Shraddha Srinath
Shraddha Srinath | |
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Born | Udhampur, Jammu & Kashmir, India |
Alma mater | Bangalore Institute of Legal Studies |
Occupation | |
Years active | 2015–present |
Shraddha Srinath is an Indian actress and model who predominantly appears in Kannada, Tamil and Telugu films.[1] She debuted with the Malayalam film Kohinoor and gained wide acclaim for her role in the Kannada psychological thriller U Turn (2016) for which she won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress[2] and also for her performances in Jersey, Urvi, Vikram Vedha, Nerkonda Paarvai and Operation Alamelamma. For the latter, she won Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress – South award.[3] She won the Zee Cine Awards Telugu for Best find of the year - female in 2020 for her role in Jersey.[4]
Early life and education[]
Shraddha was born in the town of Udhampur, Jammu & Kashmir.[5] Her father was an officer in the Kumaon Regiment of the Indian Army and her mother was a school teacher. Her family hails from a Brahmin family from Karnataka, and their mother tongue is Kannada. She was raised all over India and lived in the towns of Suratgarh (Rajasthan), Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh), Dharchula (Uttarakhand) Belagavi (Karnataka), Silchar (Assam), and Secunderabad (Telangana). After graduating from 12th from Army School Secunderabad, she moved to Bangalore to study law at the Bangalore Institute of Legal Studies.[citation needed]
Career[]
After graduating from law school, she started working as a real estate lawyer with a Bangalore-based real estate company and then moved to a French retail company as the real estate legal advisor. However, along with her full-time corporate job, she continued to act in plays and also appeared in several advertisements.[6]
She was called to play the second female lead in the Malayalam film called Kohinoor, directed by Vinay Govind, which released in September 2015.[7] Her Kannada debut happened in May 2016 with U Turn which was directed by Pawan Kumar which premiered at the New York Indian Film Festival and then subsequently released in India and worldwide.[8] Srinath received critical acclaim for this movie, and received the Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada.
Shraddha's 2017 releases are Urvi, directed by B. S. Pradeep Varma and Operation Alamelamma, directed by Simple Suni.[9] She debuted in the Tamil industry by doing a small role in Mani Ratnam's Katru Veliydai. Later she played the female lead in R. Kannan's movie Ivan Thanthiran opposite Gautham Karthik and R. J. Balaji in the lead. She even played the female lead in Pushkar Gayatri's movie Vikram Vedha[10] opposite Madhavan and Vijay Sethupathi. In Richie she plays the lead opposite Nivin Pauly, directed by Gautham Ramachandran.
She started to get more offers in South Cinema Industry. She had appeared only in a song of The Villain, along with Shiva Rajkumar.
In 2019, her first release was her Bollywood debut with Ali Fazal in Milan Talkies,[11] which is directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia. After Milan Talkies, her next release of the year was her Telugu debut opposite Nani in the sports drama Jersey.[12] The Times of India newspaper wrote that "Shraddha Srinath makes an impressive Telugu debut, as a woman who’s head-over-heels in love with her husband, but is still not someone who will agree to put up with his carelessness." Her next release of the year was her Tamil movie K-13,[13] where she is paired opposite Arulnithi. Her next release of the year was her Kannada movie Rustum,[14] where she is paired opposite Shiva Rajkumar. Her next after Rustum was Nerkonda Paarvai, the Tamil remake of Hindi movie Pink, with Ajith.[15] Her next release of the year was Jodi,[16] where she is paired opposite Aadi Saikumar. In 2021 her releases were Tamil films Maara and Chakra.[17]
Upcoming projects[]
As of March 2020,[18] Her next film will be the Malayalam film Aaraattu while in Kannada she is shooting for Godhra[19][20] and Rishabh Shetty's Rudraprayaga[21] and she also shooting for Anup Bhandari's Vikrant Rona.[22] In Telugu she has completed shooting for Ravikanth Perepu's Krishna and His Leela.[23]
Filmography[]
Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | Role(s) | Language(s) | Notes | Ref. |
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2015 | Kohinoor | Nancy | Malayalam | Malayalam debut | |
2016 | U Turn | Rachana | Kannada | Kannada debut | |
Mungaru Male 2 | Unnamed doctor | Kannada | Cameo appearance | ||
2017 | Urvi | Suzie | Kannada | ||
Kaatru Veliyidai | Girija Kapoor | Tamil | Cameo appearance | ||
Ivan Thanthiran | Asha | Tamil | Tamil debut | ||
Vikram Vedha | Priya | Tamil | |||
Richie | Megha | Tamil | |||
Operation Alamelamma | Ananya | Kannada | |||
2018 | The Villain | Herself | Kannada | Special appearance in the song "Bolo Bolo Ramappa" | |
2019 | Milan Talkies | Maithili/ Janak Kumari | Hindi | Hindi debut | |
Jersey | Sarah | Telugu | Telugu debut | ||
K- 13 | Malarvizhi | Tamil | |||
Rustum | Anjana a.k.a Anju | Kannada | [24] | ||
Nerkonda Paarvai | Meera Krishnan | Tamil | |||
Jodi | Kanchana Mala | Telugu | |||
2020 | Krishna and His Leela | Sathya | Telugu | [25] | |
2021 | Maara | Parvathy | Tamil | [26] | |
Chakra | ACP Gayathri | Tamil | [27] | ||
