Shriya Saran

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 Vinayaks Tagore 2003 Nenunnanu 2004 S S Rajamoulis action film Chatrapathi 2005 and Shankars Tamil film Sivaji The Boss 2007 She made her Hindi leading debut in Mohit Suris crime drama Awarapan 2007 and appeared in Susi Ganesans superhero film Kanthaswamy 2009 Her Englishlanguage credits include James Dodsons The Other End of the Line 2008 and Deepa Mehtas adaptation of Salman Rushdies Midnights Children 2012 She also appeared in Vikram K Kumars Manam 2014 and Krish Jagarlamudis historical film Gautamiputra Satakarni 2017 She portrayed Nandini Salgaonkar in Nishikant Kamats crime thriller Drishyam 2015 and its sequel Drishyam 2 2022 both opposite Ajay Devgn She played Sarojini in S S Rajamoulis RRR 2022 appeared in the multilingual period action film Kabzaa 2023 and played Mandira Mathur in Mihir Desais drama series Showtime 2024 Her later credits include Karthik Ghattamanenis Telugu fantasy adventure Mirai 2025 Karthik Subbarajs Retro 2025 and the space drama series Space Gen Chandrayaan 2026