Shriya Saran:
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 (born 11 September 1982), also known by the mononym Shriya, is an Indian
film actress and model. She has worked in several of the regional industries of
Indian cinema, having acted in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi language
films, as well as a few films in English and Kannada. Saran made her film debut
in 2001 with the Telugu film Ishtam, and had her first commercial success with
Santhosham (2002). She subsequently appeared in several more 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. 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.