Shraddha Rama Srinath known Professionally as Shraddha Srinath (born 29 September 1990) is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Tamil,

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films. She debuted with the

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'' and gained wide acclaim for her role in the Kannada psychological thriller '' U Turn'' (2016) for which she won the

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and also for her performances in ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Nerkonda Paarvai'' and '' Operation Alamelamma''. For the latter, she won Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress – South award. She won the Zee Cine Awards Telugu for Best Find of the Year - Female in 2020 for her role in ''Jersey''.

Early life and education

Shraddha was born on 29 September 1990 in the town of Udhampur, Jammu & Kashmir. Her father was an officer in the Kumaon Regiment of the

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and her mother was a school teacher. Kannada is her mother tongue. She was raised all over India and lived in the towns of

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(Madhya Pradesh), Dharchula (Uttarakhand) Belagavi (Karnataka),

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(Assam), and

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(Telangana). After graduating from 12th from Army School Secunderabad, she moved to

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to study law at the Bangalore Institute of Legal Studies.

Career

After graduating from law school, she started working as a real estate lawyer with a Bangalore-based real estate company and then moved to a French retail company as the real estate legal advisor. However, along with her full-time corporate job, she continued to act in plays and also appeared in several advertisements. She was called to play the second female lead in the Malayalam film called ''

'', directed by Vinay Govind, which released in September 2015. Her Kannada debut happened in May 2016 with '' U Turn'' which was directed by Pawan Kumar which premiered at the

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and then subsequently released in India and worldwide. Srinath received critical acclaim for this movie and received the Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada. Shraddha's 2017 releases are ''

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'' opposite Madhavan. In '' Richie'' she paired opposite

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, directed by Gautham Ramachandran. She started to get more offers in South Cinema Industry. She had appeared only in a song of '' The Villain'', along with

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debut with Ali Fazal in '' Milan Talkies'', which is directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia. After ''Milan Talkies'', her next release of the year was her

debut opposite Nani in the sports drama ''

''. The Times of India newspaper wrote that "Shraddha Srinath makes an impressive Telugu debut, as a woman who's head-over-heels in love with her husband, but is still not someone who will agree to put up with his carelessness." Her next release of the year was her Tamil movie ''K-13'', where she is paired opposite Arulnithi. Her next release of the year was her Kannada movie '' Rustum'', where she is paired opposite Shiva Rajkumar. Her next after ''Rustum'' was '' Nerkonda Paarvai'', the Tamil remake of

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'', with Ajith. Her next release of the year was '' Jodi'', where she is paired opposite

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. In 2021 her releases were

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'' and ''Chakra''. In 2022, her first release was

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''.

Upcoming projects

As of March 2020, She is filming for ''Godhra'' and Rishabh Shetty's ''Rudraprayaga'' and she also shooting for Anup Bhandari's ''Vikrant Rona''. In Telugu she has completed shooting for Ravikanth Perepu's '' Krishna and His Leela''.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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