Acting
Shriya Saran
Also known as: Shriya Saran Bhatnagar
Biography
Shriya Saran (born Shriya Saran Bhatnagar; 11 September 1982) is an Indian actress and model who works predominantly in Telugu, Tamil, and Hindi cinema, as well as international and Malayalam productions. Trained in Kathak, she appeared in the music video "Thirakti Kyun Hawa" by Renu Nathan before beginning her acting career. Saran made her acting debut in the Telugu romantic drama *Ishtam* (2001), followed by roles in *Santosham* (2002) and *Nuvve Nuvve* (2002). Her subsequent films include V. V. Vinayak's *Tagore* (2003), *Nenunnanu* (2004), S. S. Rajamouli's action film *Chatrapathi* (2005), and Shankar's Tamil film *Sivaji: The Boss* (2007). She made her Hindi leading debut in Mohit Suri's crime drama *Awarapan* (2007) and appeared in Susi Ganesan's superhero film *Kanthaswamy* (2009). Her English-language credits include James Dodson's *The Other End of the Line* (2008) and Deepa Mehta's adaptation of Salman Rushdie's *Midnight's Children* (2012). She also appeared in Vikram K. Kumar's *Manam* (2014) and Krish Jagarlamudi's historical film *Gautamiputra Satakarni* (2017). She portrayed Nandini Salgaonkar in Nishikant Kamat's crime thriller *Drishyam* (2015) and its sequel *Drishyam 2* (2022), both opposite Ajay Devgn. She played Sarojini in S. S. Rajamouli's *RRR* (2022), appeared in the multilingual period action film *Kabzaa* (2023), and played Mandira Mathur in Mihir Desai's drama series *Showtime* (2024). Her later credits include Karthik Ghattamaneni's Telugu fantasy adventure *Mirai* (2025), Karthik Subbaraj's *Retro* (2025), and the space drama series *Space Gen: Chandrayaan* (2026).
Born
1982-09-11 (age 44)
Passed
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Birthplace
Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
Gender
Female
Filmography
86 film credits
Dharman
2027
Drishyam: The Conclusion
as Nandini Salgaonkar
2026
Sandakari
as Maya Azhagan
2026
Awarapan 2
as Aaliyah Hamid
2026
Mirai
as Ambika
2025
Retro
as Blue Thorn
2025
Music School
2023
Kabzaa
as Madhumitha
2023
Drishyam 2
as Nandini Salgaonkar
2022
Tadka
as Madhura
2022
RRR
as Alluri Sarojini
2022
Gamanam
as Kamala
2021
Sab Kushal Mangal
as Special Appearance
2020
N.T.R: Kathanayakudu
as Prabha
2019
Veera Bhoga Vasantha Rayalu
as Neelima
2018
Phamous
as Lalli
2018
Gayatri
2018
Paisa Vasool
as Sarika
2017
Nakshatram
as Special Appearance in "Time Ledu Guru"
2017
Anbanavan Asaradhavan Adangadhavan
as Selvi
2017
Gautamiputra Satakarni
as Vashishthee Devi
2017
Oopiri
as Priya
2016
Drishyam
as Nandini Salgaonkar
2015
Gopala Gopala
as Meenakshi
2015
Manam
as Rama Lakshmi / Anjali
2014
Chandra
as Maharani Ammanmani Chandravathy
2014
Pavithra
2013
Zila Ghaziabad
as Special Appearance in "Chhamia No 1" Song
2013
Life Is Beautiful
as Parvati
2012
Midnight's Children
as Parvati
2012
Nuvva Nena
2012
Gali Gali Chor Hai
as Nisha
2012
Casanovva
as Sameera Zacharia
2012
Rajapattai
as special appearance
2011
Rowthiram
as Priya
2011
Chikku Bukku
as Anu
2010
Uthama Puthiran
as Kalpana (Guest Appearance)
2010
Komaram Puli
as Special Appearance in "Dochey" Song
2010
Don Seenu
as Deepu
2010
Pokkiri Raja
as Aswathy
2010
Kuchh Kariye
as Alpana
2010
Cooking With Stella
as Tannu
2010
Jaggubhai
as Monisha Jagannathan
2010
Kutty
as Geetha
2010
Kanthaswamy
as Subbulakshmi
2009
Thoranai
as Indhu
2009
Ek: The Power of One
as Preet Kaur
2009
Mission Istaanbul
as Anjali Sagar
2008
Indiralohathil Na Azhagappan
as Special appearance
2008
Azhagiya Tamil Magan
as Abhinaya
2007
Thulasi
as Special Appearance in song "Ne Chuk Chuk Bandini"
2007
The Blue Umbrella
as Binya's friend
2007
Awarapan
as Aaliyah
2007
Sivaji: The Boss
as Tamizhselvi Ramalingham
2007
Munna
2007
The Other End of the Line
as Priya R. Sethi
2007
Arasu
as Cameo
2007
Thiruvilaiyaadal Aarambam
as Priya
2006
Baabul
as Cameo Appearance
2006
Boss
as Sanjana G. Khanna
2006
Game
2006
Bommalata
2006
Devadasu
2006
Bhageeratha
as Shweta
2005
Chatrapathi
as Neelu
2005
Mogudu Pellam O Dongodu
2005
Mazhai
as Shailaja
2005
Subash Chandra Bose
2005
Soggadu
2005
Sada Mee Sevalo
as Suryakantham
2005
Naa Alludu
as Meghana
2005
Balu
as Priya
2005
Shukriya: Till Death Do Us Apart
as Sanam K. Jindal
2004
Arjun
as Roopa
2004
Nenunnanu
as Anu
2004
Enakku 20 Unakku 18
as Reshma
2003
Tagore
as Devaki
2003
Neeku Nenu Naaku Nuvvu
2003
Ela Cheppanu
as Priya
2003
Tujhe Meri Kasam
as Girija
2003
Nuvve... Nuvve...
as Anjali
2002
Chennakesava Reddy
as Preeti
2002
Santosham
as Bhanu
2002
Ishtam
as Neha
2001
