Shreya Reddy
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Sriya Reddy is an Indian film actress, anchor
and VJ. Born to former Indian test cricketer Bharath Reddy
, Sriya worked as successful VJ at SS Music
, before pursuing an acting career as well. Following her debut in Samurai (2002), she appeared in nearly a dozen Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films, with Black
, Thimiru
and Kanchivaram probably being her best known projects.
, a former Test cricketer and wicket keeper. She did her schooling at Good Shepherd Convent, Chennai
and went on to study at Ethiraj College for Women
, Chennai. When she was a child, cricketers Ravi Shastri
and Sandeep Patil
visited their home and complimented her good voice. During school, she received modelling offers, but had to decline them, since her father wanted her to finish her education first. When she was offered an audition for the leading music channel Southern Spice Music
, she was able to convince her father that she would do both study and be a VJ.
's directorial debut, Samurai, in which she essayed a supporting character alongside Vikram
. Her maiden Telugu release, Appudappudu failed at the box office, following which she did not work in films for over a year. Her next release was in 2004, when she debuted in Malayalam with the Mammootty
-starrer Black
. She played the role of a young Tamil village woman who comes to town in search of her missing husband, carrying a "thoroughly de-glamourised look" in the film, totally contrary to her real-life look, with director Renjith
, on his decision to cast her for the role, citing that she had a "very Dravidian face". Sriya considered this film as her highest point of career for having acted alongside legendary Malayalam actor Mammootty. Later that year she also starred in an English film named 19 Revolutions, directed by Chicago-based Shridhar Reddy, which featured Sriya as a rich girl who wants to rob her father and did "very well in the US", according to Sriya.
In 2005, she had a single release, the Malayalam action film Bharathchandran I.P.S.
, which was very successful at the box office. Her performance as an IPS police officer gained positive remarks, with critics comparing her to Vijayashanti
. 2006 she had four film releases, with her two Tamil films gaining most fame. The action flick, Thimiru
, directed by Tarun Gopi
and starring Vishal Krishna
, her later brother-in-law, portrayed Sriya as a rustic, loud woman with negative shades, with her performance being widely critically acclaimed. In the other Tamil release, the S. Shankar
-produced drama film Veyil
that marked the directorial debut of Vasanthabalan
, Sriya was part of an ensemble cast
featuring Bharath
, Pasupathy
, Bhavana and Priyanka Nair
. The film opened to rave reviews and became acknowledged with several noted film awards, including the National Film Award and two Filmfare Awards
. She appeared in a pivotal role in Priyadarshan
's art film Kanchivaram, which, too, became highly acclaimed and was honoured with the National Film Award, while Sriya received nominations for the Filmfare Award
and the Vijay Award
. Kanchivaram remains Sriya's most recent release, since she quit acting after completing shooting for the film and getting married.
on 9 March 2008 at Park Sheraton hotel in Chennai
. Vikram Krishna
is the son of veteran film producer G. K. Reddy and brother of actor Vishal Krishna
and had starred in a couple of Tamil films, before turning full-time film producer, primarily producing films featuring his brother Vishal in the lead role under his GK Films Corporation. Sriya since has been co-producing films with Vikram Krishna
.
She tweeted that she gave birth to a daughter in October 2011.
Anchor
An anchor is a device, normally made of metal, that is used to connect a vessel to the bed of a body of water to prevent the vessel from drifting due to wind or current. The word derives from Latin ancora, which itself comes from the Greek ἄγκυρα .Anchors can either be temporary or permanent...
and VJ. Born to former Indian test cricketer Bharath Reddy
Bharath Reddy
Bharath Reddy is a former Indian cricketer.-Career:Reddy played in 4 Tests and 3 ODIs from 1978 to 1981. A wicket-keeper from Nalgonda, Reddy was not a regular player for India due to the presence of Syed Kirmani....
, Sriya worked as successful VJ at SS Music
SS Music
SS Music or the Southern Spice Music channel is a music channel based in Chennai, India. It is a multilingual English medium channel and mainly airs Western Pop and music from Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada, though sometimes Bollywood songs are played.Several of SS Music's VJs have been...
, before pursuing an acting career as well. Following her debut in Samurai (2002), she appeared in nearly a dozen Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films, with Black
Black (2004 film)
Black: The Man From Darkness is a 2004 Malayalam action thriller film made in India, written and directed by Ranjith, and produced by Lal. It deals with the underworld operations in Kochi, India. Mammootty plays the role of Karikkamuri Shanmugham, who is a hit man and a contract killer. The film...
