Shreya Saran Bio Data

Shriya Saran,(born 11th September 1982) is an actress in the Tamil and Telugu film industries. She is known for her glamorous and beautiful roles in movies.

Early life
Shriya Saran was born as second child to Neeranja and Pushpendra Saran. She was brought up in Ranipur, a small town in north India, a few miles from the holy city of Haridwar. She has an elder brother Abhiroop, who recently got married. She has completed her schooling from DPS (Delhi Public School). She has done B.A. (Literature) from Lady Sri Ram College(LSR). She has a serious interest in classical dancing, and is an accomplished Kathak dancer. She started her career as an aspiring model. This led to roles in advertisements and music albums.

Film career
Shriya started her movie acting career with the Telugu film Ishtam (2001), produced by Usha Kiran Movies. This first film didn't fare too well at the box office, but she was noticed by many Telugu producers and directors. Soon she signed for Nagarjuna's Santosham (2002), which was a major hit and she didn't have to turn back since then. She was among the top divas of Tollywood. Her later movies, such as Nuvve Nuvve and Bhageeratha, earned her many accolades. She had one of the biggest hits in her career with Chatrapati opposite Prabhas.
She made her Tamil movie debut in Enakku 20 Unakku 18 (2003), casted along with Telugu actor Tharun, Trisha Krishnan. The film was an average hit at box-office, but it was more importantly a musical hit due to music composed by A. R. Rahman. She had plenty of glamorous roles lined up for her in Tamil, but instead continued with Tollywood for a year. She has made her comeback in Kollywood through the film Mazhai with Jayam Ravi. The movie did well at the box-office. She beat other top actresses for the much coveted role with Rajinikanth in Shankar's Sivaji: The Boss. She was supposed to act with Kamal Haasan

in Dasavatharam. She has recently turned down offers of acting with the likes of Vijay and Vikram as she was bound to the agreement signed for Sivaji: The Boss.
She has signed up with Vishesh Films by Mahesh Bhatt and Mukesh Bhatt to act in Awarapan. The director of the film is Mohit Suri of "Woh Lamhe" and "Zeher" fame, is one of the most sought after directors in the recent times.

Filmogaraphy
Tamil Movies
2007 - Billa (Pre-Production) 2007 - Azhagiya Tamil Magan (In Production) 2007 - Sivaji: The Boss (In Production) 2006 - Thiruvilayadal 2005 - Mazhai 2003 - Enakku 20 Unakku 18 Telugu Movies
2006 - Munna (Item number) 2006 - Boss 2006 - Game 2006 - Devadasu 2005 - Naa Alludu 2005 - Sadaa Mee Sevalo 2005 - Subhash Chandra Bose 2005 - Mogudu Pellam O Dongodu 2005 - Chatrapathi 2005 - Bhageeradha 2004 - Soggaadu 2004 - Arjun 2004 - Nenunnanu 2004 - Balu ABCDEFG 2003 - Nuvve Nuvve 2003 - Neeku Nenu Naaku Nuvvu 2003 - Ela Cheppanu 2003 - Tagore 2003 - Nee Manasu Naaku Telusu 2002 - Santosham 2002 - Chennekeshava Reddy 2001 - Ishtam Hindi Movies
2004 - Shukriya 2004 - Thoda Tum Badlo Thoda Hum