Shanvi Srivastava (born 8 December 1993) is an Indian actress and model who works predominantly in
Kannada films and a few
Telugu
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and
Malayalam films.
Early life
Srivastava was born on 8 December 1993, in
Varanasi, she did her schooling at Children College Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh and graduation at the
Thakur College of Science and Commerce
Thakur College of Science and Commerce is a college located in Kandivali, Mumbai in the state of Maharashtra
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in
Mumbai and completed her
B.Com
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degree in 2016.
Srivastava has one elder brother and one elder sister, actress
Vidisha Srivastava
Vidisha Srivastava, known by her mononym Vidisha, is an Indian actress who appears in South Indian cinema and Hindi television. She is known for playing the new Anita Narayan Mishra in Bhabiji Ghar Par Hain!
Early life
Vidisha hails from Uttar ...
.
Career
Srivastava made her debut in 2012 in
B. Jaya
B. Jaya (11 January 1964 – 30 August 2018) was an Indian film director who worked in Telugu cinema.
Early life
Jaya completed an MA in English literature and received a diploma in journalism at Chennai University. She also received ...
's ''
Lovely'' while she was still studying. In her second Telugu film ''
Adda'' she was seen as a fashion designing student and her performance was well received by critics.
The Times of India wrote, "In the lengthy role that she has, Shanvi gets all her expressions right". She was then signed by
Ram Gopal Varma to play a brief role as
Vishnu Manchu
Manchu Vishnu Vardhan Babu (born 23 November 1982) is an Indian actor and producer known for his works in Telugu cinema and television. Manchu had a brief stint as a child artist with the 1985 film ''Ragile Gundelu''. Years later, he starred in ...
's romantic interest in his Telugu political drama ''
Rowdy''.
In 2014, she made her Kannada debut with the horror comedy film ''Chandralekha'' and received positive reviews for her performance. In 2015, she won the South Indian International Movie Awards and was also nominated for a
Filmfare Award for Best Actress - Kannada
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for
Masterpiece (2015 film)
''Masterpiece'' is a 2015 Indian Kannada-language action film written and directed by Manju Mandavya. This film was released on 24 December 2015, starring Yash (actor), Yash and Shanvi Srivastava in the lead roles, it also features Suhasini Mani ...
directed by Manju Mandavya. She was also nominated for the Filmfare Best Actress Kannada and won the SIIMA Award for Best Actor in lead role (Female)- Kannada for the movie ''
Tarak''.
Srivastava made her international debut in the Chinese drama serie
夜天子(''Ye Tian Zi'', The Dark Lord) in 2018, making the selection over the initial choice of
Sunny Leone. She learned Chinese for the role.
In 2019, Srivastava had two releases - ''
Avane Srimannarayana'' and ''
Geetha'' which was her first Kannada voice dubbed film.
Media
Srivastava was ranked in
The Times Most Desirable Women at No. 20 in 2019.
Filmography
Awards
References
External links
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Living people
Actresses in Telugu cinema
Actresses in Kannada cinema
21st-century Indian actresses
Indian film actresses
Actresses from Uttar Pradesh
1992 births
Actresses in Malayalam cinema