, Thimiru
Thimiru
Thimiru is a 2006 Indian Tamil action film written and directed by debutant Tarun Gopi. The film stars Vishal Krishna, Reema Sen and Sriya Reddy in lead and former football player I. M. Vijayan, Manoj K. Jayan and Vadivelu in supporting roles, whilst Kiran Rathod appears in an item number. The...
and Kanchivaram probably being her best known projects.
Early life
Sriya was born to Bharath ReddyBharath Reddy
Bharath Reddy is a former Indian cricketer.-Career:Reddy played in 4 Tests and 3 ODIs from 1978 to 1981. A wicket-keeper from Nalgonda, Reddy was not a regular player for India due to the presence of Syed Kirmani....
, a former Test cricketer and wicket keeper. She did her schooling at Good Shepherd Convent, Chennai
Good Shepherd Convent, Chennai
Good Shepherd Convent is an English-medium high school in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.-History:It was established in 1925 in India, the roots of the convent grew as early as in 1835 in France when Sister Mary Euphrasia, sowed the seeds for the growth of the institution which has now become one of...
and went on to study at Ethiraj College for Women
Ethiraj College for Women
Ethiraj College for Women is a degree-granting college for women in Chennai, India. It was founded in 1948 by V. L. Ethiraj.-Founder:In 1948 the philanthropy of a single individual, Thiru. V. L. Ethiraj, financed the college. Ethiraj graduated from Presidency College, Chennai...
, Chennai. When she was a child, cricketers Ravi Shastri
Ravi Shastri
Ravishankar Jayadritha Shastri is a former Indian cricketer and captain. He was an all–rounder who batted right-handed and bowled left arm spin. His international career started when he was 18 years old and lasted for 12 years...
and Sandeep Patil
Sandeep Patil
Sandeep Madhusudan Patil is a former Indian cricketer, Indian national age group cricket manager and former Kenya national team coach, who made the minnows reach the semi-final of the 2003 World Cup. He was a hard-hitting middle order batsman and an occasional medium pace bowler...
visited their home and complimented her good voice. During school, she received modelling offers, but had to decline them, since her father wanted her to finish her education first. When she was offered an audition for the leading music channel Southern Spice Music
SS Music
SS Music or the Southern Spice Music channel is a music channel based in Chennai, India. It is a multilingual English medium channel and mainly airs Western Pop and music from Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada, though sometimes Bollywood songs are played.Several of SS Music's VJs have been...
, she was able to convince her father that she would do both study and be a VJ.
Career
Sriya, after winning the VJ hunt by SS Music, started hosting shows like Connect and Phonetastic. However, she cited she needed five auditions before being selected. She became highly popular as 'VJ Sriya' on SS music, becoming familiar among young viewers. She then accepted her first acting assignment for a Telugu film, in spite of her parents' aversion to her acting in films, citing that she signed the contract when her father was asleep. Her debut release, however, happened to be Balaji SakthivelBalaji Sakthivel
Balaji Sakthivel is a prominent Tamil film director, best known for directing the 2004 film, Kaadhal.-Career:Balaji Sakthivel began as an assistant director under popular director S. Shankar. In 2002, he directed his first film, Samurai for Vikram - however despite receiving positive reviews, did...
's directorial debut, Samurai, in which she essayed a supporting character alongside Vikram
Vikram (actor)
Vikram is an Indian film actor who has predominantly appeared in Tamil language films. During his years in the Indian film industry, he has won five Filmfare Awards as well as one National Film Award and Tamil Nadu State Film Award amongst other recognitions and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate...
. Her maiden Telugu release, Appudappudu failed at the box office, following which she did not work in films for over a year. Her next release was in 2004, when she debuted in Malayalam with the Mammootty
Mammootty
Mammootty is an Indian film actor and producer who works mainly in Malayalam cinema. He has also acted in a few Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, and Kannada films. During a career spanning more than three decades, he has acted in more than 360 films, and is only next to Prem Nazir in the number of lead roles...
-starrer Black
Black (2004 film)
Black: The Man From Darkness is a 2004 Malayalam action thriller film made in India, written and directed by Ranjith, and produced by Lal. It deals with the underworld operations in Kochi, India. Mammootty plays the role of Karikkamuri Shanmugham, who is a hit man and a contract killer. The film...
. She played the role of a young Tamil village woman who comes to town in search of her missing husband, carrying a "thoroughly de-glamourised look" in the film, totally contrary to her real-life look, with director Renjith
Renjith
Ranjith is an Indian screen writer, director, producer and occasional actor who works in Malayalam cinema.In his career spanning over two decades, he has scripted several high-grossing films including Devaasuram , Aaraam Thampuran , Summer in Bethlehem , and Narasimham .In the year 2001, Ranjith...
