Shraddha Srinath is an Indian film actress who predominantly appears in Kannada and Tamil films. She has also appeared in a number of Telugu, Hindi, and Malayalam films. 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 and also for her performances in Urvi, Vikram Vedha, and Operation Alamelamma. For the latter, she won Filmfare Award for Best Actress (Critics) – Kannada award.
Shraddha Srinath 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. 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 RK Puram in Secunderabad, she moved to Bangalore to study Law at the Bangalore Institute of Legal Studies.
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Shraddha Srinath Net Worth
According to Woodgram, famous Movie Actress Shraddha Srinath’s net worth is $15 Million at the age of 33 years old.
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Shraddha Srinath In Kohinoor
As an army child, Shraddha Srinath lived in seven cities and changed nine schools, before finally settling down in Bengaluru in 2008. With such a perambulant childhood, it doesn’t come as a surprise that the 33-year-old is one of the most outspoken and outgoing actors in the South Indian film industry today.
Even Shraddha’s choice of roles reflects her extroverted personality. From playing a journalist in U-Turn, an adamant and bold student in Kaatru Veliyidai, and a strong-headed woman in Operation Alamelamma, to a lawyer in Vikram Vedha, Shraddha, a qualified lawyer in real life, is making strong strides, consolidating her position as one of the most astute actors in South India.
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 a real estate legal advisor. However, along with her full-time corporate job, she continued to act in plays and also appeared in several advertisements.
Kannada Debut and Breakthrough ( 2016 )
In January 2015, she was called to audition for the role of the female lead in a Kannada film for which she eventually got selected. That film, however, did not take off. Soon enough, after being spotted in a digital commercial, she was called to play the second female lead in the Malayalam film called Kohinoor, directed by Vinay Govind, which was released in September 2015, thus making her silver screen debut. Her grand Kannada debut happened in May 2016 with U-Turn which was directed by Pawan Kumar.
Kannada Recognition and Tamil debut (2017)
Shraddha’s 2017 releases are Urvi directed by B.S. Pradeep Varma, Operation Alamelamma directed by Simple Suni. 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 RJ Balaji in the lead.
She even played the female lead Pushkar Gayatri’s movie Vikram Vedha opposite Madhavan and Vijay Sethupathi which gained her huge critical acclamation in the Tamil industry. Richie, here she plays the lead opposite Nivin Pauly directed by Gautham Ramachandran. She has also played a cameo role in Mani Ratnam movie titled Kaatru Veliyidai.
Fame, South Indian Actress ( 2018 )
After acting in movies like U-Turn, Operation Almelamma, Richie, and Vikram Vedha she started to get more offers in South Cinema Industry as well as she became one of the top heroines in the south less period of time.
In 2018 she had signed a huge number of projects but not even one was released. She had appeared only in a song of The Villain movie along with Shivarajkumar.
Bollywood Debut, Telugu Debut, and success continues (2019 – Present)
In 2019, her first release was her Bollywood debut movie with Ali Fazal in Milan Talkies which is directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia. Though the movie did not do well at the box office Shraddha gained a huge appreciation for her performance as Maithili in the movie. The critics told that “Shraddha’s performance has Maithili is realistic and she has done a powerful character in her first Bollywood venture”.
After Milan Talkies her next release of the year is her Telugu debut movie opposite Nani in the sports drama Jersey. The movie became one of the biggest blockbusters of the year. Both the critics and the audience praised Shraddha’s acting in the movie. 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 where she is paired opposite Arulnithi.
Upcoming Projects
In Kannada, she is currently shooting for two movies named Godhra with Ninasam Satish and Rustum with Shiva Rajkumar. In Tamil, she is currently shooting Irumbu Thirai 2 where she will be paired alongside Vishal and she also acts in Nerkonda Paarvai Tamil’s remake of the Hindi movie Pink with Ajith. In Telugu, she is currently shooting for Jodi where she is paired opposite Aadi Saikumar.
Shraddha Srinath Filmography
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Some Known Facts About Shraddha Srinath
- Does Shraddha Srinath smoke?: Not Known
- Does Shraddha Srinath drink alcohol?: Not Known
- Shraddha belongs to a Kannada-speaking Brahmin family.
- Her father is an officer in the Kumaon Regiment of the Indian Army, and her mother is a school teacher.
- After completing her LLB, she worked as a real estate lawyer at a reputed real estate company in Bangalore, and then, shifted to a French retail company as the real estate legal advisor. Shraddha Srinath
- During her job in the corporate sector, she acted in different plays like ‘A Box of Shorts,’ ‘Vagina Monologues’, ‘Take it or leave it and also appeared in some advertisements.
- In January 2015, during an audition for a Kannada film, she was selected as a lead actress.
- According to some sources, her performance in the movie ‘U-Turn’ (2016), is her best performance in comparison to her other films, and she also won the ‘Filmfare’ Award for ‘Best Actress for this movie.
- She has played the cameo role in the Tamil movie ‘Kaatru Veliyidai’ (director- Mani Ratnam), and in a Kannada film ‘Mungaru Male 2’ directed by Shashank.
- Shraddha has also performed in a Hindi movie- ‘Milan Talkies.’
- She has worked with famous theatre troupes such as Playtonik, Barking Dog, and Jugaad Co. productions.
- Shraddha is also a Legal Advisor at Decathlon Sports India in Bengaluru.
