Shriya Saran profile
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Shriya Saran

11th September 1982 Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India Acting

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).

81 Movies 6 TV Shows 1 In Production 92 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Mirai poster
Mirai 12th September 2025 as Ambika
Retro poster
Retro 30th April 2025 as Blue Thorn
Kabzaa poster
Kabzaa 17th March 2023 as Madhumitha
Tadka poster
Tadka 4th November 2022 as Madhura
RRR poster
RRR 24th March 2022 as Alluri Sarojini
Nakshatram poster
Nakshatram 3rd August 2017 as Special Appearance in "Time Ledu Guru"
Oopiri poster
Oopiri 25th March 2016 as Priya (Cameo)
Drishyam poster
Drishyam 30th July 2015 as Nandini Salgaonkar
Manam poster
Manam 23rd May 2014 as Rama Lakshmi / Anjali
Chandra poster
Chandra 14th February 2014 as Maharani Ammanmani Chandravathy
Zila Ghaziabad poster
Zila Ghaziabad 22nd February 2013 as Special Appearance in "Chhamia No 1" Song
Komaram Puli poster
Komaram Puli 10th September 2010 as Special Appearance in "Dochey" Song
Jaggubhai poster
Jaggubhai 29th January 2010 as Monisha Jagannathan
Kutty poster
Kutty 14th January 2010 as Geetha
Thulasi poster
Thulasi 12th October 2007 as Special Appearance in song "Ne Chuk Chuk Bandini"
Arasu poster
Arasu 25th January 2007 as Cameo
Baabul poster
Baabul 8th December 2006 as Cameo Appearance
Boss poster
Boss 27th September 2006 as Sanjana G. Khanna
Mazhai poster
Mazhai 30th August 2005 as Shailaja
Balu poster
Balu 6th January 2005 as Priya
Arjun poster
Arjun 18th August 2004 as Roopa
Tagore poster
Tagore 24th September 2003 as Devaki
Ishtam poster
Ishtam 30th December 2001 as Neha
Drishyam: The Conclusion poster Coming soon
Drishyam: The Conclusion 2nd October 2026 as Nandini Salgaonkar