, on his decision to cast her for the role, citing that she had a "very Dravidian face". Sriya considered this film as her highest point of career for having acted alongside legendary Malayalam actor Mammootty. Later that year she also starred in an English film named 19 Revolutions, directed by Chicago-based Shridhar Reddy, which featured Sriya as a rich girl who wants to rob her father and did "very well in the US", according to Sriya.
In 2005, she had a single release, the Malayalam action film Bharathchandran I.P.S.
Bharathchandran I.P.S.
Bharathchandran I.P.S is a 2005 action-thriller Malayalam movie directed by Ranji Panicker, starring Suresh Gopi, Saikumar, Rajan P. Dev, Mamukkoya, Shreya Reddy, Lalu Alex etc...
, which was very successful at the box office. Her performance as an IPS police officer gained positive remarks, with critics comparing her to Vijayashanti
Vijayashanti
Vijayashanti is an Indian film actress and a politician from Andhra Pradesh. She has acted in over 185 movies in seven languages including Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi. She was born in Anaparti, India on 24 June 1966. She is credited as "The Lady Superstar" of South Indian cinema...
. 2006 she had four film releases, with her two Tamil films gaining most fame. The action flick, Thimiru
Thimiru
Thimiru is a 2006 Indian Tamil action film written and directed by debutant Tarun Gopi. The film stars Vishal Krishna, Reema Sen and Sriya Reddy in lead and former football player I. M. Vijayan, Manoj K. Jayan and Vadivelu in supporting roles, whilst Kiran Rathod appears in an item number. The...
, directed by Tarun Gopi
Tarun Gopi
Tarun Gopi is a Tamil film director and actor. His first film as director was Thimiru .-Directing credits:-Acting credits:- External links :...
and starring Vishal Krishna
Vishal Krishna
Vishal Krishna is an Indian film actor who has appeared in primarily Tamil cinema. Often starring in his home productions, Vishal became an actor after a stint as an assistant director in films....
, her later brother-in-law, portrayed Sriya as a rustic, loud woman with negative shades, with her performance being widely critically acclaimed. In the other Tamil release, the S. Shankar
S. Shankar
Shankar is an Indian film director and producer who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. He made his directional debut in Gentleman for which he was awarded the Filmfare Best Director Award...
-produced drama film Veyil
Veyil
Veyil is a 2006 Tamil-language film directed by Vasanthabalan. Bharath and Pasupathy are the heroes where Bhavana, Priyanka and Sriya Reddy plays the female leads.-Plot:...
that marked the directorial debut of Vasanthabalan
Vasanthabalan
-Career:The director began his career with Album, which failed at the box-office. His second film, produced by the prestigious S Pictures company, Veyil became a blockbuster and was shown as the Indian representative at Cannes in 2007...
, Sriya was part of an ensemble cast
Ensemble cast
An ensemble cast is made up of cast members in which the principal actors and performers are assigned roughly equal amounts of importance and screen time in a dramatic production. This kind of casting became more popular in television series because it allows flexibility for writers to focus on...
featuring Bharath
Bharath
Bharath is an Indian actor, who appears in Tamil films. He is probably best known for his critically acclaimed performances in Kaadhal, Pattiyal, Veyil and Kanden Kadhalai.-Early life:...
, Pasupathy
Pasupathy
Pasupathy is an Indian film actor. He has appeared in several critically acclaimed roles in many noted Tamil films, essaying supporting, antagonistic, comedic as well as protagonistic roles.-Early life and career:...
, Bhavana and Priyanka Nair
Priyanka Nair
Priyanka Nair is an Indian model-turned-actress who works mainly in Malayalam-language films. She made her début in the Tamil film Veyyil in 2006.- Education :...
. The film opened to rave reviews and became acknowledged with several noted film awards, including the National Film Award and two Filmfare Awards
Filmfare Awards South
Filmfare Awards South is the South Indian segment of the annual Filmfare Awards, presented by The Times Group to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the South Indian film industry. The awards are separately given for Kannada, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films...
. She appeared in a pivotal role in Priyadarshan
Priyadarshan
Priyadarshan is an Indian film director, producer, and screenwriter. In a career spanning over two decades, Priyadarshan has directed over 80 films in several Indian languages including Malayalam, Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu...
's art film Kanchivaram, which, too, became highly acclaimed and was honoured with the National Film Award, while Sriya received nominations for the Filmfare Award
Filmfare Best Actress Award (Tamil)
The Filmfare Best Actress Award is given by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards South for Tamil films. The Award was first given in 1953...
and the Vijay Award
Vijay Award for Best Supporting Actress
The Vijay for Best Supporting Actress is given by STAR Vijay as part of its annual Vijay Awards ceremony for Tamil films.-The list:Here is a list of the award winners and the films for which they won.-Nominations:...
