Shriya Saran is an Indian actress and model who has appeared mostly in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi language films. She made her acting debut with the Telugu film Ishtam (2001) and had her first commercial success with Santosham (2002). The following year, she made her Hindi cinema debut with a supporting role in Tujhe Meri Kasam, alongside Riteish Deshmukh and Genelia D'Souza, which is a remake of Malayalam film Niram. It was followed by the commercially successful crime drama Tagore (2003), in which she was paired opposite Chiranjeevi, which is a remake of Tamil film Ramanaa. The same year, she played a supporting role in the Tamil-Telugu bilingual film Enakku 20 Unakku 18, which marked her debut in Tamil cinema. In 2005, she had ten releases including Mazhai, S. S. Rajamouli's Chatrapathi, and Mogudu Pellam O Dongodu, in which she was among the only three characters of the film. Saran's solitary release as a lead actress in 2006 was the Tamil film Thiruvilaiyaadal Aarambam.
In 2007, Saran was paired opposite Rajinikanth in S. Shankar's Sivaji. It was the most expensive film in Indian cinema and went on to become the highest grossing Tamil film to that point. The same year, she made a comeback to Hindi cinema with Mohit Suri's Awarapan, where she played a Muslim woman. Following that, she made her American cinema debut with James Dodson's The Other End of the Line (2008), in which she played an Indian woman who works in a call centre. Her subsequent releases include the Tamil films Kanthaswamy (2009) and Kutty (2010), and Pokkiri Raja (2010), which marked her debut in Malayalam cinema.
In 2012, Saran starred in Deepa Mehta's Midnight's Children, an English adaptation of Salman Rushdie's novel of the same name. The following years, she played a princess in Roopa Iyer's period fantasy drama Chandra; the film was shot simultaneously in Kannada and Tamil. In 2014, she played dual roles in the Telugu drama film Manam. Saran received critical acclaim for her performance and was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress – Telugu Award at the 62nd Filmfare Awards South. The following year, she appeared opposite Ajay Devgn in Drishyam, the Hindi remake of the Malayalam film of the same name, which became a box office success.
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Year Title Role(s) Language Notes 2001 Ishtam NehaTelugu 2002 Santosham Bhanu Nominated — Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu Chennakesava Reddy Preethi Nuvve Nuvve Anjali 2003 Tujhe Meri Kasam Girija Hindi Neeku Nenu Naaku Nuvvu Sitalakshmi Telugu Tagore Devaki Ela Cheppanu Priya Enakku 20 Unakku 18 Reshma Tamilcredited as Shriya, Bilingual film Nee Manasu Naaku Telusu Telugu 2004 Nenunnanu Anu Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu Thoda Tum Badlo Thoda Hum Rani Hindi Arjun Roopa Telugu Shukriya: Till Death Do Us Apart Sanam K. Jindal Hindi 2005 BaluSwetha Telugu Naa Alludu Meghana credited as Shriya Sada Mee Sevalo Suryakantham Soggadu Herself Special appearance Subash Chandra Bose Swarajyam Mogudu Pellam O Dongodu Satyabhama Mazhai Shailaja Tamil Chatrapathi Neelu Telugu Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu Bhageeratha Mahalakshmi / Swetha / Sonali Bommalata Swathi Cameo appearance 2006 Devadasu Herself Special appearance Game Vijay Raj's girlfriend Boss Sanjana Thiruvilaiyaadal Aarambam Priya Tamil 2007 Munna Herself Telugu Special appearance in the song "Chammakkuro" Arasu Arpitha Kannada Cameo appearance Sivaji: The Boss Thamizhselvi Tamil Awarapan Aliya Hindi Tulasi Herself Telugu Special appearance in the song "Ne Chuk Chuk Bandini" Azhagiya Tamil Magan Abhinaya Tamil 2008 Indiralohathil Na Azhagappan Herself Special appearance in the song "Mallika Sherawata? Marilyn Monroe va?" Mission Istaanbul Anjali Sagar Hindi The Other End of the Line Priya Sethi English 2009 Ek: The Power of One Preet Kaur Hindi Thoranai Indhu Tamil PisthaIndhu Telugu Kanthaswamy SubbulakshmiTamil Cooking with Stella Tannu English 2010 Kutty Geethanjali Tamil Jaggubhai Monisha Jagannathan Na Ghar Ke Na Ghaat Ke Herself Hindi Special appearance Pokkiri Raja Aswathy Malayalam Don Seenu Deepti Telugu Puli Herself Special appearance in the song "Dochey" Uthamaputhiran Kalpana Tamil Guest appearance Chikku Bukku Anu Ammaiyappan 2011 Rowthiram Priya Rajapattai Herself Special appearance in the song "Laddu Laddu Rendu Laddu" 2012 Casanovva Sameera Zacharia Malayalam Gali Gali Chor Hai Nisha Pandit Hindi Nuvva Nena Dr. Nandini Telugu Life is Beautiful Parvati Midnight's Children Parvati English 2013 Zila Ghaziabad HerselfHindi Special appearance in the song "Chamiya No.1" Pavitra Pavitra Telugu Chandra Ammanmani Chandravathy Kannada 2014Tamil Manam Rama Lakshmi, Anjali Telugu Nominated —Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress - Telugu 2015 Gopala Gopala Meenakshi Drishyam Nandini Salgaonkar Hindi 2016 Oopiri Priya Telugu Cameo appearance Tamil 2017Gautamiputra SatakarniVashishtha Devi Telugu Anbanavan Asaradhavan Adangadhavan Selvi Tamil Nakshathram Herself Telugu Special appearance in the song "Time Ledu Guru" Paisa Vasool Sarika 2018 Gayatri Sharada PhamousLalli Hindi Veera Bhoga Vasantha Rayalu Neelima Telugu 2019 NTR: Kathanayakudu Prabha Special appearance in the song "Chitram Bhale Vichitram" 2020 Sab Kushal Mangal Herself Hindi Special appearance in the song "Naya Naya Love" 2021Gamanam KamalaTelugu 2022RRR Alluri Sarojini Tadka Madhura Hindi Drishyam 2 Nandini Salgaonkar 2023Kabzaa Madhumathi Bahaddur Kannada Music School Maria D'Cruz HindiBilingual film Telugu 2025RetroBlue ThornTamilSpecial appearance in the song "Love Detox" Mirai Ambika PrajapatiTelugu 2026Awarapan 2Aaliyah HamidHindiSpecial appearance Sandakkari Maya Azhagan Tamil Drishyam: The Conclusion Nandini Salgaonkar Hindi Kanaga Tamil Special appearance in the song "Kanaga"
Television Year Title Role Language Notes Ref. 2024 Showtime Mandira SinghHindi2026Space Gen: ChandrayaanYamini Mudaliar
Music videos Year Song Language Ref 2001 "Thirakti Kyun Hawa" Hindi 2003 "Kahin Door" 2018 "Rang De Chunariya" 2020 "Bhari Bhari Song" 2025 "Aayiye Ram Ji"
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