Shriya Saran
Born: 1982-09-11 in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
Known For: 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).
Filmography
2026
- Drishyam: The Conclusion as Nandini Salgaonkar
- Awarapan 2 as Aaliyah Hamid
- Space Gen: Chandrayaan as Yamini Mudaliar
- Sandakari as Maya Azhagan
2024
- The Great Indian Kapil Show as Self
- Showtime as Mandira
2023
- Kabzaa as Madhumitha
- Music School
2022
- RRR as Alluri Sarojini
- Drishyam 2 as Nandini Salgaonkar
- Tadka as Madhura
2021
- Unstoppable with NBK as Self
- Gamanam as Kamala
2020
- Sab Kushal Mangal as Special Appearance
2019
- N.T.R: Kathanayakudu as Prabha
2018
- Veera Bhoga Vasantha Rayalu as Neelima
- Gayatri
- Phamous as Lalli
2017
- Anbanavan Asaradhavan Adangadhavan as Selvi
- Paisa Vasool as Sarika
- Gautamiputra Satakarni as Vashishthee Devi
- Nakshatram as Special Appearance in "Time Ledu Guru"
2016
- The Kapil Sharma Show as Self
- Oopiri as Priya (Cameo)
2015
- Drishyam as Nandini Salgaonkar
- Gopala Gopala as Meenakshi
2014
- Simply Baatein With Raveena as Herself
- Manam as Rama Lakshmi / Anjali
- Chandra as Maharani Ammanmani Chandravathy
2013
- Comedy Nights with Kapil as Self
- Zila Ghaziabad as Special Appearance in "Chhamia No 1" Song
- Pavithra
2012
- Midnight's Children as Parvati
- Gali Gali Chor Hai as Nisha
- Life Is Beautiful as Parvati
- Nuvva Nena
- Casanovva as Sameera Zacharia
2011
- Rowthiram as Priya
- Rajapattai as special appearance
2010
- Kutty as Geetha
- Uthama Puthiran as Kalpana (Guest Appearance)
- Don Seenu as Deepu
- Komaram Puli as Special Appearance in "Dochey" Song
- Pokkiri Raja as Aswathy
- Chikku Bukku as Anu
- Cooking With Stella as Tannu
- Kuchh Kariye as Alpana
- Jaggubhai as Monisha Jagannathan
2009
- Ek: The Power of One as Preet Kaur
- Kanthaswamy as Subbulakshmi
- Thoranai as Indhu
2008
- Mission Istaanbul as Anjali Sagar
- Indiralohathil Na Azhagappan
2007
- Awarapan as Aaliyah
- The Other End of the Line as Priya R. Sethi
- Sivaji: The Boss as Tamizhselvi Ramalingham
- Azhagiya Tamil Magan as Abhinaya
- Munna
- The Blue Umbrella as Binya's friend
- Arasu as Cameo
- Thulasi as Special Appearance in song "Ne Chuk Chuk Bandini"
2006
2005
- Chatrapathi as Neelu
- Mogudu Pellam O Dongodu
- Subash Chandra Bose
- Naa Alludu as Meghana
- Mazhai as Shailaja
- Balu as Priya
- Soggadu
- Sada Mee Sevalo as Suryakantham
- Bhageeratha as Shweta
2004
- Arjun as Roopa
- Shukriya: Till Death Do Us Apart as Sanam K. Jindal
- Nenunnanu as Anu
2003
- Ela Cheppanu as Priya
- Enakku 20 Unakku 18 as Reshma
- Tujhe Meri Kasam as Girija
- Neeku Nenu Naaku Nuvvu
- Tagore as Devaki
2002
- Santosham as Bhanu
- Nuvve... Nuvve... as Anjali
- Chennakesava Reddy as Preeti
2001
- Ishtam as Neha