Shriya Saran Hot Photos, Shriya Saran Complete Biography, Shriya Saran Birth date
Date of Birth
11 September 1982,
Ranipur, India
Birth Name
Shriya Pushpendra
Saran
Height
5' 6" (1.68 m)
The beautiful Saran
lady has worked extensively in regional films. Within a brief period, she has
created a niche for herself pocketing role opposite the legendary Rajnikaant in
Sivaji: The Boss (2007), one of the highest grossing Tamil movies. Debuting with
the Telugu film, Ishtam (2001) her first box office success came with Santosham
(2002). She continued working in south Indian film industry shifting between
Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films. She also worked in quite a few Hindi films;
notable ones are Tujhe Meri Kasam (2003), Awaarapan (2007), and Mission
Istanbul (2008). Saran worked in the English film, The Other End of the Line
(2008) along with Jesse Metcalfe, where her performance was critically
applauded. She starred as Tannu in her second English venture, ‘Cooking with
Stella’ (2010). An attractive actress, Saran has managed to bag and
promote Fair &Lovely, Pond’s cream, Head & Shoulders, Coca Cola, Mc
Vitie’s and as Ta Lux advertisements. She has her hands full with numerous
upcoming projects from different spheres. She has completed Deepa Mehta’s
Midnight’s Children which is due for release later this year. She will appear
in a special appearance in Zilla Ghaziabad and also starting off in an untitled
Hindi film alongside Jimmy Shergill. Down south, she has Telugu film; Life is
Beautiful, Chandra (Tamil, Kannada) and Ravana Brahma (Telugu) lined up for
release.
Saran an English
literature graduate is involved with many NGOs and works actively on social
fronts. She has even opened a Spa employing visually challenged persons.
Shriya Saran also known
by the mononym Shriya, is an Indian film actress, model and presenter. She has
worked in mulitple of the regional industries of Indian cinema, including
Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu language films, as well as a few films in English,
Malayalam and Kannada. Saran made her film debut in 2001 with Ishtam and had
her first commercial success with the Telugu film Santhosham (2002).She would
subsequently appear in several Telugu films, while making in-roads in the Hindi
and Tamil film industries. In 2007, Saran starred in Sivaji: The Boss, the
highest grossing Tamil film at that time.Her following projects include such
Tamil films as Azhagiya Tamil Magan (2007) and Kanthaswamy (2009), as well as
high-budget Hindi productions like Mission Istanbul (2008), her roles in which
have established her as one of the leading actresses in the South Indian film
industry.In 2008, Saran played the lead role in the American-Indian
co-production The Other End of the Line. Apart from her work in films, Saran
has been the brand ambassador for several stores across India, endorsing beauty
and health products. Among other activities, she has taken part in a number of
charity organisations, and has recently opened a spa employing visually
challenged people.
In 2007, Saran starred
in Sivaji, the highest grossing Tamil film at that time. She also gained
critical acclaim for her role in the 2007 Bollywood film Awarapan. In 2008,
Saran played the lead role in her first English film, the American-Indian
co-production The Other End of the Line. Her following projects included
popular films such as Kanthaswamy (2009) in Tamil, and Pokkiri Raja (2010) in
Malayalam, her roles in which have established her as one of the leading
actresses in the South Indian film industries.
Apart from her work in
films, Saran has been the brand ambassador for several stores across India,
endorsing beauty and health products. Among other activities, she has
volunteered for a number of charity organisations, and in 2011 opened a spa
employing visually challenged people.
Shriya Saran was born
in the Dehradun / Haridwar region of Uttarakhand in Northern India to
Pushpendra Saran and Neeraja Saran. Her father worked for Bharat Heavy
Electricals Limited and her mother was a chemistry teacher in Delhi Public
School, Ranipur in Haridwar and Delhi Public School, Mathura Road, New Delhi.
Saran completed her schooling from both schools where her mother had taught.
Her family lived in the small town of BHEL colony in Haridwar when she was
growing up. She later studied at Lady Shri Ram College in Delhi and received a
Bachelor of Arts degree in literature. Saran is an accomplished dancer. She was
first trained as a child by her mother in Kathak and Rajasthani folk dance, and
later trained in Kathak style by Shovana Narayan. She was involved with many
dance teams in college and with her teacher. They would incorporate social
issues into their dance routines. She has an older brother named Abhiroop who
lives in Mumbai.
While in her sophomore
year at the LSR College in Delhi, Saran got her first opportunity to appear in
front of the camera for a video shoot. Following her dance teacher's
recommendation, she was invited to appear in the music video of Renoo Nathan's
"Thirakti Kyun Hawa". Shot in Banaras, the video was seen by Ramoji
Films who offered her the lead role of Neha in their film Ishtam.Saran accepted
the part, and even before it was released she was signed to four more films,
including Nuvve Nuvve, in which she played a millionaire's daughter who falls
for a middle class man. In 2002, she starred in Santosham, co-starring
Nagarjuna, Prabhu Deva and Gracy Singh, which was her first commercial success.
The film took the Nandi Award for Best Feature Film and Filmfare Best Film Award
(Telugu). Saran played a girl who lets someone she loves go with another, but
wins him back later in life. For her performance, she earned a nomination for
the CineMAA Award for Best Actor- Female, giving her a good foothold in the
Telugu industry in the early part of her career.
In 2003, Saran acted a
supporting role in her first Hindi film, Tujhe Meri Kasam, starring debutants
Ritesh Deshmukh and Genelia D'Souza in leading roles. She also performed the
lead female role in several Telugu films including Tagore, which was screened
at the International Indian Film Academy Awards, and was a commercial
success.She followed it with her Tamil film debut in Enakku 20 Unakku 18,
alongside Tarun and Trisha Krishnan,which was simultaneously shot in Telugu as
Nee Manasu Naaku Telusu, in which she played a football coach. Though she acted
in films in three languages that year, overall eight of the first ten films of
her career were in Telugu.
