Shriya Saran

Shriya Saran is an Indian film actress. She was born to Pushpendra Saran and Neeraja Saran on September 11, 1982 in Haridwar. Her father worked for Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. while her mother was a chemistry teacher. Her helping nature had shown up at very young age when she had saved money and donated it to a blind school. She has completed her bachelor degree and is still single.

Shriya’s career actually had its beginning with a music video shot in Banaras. It was through her dance teacher’s recommendation that she availed her first chance, but unfortunately she had to quit college in order to attend the regular shoots. She began her film career in Tollywood (Telugu Cinema) in 2001 with the movie “Ishtam” She got a good recognition for her role “Bhanu” in “Santhosham.” She has acted in mega budget films like ‘Tagore’ opposite Chiranjeevi. ‘Nuvve Nuvve’ opposite Tarun and “Chatrapathi’ with Prabhas were her biggest hits but one of her most significant achievements was her signing against Rajnikanth for ‘Shivaji’.It was budgeted 60 crores. She was also seen in ‘Boss’, ‘Devadasu’ and ‘Tulasi’. Her latest venture was ‘Mallana’. Her Tamil debut ‘Enakku 20 Unakku18 in 2003 was rated to be average.

Shriya’s personal life is as interesting as her looks. To ones surprise the black haired beauty likes to eat chapathi and likes to wear sarees. Her hobbies are dancing and swimming. Haridwar is her favourite place where she prefers to hum her favourite song ‘Main Zindegi Ka Saath Nibhana’. She reads the works of author Jeffery Archer and her favourite book is ‘Gone With the Wind’. ‘Channel 5’ and’ Poison’ are the perfumes she sprays and when it comes to films she picks out Rajnikanth, Shah Rukh Khan, Amitabh Bachhan, Madhuri dixit and Madhubala as her all time favourites.

In short….. “beware” ….’The Poison girl’ is capable of poisoning your hearts too.


Year Movie Name Role
2010 Komaram Puli Cast
2010 Don Seenu Cast
2009 Mallanna Cast
2009 Pista Cast
2007 Shivaji Cast
2007 Tulasi[2007] Cast
2006 Boss Cast
2006 Devadasu Cast
2005 Bhageeradha Cast
2005 Chatrapati Cast
2005 Mogudu Pellam O Dongodu Cast
2005 Subash Chandra Bose Cast
2005 Sada Mee Sevalo Cast
2005 Naa Alludu Cast
2005 Baalu Cast
2004 Nenunnanu Cast
2004 Arjun[2004] Cast
2003 Neeku Nenu Naaku Nuvvu Cast
2003 Tagore Cast
2003 Ela Cheppanu? Cast
2003 Nee Manasu Naaku Telusu Cast
2002 Nuvve Nuvve Cast
2002 Chennakeshavareddy Cast
2002 Santosham[2002] Cast
2001 Istam Cast
Marma Yogi Cast
Maha Muduru Cast
Seenu Gaadu Maha Muduru Cast

Shriya Saran

Shriya Saran is an Indian tollywood superstar who also appears in Hindi movies. Born on September 11, 1982 to Neeraja Saran, a chemistry teacher and Pushpendra Saran, a Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd employee in Dehradun, Shriya Saran was raised in Ranipur near Haridwar. She attended Delhi Public School and later graduated in English Literature from Lady Shri Ram College in Delhi. Shriya Saran has an elder brother named Abhiroop.


Shriya has worked in successful films in regional languages like Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, and Telugu besides Hindi. She has also worked in Deepa Mehta’s English film ‘Cooking with Stella’ alongside popular actors like Seema Biswas, Lisa Ray, Don McKellar, Shriya Saran and Vansh Bharadwaj.

Shriya Saran made her debut Reenu Nathan’s music video ‘Tirakthi Kyon Hawa’ on the recommendation of her dance teacher. She marked her cinematic presence in the Telugu film industry with Ramoji Films’ ‘Ishtam’ opposite Charan and later appeared in Dasaradh’s ‘Santosham’ alongside Akkineni Nagarjuna, Prabhu Deva, and Gracy Singh, V.V. Vinayak’s ‘Chennakesva Reddy’ alongside Nandamuri Balakrishna and Tabu, Trivikram Srinivas’s ‘Nuvve Nuvve’ alongside Tarun and Prakash Raj. Since then Shriya has worked in a number of Telugu blockbusters including a cameo appearance in National Film Award winning film ‘Bommalata’.

She made her debut in Tamil film industry with Jyothi Krishna’s ‘Enakku 20 Unakku 18’ alongside Tarun, Trisha, Vivek, and Reema Sen. She was later seen in Tamil films like S.Rajkumar’s ‘Mazhai’ opposite Jayram Ravi, Boopathy Pandian’s ‘Thiruvilayadal Arambam’ opposite Dhanush, Bharathan’s ‘Azhagiya Tamil Magan’ opposite Joseph Vijay. Shriya played the female lead in S. Shankar's ‘Sivaji: The Boss’ opposite veteran actor Rajinikanth. The film was subsequently dubbed in Telugu and Hindi and was released in theatres worldwide including Malaysia, Singapore, Canada, UK, Johannesburg, Durban, Sri Lanka, Persian Gulf, China, Japan, among others. Thw film became a huge success at box offices across the globe. ‘Sivaji: The Boss’won National Film - Silver Lotus Award for Best Art Direction, Filmfare Award in several categories like Best Music Director, Best Cinematography, Best Comedian and Best Villain.



Shriya’s first Malayalam film was Vyshakh Abraham’s ‘Pokkiri Raja’ alongside superstar Mammootty and Prithviraj Sukumaran. She has also appeared in Kannada film ‘Arasu’ alongside Puneeth Rajkumar, Ramya and Meera Jasmine.