2022 | Aaraattu | Sethulakshmi Kaimal | Malayalam | Filming | [28] |
Godhra | Nitya | Kannada | Post-production | [29] | |
Rudraprayag | TBA | Kannada | Filming | [30] | |
Kaliyugam | TBA | Tamil Telugu |
Filming | [31] | |
Untitled Yuvaraj Dhayalan film | TBA | Tamil | Filming | [32] |
Awards and nominations[]
Title | Award | Category | Result | Ref. |
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U -Turn | 64th Filmfare Awards South | Best Actress – Kannada | Won | [33] |
6th SIIMA Awards | Best Actress – Kannada | Won | [34] | |
2nd IIFA Utsavam | Best Actress – Kannada | Won | [35] | |
Operation Alamelamma | 65th Filmfare Awards South | Best Actress – Kannada | Nominated | [36] |
Critics Award for Best Actor – Kannada | Won | [37] | ||
Love Lavike Readers Chioce Award | Best Actress | Nominated | [38] | |
TSR – TV9 National Film Awards | Best Actress – Kannada | Nominated | [39] | |
7th SIIMA Awards | Best Actress – Kannada | Nominated | [40] | |
Vikram Vedha | 7th SIIMA Awards | Best Debutant Actress – Tamil | Nominated | [41] |
10th Vijay Awards | Best Actress | Nominated | [42] | |
Rustum | Filmibeat Awards | Best Actress - Kannada | Nominated | [43] |
Nerkonda Paarvai | Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards | Best Actress | Nominated | [44] |
JFW Movie Awards | Best Actress(Critics choice lead role) | Won | [45] | |
Critics' Choice Film Awards | Best Actor Female – Tamil | Nominated | [46] | |
Jersey | Critics' Choice Film Awards | Best Actor Female – Telugu | Won | |
3rd Zee Cine Awards Telugu | Best Actress | Nominated | [47] | |
Best Find of the Year - Female | Won |
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- ^ "Shraddha Srinath- Best Actor in Leading Role Female". Filmfare.com.
- ^ "Winners of the 65th Jio Filmfare Awards (South) 2018". Filmfare. 16 June 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
- ^ "Zee Cine awards Telugu 2020: Samantha Akkineni, Chiranjeevi and Nani win top laurels". Hindustan Times. 12 January 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
- ^ Yerasala, Ikyatha (1 June 2016). "Taking the right 'turn': Intriguing journey of actor Shraddha Srinath". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
- ^ Lawyer who quit to become an actor - Meet Shraddha Srinath of U-Turn fame. Thenewsminute.com.
- ^ "'Kohinoor': Stirring up a toofan".
- ^ Nathan, Archana (24 May 2016). "It is a nightmare to watch myself on screen" – via The Hindu.
- ^ Suresh, Sunayana (24 January 2017). "U Turn actress bags Suni's next". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
- ^ "Shraddha Srinath bags Kannan-Gautham film – Times of India".
- ^ "New promo of Milan Talkies featuring Ali Fazal and Shraddha Srinath will leave you in splits". Newsd www.newsd.in. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
- ^ Adivi, Sashidhar (12 April 2019). "Jersey is an emotional ride: Shraddha Srinath". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
- ^ "Shraddha Srinath begins work on Tamil film K 13". Deccan Herald. 19 April 2019. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
- ^ "Shraddha Srinath to star opposite Shivarajkumar in Ravi Varma's Rustum". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
- ^ "Shraddha Srinath to star opposite Thala Ajith in Pink remake". Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
- ^ "Shraddha Srinath will be seen as a French teacher in her upcoming rom-com Jodi - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
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- ^ "Ravikanth Perepu announces his next with Siddharth and Shraddha Srinath! - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
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- ^ "Ravikanth Perepu announces his next with Siddharth and Shraddha Srinath! - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
- ^ "Maara: R Madhavan kick starts the shoot of the film alongside Shraddha Srinath; Read details". PINKVILLA. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
- ^ "Shraddha Srinath roped in for Vishal's Irumbuthirai sequel". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
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- ^ "SIIMA Awards 2018 - Telugu, Kannada nomination list out". International Business Times. 5 August 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
- ^ "SIIMA 2018 Nominations: Vijay's Mersal Beats Madhavan And Vijay Sethupathi's Vikram Vedha". NDTV. 15 August 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
- ^ "Stars of the Night". Hotstar. 17 June 2018. Archived from the original on 18 June 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
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- ^ "Just for women Complete nominations list". Just for women. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
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- ^ "Zee Cine awards Telugu 2020: Samantha Akkineni, Chiranjeevi and Nani win top laurels". Hindustan Times. 12 January 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
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- Indian film actresses
- Actresses from Bangalore
- Living people
- Actresses from Jammu and Kashmir
- Actresses in Tamil cinema
- Actresses in Kannada cinema
- Actresses in Malayalam cinema
- Filmfare Awards South winners
- 21st-century Indian actresses
- 20th-century births
- Actresses in Telugu cinema
- Actresses in Hindi cinema