mother	Hindi Short film
	Haya	Shalini
2023	Pranaya Vilasam	Anusree	[8]
	Corona Papers	Shankararaman's daughter-in-law	[9]
	Philip's	Asha	[10]
	Thaal		[11]
	Neru	Parveen	[12]
2024	Qalb	Treasa	[13]

Television

Year	Show	Channel	Role	Notes
2011	Samantharam	Amrita TV	Host
	Vaidyasala
2012	Grihathuram	Asianet News
	Mr Perfectionist	Asianet News
2013	Veedu	Manorama News
2017-2018	Selfie	Kairali TV
2021–2023	Koodevide	Asianet	Aditi Padmanabhan	Malayalam TV series
2021	Start Music Season 3	Asianet	Participant	Game show
2023 – 2024	Mazhayethum Mumpe	Amrita TV	Mythili	Malayalam TV series
	Maaattha Bangaaram	ETV (Telugu)	Saraswathi	Telugu TV series

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Result	Ref.
2012	Kerala State Television Awards	Best Compere / Anchor	Won	[2] for "Gruhathuram"
2014	Jaycey Foundation award		Won	for "Gruhathuram"
2017	Malayala Puraskaram		Won	for "Selfie"
2022	Asianet Television Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Nominated	Koodevide
		Best Supporting Actress ( Jury )	Won

References

1. "Vidya Balan's teacher in real life". Deccan Chronicle. 2 October 2016.
2. M, Athira (2 March 2017). "'I won't take sides as an anchor'". The Hindu.
3. "Balachandra Menon was apprehensive". The Times of India. 8 September 2015. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
4. Manu, Meera (2 October 2016). "Vidya Balan's teacher – in real life". Deccan Chronicle.
5. "Vidya Balan's Mallu connection". The Times of India.
6. "Unprofessional and unethical: Kamal on Vidya quitting Kamala Das biopic". 13 January 2017.
7. Nagarajan, Saraswathy (14 May 2015). "A selfie of society". The Hindu.
8. "Pranaya Vilasam movie review: Honouring Mom, but with kind consideration to Dad's hypocrisy". Firstpost. 6 March 2023. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
9. "New trailer of Shane Nigam's 'Corona Papers' released". English.Mathrubhumi. 5 April 2023. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
10. "Teaser for Mukesh-starrer Phillip's is out". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
11. "Anson Paul's 'Thaal' trailer unveils gripping psychological thriller inspired by real events". The Times of India. 7 December 2023. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 9 December 2023.
12. "Neru's New Poster, Featuring Anaswara Rajan, Mohanlal And Priyamani, Out". News18. 6 December 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
13. "Sajid Yahiya's Big-budget Malayalam Film Qalb Set To Release In Theatres On January 12". News18. 11 January 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.

External links

• Sreedhanya at IMDb