Shriya Saran plunged into Bollywood with Ramoji Rao’s ‘Tujhe Meri Kasam’ alongside Genelia D'Souza and Ritesh Deshmukh. Shriya Saran later appeared in Hindi films like Esmayeel Shroff’s ‘Thoda Tum Badlo Thoda Hum’ starring Arya Babbar, Ashok Saraf, Nishigandha Wad and Shoma Anand, Anupam Sinha’s ‘Shukriya: Till Death Do Us Apart’ featuring Anupam Kher, Aftab Shivdasani and Indraneel. Shriya was paired opposite Emran Hashmi in Mohit Suri’s ‘Awarapan’ and Zayed Khan in Apoorva Lakhia’s ‘Mission Istanbul’. Saran then featured in ‘Ek - The Power of One’, the Hindi remake of the Telugu film Athadu with Bobby Deol.

Shriya Saran also acted in Mani Ratnam’s Tamil play ‘Netru, Indru, Naalai’ to raise funds for a voluntary organization The Banyan. She also walked the ramp at the Chennai International Fashion Week for ace designer Neeta Lulla. She has done a couple of brand endorsements including Lux, Head & Shoulders and Taj Mahal Tea. Shriya will soon be seen in films like ‘Komaram Puli ‘,’Chikku Bukku’ , ‘Don Seenu’, ‘ Rowthiram’ , ‘Komagata Maru ‘ and ‘Marmayogi’.

Shriya Saran

Date of Birth: 11 September, 1982
Place of Birth: Haridwar, Uttarakhand , India
Biography
Shriya Saran (Hindi: श्रेया सरन, pronounced [ʃreːjaː ˈsərən]) (born September 11, 1982) is an Indian film actress. She began her career acting in music videos, while also attending an acting studio. After her debut in 2001 with Ishtam, played the role of Bhanu in Santhosham. Following the film she appeared in several Telugu films, whilst also acting in Bollywood and Tamil films. In 2007, Saran starred in Sivaji: The Boss, the highest grosser in the Indian film history.


Biography: Shriya is a young actress who has done several Tamil and Telugu movies and made a splash into Bollywood with 2007's Awarapan in which she was paired opposite Emraan Hashmi as his true love. Her innocence and restrained performance won her rave reviews. She also made waves with her performance in Sivaji opposite veteran superstar Rajnikant in 2006.
Sjriya is a very stubborn girl who believes in hard work. She wanted to be a Kathak dancer but destiny had other plans. She is famously close to her family and loves to hang out with her friends. Shriya, which means Goddess Lakshmi, was born and brough up in Haridwar and has recently moved to Lokhandwala, Mumbai where she stays with her parents. She has one elder brother who got married recently. Her mother is a chemistry teacher and her father works at Bharat heavy Metal Works. Since Hindi is her mother tongue, she found it hard to learn Tamil and Telugu.
Shreya is establishing herself as a multilingual actress. After Tamil, Telugu and hindi movies, she is acting in Ashok Amritraj's Hollywood production, The Other End of The Line with Jesse Metcalfe of Desparate Housewives fame. Her next Bollywood release is the multi-starrer thriller Mission Istanbul, directed by Apoorva Lakhia. The film also stars Zayed Khan and Vivek Oberoi.

Favourites:
Actors: Rajnikant, Amitabh Bachchan and SRK
Actress:Madhubala and Madhuri Dixit
Book: Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell.

Causes: She is an active member of Save a Child's Heart (SACH), Naandi Organisation and active supporter of UNICEF activities.

Endorsements:
LG
Fair and Lovely
Lux
Brooke Bond Red Label Tea
Paragon

Shriya Saran

Shriya Saran’s one of the reigning queens of South Indian cinema, her face transforming from innocence to glamorous with remarkable ease. Language is no barrier to this actress as she continues to take on roles in Telugu, Tamil, Hindi and English films.
Simply Shriya
Shriya was born in Dehradun on the 11th of September 1982. Her mother is Neeraja, a school teacher and her father is Pushpendra Saran, working with Bharat Heavy Metal Works. She has an older brother Abhiroop.
Shriya grew up in Ranipur. She studied at the Delhi Public School and acquired a B.A in Literature from Lady Sri Ram College. She is also a Kathak dancer and trained under Shobha Narayan.
She started out as a model, appearing in several commercials like Brookbond, Red Label, Lux and Head & Shoulders. She was also a part of music videos like Tirakthi Kyun Hawa by Reenu Nathan which was shot in Banaras.
Lighting Up The Screens
Shriya broke into movies with a Telugu movie Ishtam in 2001. Though the movie was not a success, the industry noticed her. This was followed by the 2002 film Santosham with Nagarjuna, which did extremely well. The other two films released the same year Nuvve Nuvve and Chennakeshava Reddy also did well. She got the opportunity to work with some of the major stars and came out with several hits like Tagore (2003) and Chatrapati (2005).
Her Tamil films like Ennaku 20 Unnaku 18 in 2003, Mazhai in 2005 were good performers at the box office. In 2007, she starred in Azhagiya Tamil Magan and she was cast opposite Rajnikanth in Shivaji: The Boss that was one of the biggest films ever made in India
Bollywood also has seen a Shriya with Tujhe Meri Kasam (2003), Thoda Hum Badlo Thoda Tum (2004), Awaarapan (2007) and Mission Istanbul (2008).
Up Ahead
Shriya has a mix of Tamil, Hindi and English scheduled to hit the theaters soon like Ek- The Power of One, Kanthaswamy, Jaggubhai, The Other End of the Line and What’s Cooking Stella?