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Shriya Saran
Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
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 a…
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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).
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2026
Drishyam: The Conclusion
Movie Nandini Salgaonkar
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2026
Sandakari
Movie Maya Azhagan
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2026
Awarapan 2
Movie Aaliyah Hamid
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2026
Space Gen: Chandrayaan
TV show Yamini Mudaliar
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2025
Mirai
Movie Ambika
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2025
Retro
Movie Blue Thorn
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2024
The Great Indian Kapil Show
TV show Self
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2024
Showtime
TV show Mandira
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2023
Music School
Movie
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2023
Kabzaa
Movie Madhumitha
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2022
Drishyam 2
Movie Nandini Salgaonkar
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2022
Tadka
Movie Madhura
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2022
RRR
Movie Alluri Sarojini
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2021
Gamanam
Movie Kamala
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2021
Unstoppable with NBK
TV show Self
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2020
Sab Kushal Mangal
Movie Special Appearance
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2019
N.T.R: Kathanayakudu
Movie Prabha
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2018
Veera Bhoga Vasantha Rayalu
Movie Neelima
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2018
Phamous
Movie Lalli
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2018
Gayatri
Movie
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2017
Paisa Vasool
Movie Sarika
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2017
Nakshatram
Movie Special Appearance in "Time Ledu Guru"
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2017
Anbanavan Asaradhavan Adangadhavan
Movie Selvi
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2017
Gautamiputra Satakarni
Movie Vashishthee Devi
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2016
The Kapil Sharma Show
TV show Self
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2016
Oopiri
Movie Priya (Cameo)
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2015
Drishyam
Movie Nandini Salgaonkar
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2015
Gopala Gopala
Movie Meenakshi
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2014
Simply Baatein With Raveena
TV show Herself
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2014
Manam
Movie Rama Lakshmi / Anjali
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2014
Chandra
Movie Maharani Ammanmani Chandravathy
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2013
Comedy Nights with Kapil
TV show Self
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2013
Pavithra
Movie
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2013
Zila Ghaziabad
Movie Special Appearance in "Chhamia No 1" Song
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2012
Life Is Beautiful
Movie Parvati
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2012
Midnight's Children
Movie Parvati
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2012
Nuvva Nena
Movie
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2012
Gali Gali Chor Hai
Movie Nisha
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2012
Casanovva
Movie Sameera Zacharia
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2011
Rajapattai
Movie special appearance
