Acting
Sep 10, 1982
Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
Shriya Saran
Acting
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).
Feature Films (86)
A wealthy engineer arrives in India with the mission of serving the nation and investing in the country's welfare but is met with strong opposition from corrupt officials and politicians. After being faced with insurmountable hardships, he decides to take drastic measures.
Sivaji: The Boss
A loyal henchman is ordered by his boss to keep an eye on his mistress, and trouble begins when he refuses to kill her.
Awarapan
A CBI officer moonlights as a modern day Robin Hood in the guise of the masked Kanthaswamy, as he helps fight corruption and aid impoverished people.
Kanthaswamy
Guru has the ability to predict future events. With his unique ability, he identifies several future events, including the attempted murder of his lover by a look-alike.
Azhagiya Tamil Magan
Arjun, an unemployed youngster and Deva a powerful don both fall in love with Sailaja, a middle-class beauty, at the same time on a rainy day at a railway station. Arjun keeps bumping into Sailaja coincidentally every time it rains. This makes them both feel that it is perhaps the rain that keeps bringing them together, and they start to fall in love. Deva, on the other hand, takes the back-door route to get the girl, with the help of her good-for-nothing father.
Mazhai
Television & Series (7)
An epic saga of legacy and ambition, get a glimpse behind the multi million-dollar industry of Bollywood, nepotism and power struggles at the top.
Showtime
Simply Baatien With Raveena is an interactive talk/chat show produced by Urban Brew Studios and hosted by Raveena Tandon. The show started airing on 7 September 2014 on Sony Pal. Raveena interacts with celebrities to discuss topics relating to womanhood
Simply Baatein With Raveena
Comedy Nights with Kapil is a comedy show which provides a distinctive take on the everyday life of a common man as the show explores the story of every household and how our common man Kapil is affected by the simplest issues in life around him.
Comedy Nights with Kapil
Kapil Sharma is back with his gang - Bindu, Chandan and 'mohalle ki dhoban' Gudiya. In tow is a new character, Maski, along with Goli, Roopmati and more! Enjoy guaranteed laughter with Kapil and his antics as different celebrities join in.
The Kapil Sharma Show
Unstoppable is an iconic show hosted by the legendary actor Nandamuri Balakrishna. In every episode, he interacts with different celebrities followed by interesting questions and unlimited entertainment.
