Shraddha Srinath

Shraddha Srinath is an Indian film actress who predominantly appears in Kannada, Tamil and Telugu films.[1] She gained wide acclaim for her role in the Kannada psychological thriller U Turn (2016) for which she won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress[2] and also for her performances in Jersey, Urvi, Vikram Vedha, Nerkonda Paarvai and Operation Alamelamma. For the latter, she won Filmfare Award for Best Actress (Critics) – Kannada award. She won the Zee Cine Award Telugu 2020 as the Best find of the year - female.

In this Indian name, the name Srinath is a patronymic, not a family name, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Shraddha.
Shraddha Srinath
Born (1990-09-29) 29 September 1990
Udhampur, Jammu & Kashmir, India
NationalityIndian
Alma materBangalore Institute of Legal Studies
OccupationActress, model, lawyer
Years active2015–present
Notable work
U Turn
Operation Alamelamma
Vikram Vedha
Jersey
Rustum
Nerkonda Paarvai

Early life and education

Shraddha[3] was born in the Command Hospital in the town of Udhampur, Jammu & Kashmir. Her father was an officer in the Kumaon Regiment of the Indian Army and her mother was a school teacher. Her family hails from Karnataka, and their mother tongue is Kannada. She was raised all over India and lived in the towns of Suratgarh (Rajasthan), Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh), Dharchula (Uttarakhand) Belgaum (Karnataka), Silchar (Assam), and Secunderabad (Telangana). After graduating from 12th from Army School Secunderabad, she moved to Bangalore 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 Kohinoor, directed by Vinay Govind, which released in September 2015.[4] Her Kannada debut happened in May 2016 with U Turn which was directed by Pawan Kumar which premiered at the New York Indian Film Festival and then subsequently released in India and worldwide.[5] Srinath received critical acclaim for this movie, and received the coveted Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada.

Shraddha's 2017 releases are Urvi, directed by B. S. Pradeep Varma and Operation Alamelamma, directed by Simple Suni.[6] She debuted in the Tamil industry by doing a small role in Mani Ratnam's Katru Veliydai. Later she played the female lead in R. Kannan's movie Ivan Thanthiran opposite Gautham Karthik and R. J. Balaji in the lead. She even played the female lead in Pushkar Gayatri's movie Vikram Vedha[7] opposite Madhavan and Vijay Sethupathi. In Richie she plays the lead opposite Nivin Pauly, directed by Gautham Ramachandran.

After acting in movies like U Turn, Operation Almelamma, Richie and Vikram Vedha, she started to get more offers in South Cinema Industry. She had appeared only in a song of The Villain, along with Shiva Rajkumar.

In 2019, her first release was her Bollywood debut with Ali Fazal in Milan Talkies,[8] which is directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia. After Milan Talkies, her next release of the year is her Telugu debut opposite Nani in the sports drama Jersey.[9] 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 is her Tamil movie K-13,[10] where she is paired opposite Arulnithi. Her next release of the year is her Kannada movie Rustum,[11] where she is paired opposite Shiva Rajkumar. Her next after Rustum is Nerkonda Paarvai, the Tamil remake of Hindi movie Pink, with Ajith.[12] Her next release of the year is Jodi,[13] where she is paired opposite Aadi Saikumar.

Upcoming projects

As of March 2020,[14] in Kannada she was shooting for Godhra[15][16] with Ninasam Satish and Rishabh Shetty's Rudraprayaga[17] opposite Anath Nag and she also shooting for Anup Bhandari's Phantom where she is paired opposite Sudeep[18]. In Tamil she was shooting Chakra, where she will be paired alongside Vishal[19] and Maara opposite Madhavan. In Telugu she has completed shooting for Ravikanth Perepu's Krishna And His Leela, which was produced by Rana Daggubati, where she is paired opposite Sidhu Jonnalagadda and also stars Seerat Kapoor and Shalini Vadnikatti in the parallel lead roles.[20]

Filmography
Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearTitleRoleLanguageNotes
2015 Kohinoor Nancy MalayalamMalayalam debut
2016 U Turn Rachana KannadaKannada debut
Mungaru Male 2 Doctor KannadaCameo appearance
2017 Urvi Suzie Kannada
Kaatru Veliyidai Girija Kapoor TamilCameo appearance
Ivan Thanthiran Asha TamilTamil debut
Vikram Vedha Priya Tamil
Richie Megha Tamil
Operation Alamelamma Ananya Kannada
2018 The Villain Herself KannadaSpecial appearance
2019 Milan Talkies Maithili/ Janat Kumari Hindi Hindi debut
Jersey Sarah Telugu Telugu debut
K- 13 Malarvizhi Tamil
Rustum Anjana a.k.a Anju Kannada [21]
Nerkonda Paarvai Meera Krishnan Tamil
Jodi Kanchana Mala Telugu
2020 Krishna and His Leela Sathyabhama Telugu Netflix film[22][23]
Godhra Nitya Kannada Post-production[24][25]
Chakra ACP Gayathri Tamil Post-production[26][27]
2021 Phantom TBA Kannada Filming[28]
Rudraprayaga TBA Kannada Filming[29][30]
Maara TBA Tamil Post-production[31]

Awards and nominations
Shraddha Srinath awards and nominations
Totals[lower-alpha 1]
Wins5
Nominations12
Note
  1. Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They recognize several different recipients, have runners-up and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.
Year Film Award Category Result Ref.
2017 U -Turn 64th Filmfare Awards South Best Actress – Kannada Won [32]
6th South Indian International Movie Awards Best Actress – Kannada Won [33]
2nd IIFA Utsavam Best Actress – Kannada Nominated [34]
2018 Operation Alamelamma 65th Filmfare Awards South Best Actress – Kannada Nominated [35]
Critics Award for Best Actor – Kannada Won [36]
Love Lavike Readers Chioce Award Best Actress Nominated [37]
TSR – TV9 National Film Awards Best Actress – Kannada Nominated [38]
7th South Indian International Movie Awards Best Actress – Kannada Nominated [39]
Vikram Vedha Best Debutant Actress – Tamil Nominated [40]
10th Vijay Awards Best Actress Nominated [41]
2020 Rustum Filmibeat Awards Best Actress - Kannada Nominated [42]
Nerkonda Paarvai Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards Best Actress Nominated [43]
JFW Movie Awards Best Actress(Critics choice lead role) Won [44]
Critics' Choice Film Awards Best Actor Female – Tamil Nominated [45]
Jersey Best Actor Female – Telugu Nominated
Zee Cine Awards Telugu Best Actress Nominated [46]
Best Find of the Year - Female Won

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  15. "ಕರ್ನೂಲಿನಲ್ಲಿ ನೀನಾಸಂ ಸತೀಶ್, ಶ್ರದ್ಧಾ ಜೋಡಿ". Vijaya Karnataka (in Kannada). 16 May 2019. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
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