Known For
Acting
Born
Sep 11, 1982
Place of Birth
Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
Credits
92 titles
Shriya Saran
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).
Known For
Filmography
Drishyam: The Conclusion
Nandini Salgaonkar
Sandakari
Maya Azhagan
Awarapan 2
Aaliyah Hamid
Space Gen: Chandrayaan
Yamini Mudaliar
Mirai
Ambika
Retro
Blue Thorn
The Great Indian Kapil Show
Self
Showtime
Mandira
Music School
Kabzaa
Madhumitha
Drishyam 2
Nandini Salgaonkar
Tadka
Madhura
RRR
Alluri Sarojini
Gamanam
Kamala
Unstoppable with NBK
Self
Sab Kushal Mangal
Special Appearance
N.T.R: Kathanayakudu
Prabha
Veera Bhoga Vasantha Rayalu
Neelima
Phamous
Lalli
Gayatri
Paisa Vasool
Sarika
Nakshatram
Special Appearance in "Time Ledu Guru"
Anbanavan Asaradhavan Adangadhavan
Selvi
Gautamiputra Satakarni
Vashishthee Devi
The Kapil Sharma Show
Self
Oopiri
Priya (Cameo)
Drishyam
Nandini Salgaonkar
Gopala Gopala
Meenakshi
Simply Baatein With Raveena
Herself
Manam
Rama Lakshmi / Anjali
Chandra
Maharani Ammanmani Chandravathy
Comedy Nights with Kapil
Self
Pavithra
Zila Ghaziabad
Special Appearance in "Chhamia No 1" Song
Life Is Beautiful
Parvati
Midnight's Children
Parvati
Nuvva Nena
Gali Gali Chor Hai
Nisha
Casanovva
Sameera Zacharia
Rajapattai
special appearance
Rowthiram
Priya
Chikku Bukku
Anu
Uthama Puthiran
Kalpana (Guest Appearance)
Komaram Puli
Special Appearance in "Dochey" Song
Don Seenu
Deepu
Pokkiri Raja
Aswathy
Kuchh Kariye
Alpana
Cooking With Stella
Tannu
Jaggubhai
Monisha Jagannathan
Kutty
Geetha