. Kanchivaram remains Sriya's most recent release, since she quit acting after completing shooting for the film and getting married.
Personal life
Sriya married Tamil actor-producer Vikram KrishnaVikram Krishna
Vikram Krishna is a film producer and a former Tamil film actor. He is the brother of noted actor, Vishal Krishna, and Vikram is married to actress Sriya Reddy.-As actor:-As producer:- External links :...
on 9 March 2008 at Park Sheraton hotel in Chennai
Chennai
Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...
. Vikram Krishna
Vikram Krishna
Vikram Krishna is a film producer and a former Tamil film actor. He is the brother of noted actor, Vishal Krishna, and Vikram is married to actress Sriya Reddy.-As actor:-As producer:- External links :...
is the son of veteran film producer G. K. Reddy and brother of actor Vishal Krishna
Vishal Krishna
Vishal Krishna is an Indian film actor who has appeared in primarily Tamil cinema. Often starring in his home productions, Vishal became an actor after a stint as an assistant director in films....
and had starred in a couple of Tamil films, before turning full-time film producer, primarily producing films featuring his brother Vishal in the lead role under his GK Films Corporation. Sriya since has been co-producing films with Vikram Krishna
Vikram Krishna
Vikram Krishna is a film producer and a former Tamil film actor. He is the brother of noted actor, Vishal Krishna, and Vikram is married to actress Sriya Reddy.-As actor:-As producer:- External links :...
.
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Language | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Samurai | Tamil | ||
| 2003 | Appudappudu | Radhika | Telugu | |
| 2004 | Black Black (2004 film) Black: The Man From Darkness is a 2004 Malayalam action thriller film made in India, written and directed by Ranjith, and produced by Lal. It deals with the underworld operations in Kochi, India. Mammootty plays the role of Karikkamuri Shanmugham, who is a hit man and a contract killer. The film... |
Anandam | Malayalam | |
| 19 Revolutions | Shirin Kolhatkar | English | ||
| 2005 | Bharathchandran I.P.S. Bharathchandran I.P.S. Bharathchandran I.P.S is a 2005 action-thriller Malayalam movie directed by Ranji Panicker, starring Suresh Gopi, Saikumar, Rajan P. Dev, Mamukkoya, Shreya Reddy, Lalu Alex etc... |
Hema | Malayalam | |
| 2006 | Amma Cheppindi Amma Cheppindi Amma Cheppindi is a 2006 Tollywood drama film written, screenplay, dialogues and direction by Gangaraju Gunnam. Sharwanand, Shriya Reddy and Suhasini play important roles. Nagendra Babu, Pawan Malhotra, Tanikella Bharani, Suman and L. B. Sriram played the supporting cast. While M. M... |
Razia | Telugu | |
| Oraal | Malayalam | |||
| Thimiru Thimiru Thimiru is a 2006 Indian Tamil action film written and directed by debutant Tarun Gopi. The film stars Vishal Krishna, Reema Sen and Sriya Reddy in lead and former football player I. M. Vijayan, Manoj K. Jayan and Vadivelu in supporting roles, whilst Kiran Rathod appears in an item number. The... |
Easwari | Tamil | ||
| Veyil Veyil Veyil is a 2006 Tamil-language film directed by Vasanthabalan. Bharath and Pasupathy are the heroes where Bhavana, Priyanka and Sriya Reddy plays the female leads.-Plot:... |
Paandi | Tamil | ||
| 2007 | Pallikoodam Pallikoodam (film) Pallikoodam is a Tamil feature film directed and cinematographed by Thangar Bachchan. Narain, Sneha, Sriya Reddy, Seeman and the director himself form the cast. Narain plays Vetrivel, a collector, while Sriya Reddy is a nurse, Sneha is a teacher named Kokila and Seeman plays Muthu... |
Jhansi | Tamil | |
| 2008 | Kanchivaram | Annam Vengadam | Tamil | Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Actress Filmfare Best Actress Award (Tamil) The Filmfare Best Actress Award is given by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards South for Tamil films. The Award was first given in 1953... Nominated, Vijay Award for Best Supporting Actress Vijay Award for Best Supporting Actress The Vijay for Best Supporting Actress is given by STAR Vijay as part of its annual Vijay Awards ceremony for Tamil films.-The list:Here is a list of the award winners and the films for which they won.-Nominations:... |
She tweeted that she gave birth to a daughter in October 2011.