Shruti (actress)

Shruti
Shruti
	Shruti in 2011 film Sri Naga Shakthi
Chairperson, Karnataka Women’s Development Corporation
	In office; 2008 – June 2009
Succeeded by	D. S. Aswath
Chairperson, Karnataka State Tourism Development Corporation
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2020
Personal details
Born	Girija; 18 September 1975 (age 49); Hassan, Karnataka, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party; (2008–13, 2014–present)
Other political; affiliations	Karnataka Janata Paksha; (2013–14)
Spouse(s)	S. Mahendar (m. 1998; div. 2009); Chakravarthy Chandrachud (m. 2013; div. 2014)
Relatives	Sharan (brother)
Occupation	Actress; politician;

Girija (born 18 September 1975),^[1]^[2] known by her screen name Shruti, is an Indian actress, television personality and politician. As an actress, she is known for her work in Kannada, Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam films. She is currently serving as chief secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party's women's wing in its Karnataka cadre.

In addition to Kannada, Shruti has appeared in a handful of Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam films. She was among the leading actresses in Kannada cinema during the 1990s and has won three Karnataka State Film Awards and four Filmfare Awards South in her career spanning over 25 years. She is known for performance in films such as Gauri Ganesha (1991), Aagatha (1995), Kalki (1996), Gowdru (2004), Akka Thangi (2008) and Puttakkana Highway (2011). She is sister of actor Sharan. In 2016, she won the third season of the reality television show Bigg Boss Kannada.^[3]

Shruti joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in 2008. She was made the chairperson of the Karnataka Women and Child Development Corporation before being removed in 2009. In 2013, she joined the Karnataka Janata Paksha which eventually merged in 2014 with the BJP.^[4]

Early life

Born in a Kannada speaking family in Karnataka, Shruti's birth name is Girija. She was credited as Priyadarshini in her first Kannada movie Aasegobba Meesegobba. She was named Shruti by the actor-director Dwarakish who introduced her in a leading role for his film Shruthi in 1990.

Career

Shruthi was in Puttur in her early ages of life. Shruti started her cinema career in Malayalam film Swantham ennu karuthi. Kannada movie Aasegobba Meesegobba as Shivarajkumar's sister role. Later in the year 1990, she acted as heroine in the movie Shruthi directed and produced by Dwarakish. This movie was a successful one running over 25 weeks. Some of the most famous and successful Kannada movies from Shruti are, Shruti, Taayi Illada Tavaru, Veerappa Nayaka, Gauri Ganesha, Bombat Hendthi, Muddina Maava, ‘’Mr. Mahesh Kumar’’, Midida Hrudayagalu. Soon after these films, Shruti was stereotyped for tear jerking roles in many Kannada films. She won her first Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress for the movie Aagatha (1995) directed by Suresh Heblikar.

In her career spanning for more than two decades, she acted with all the leading male stars in the film industry of her times like Vishnuvardhan, Ambareesh, Tiger Prabhakar, Shiva Rajkumar, Shashikumar, Ramesh Aravind, Jaggesh, Devaraj, Sunil, Abhijeeth, Ram Kumar and others.

In Telugu, most of her films are with the famous comedy hero Rajendra Prasad. She made her debut in Telugu withe movie Parugo Parugu against Rajendra Prasad.

Her Tamil film Kalki (1996) directed by the ace director K. Balachander won her the Filmfare Award and also the Tamil Nadu State Award for Best Actress. Navashakthi Vaibhava (2008) was Shruti's 100th film when she began filming in 2003.^[5] The film however saw theatrical release five years later.^[6] Gowdru turned out to be her 100th film, in which she played the sister of Ramegowda (played by Ambareesh).^[7]

Shruti made her small screen debut in the Malayalam serial Sthreethvam aired on Surya TV during 2005. Also, her Tamil daily serial, Karthigai Pengal aired on Sun TV from July 2012.

Shruti was a contestant in the reality television show Bigg Boss Kannada 3, winning the season, in January 2016.^[8] In 2017, she appeared as a judge in the comedy television series Majaa Bharatha.^[9]

Personal life

Shruti was married to film director S. Mahendar for 11 years and divorced in 2009.^[10] Post her divorce, she was linked with Chakravarthy Chandrachud, a journalist-turned-director and they married in June 2013 before the marriage ended in a divorce a year later.^[11]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes
1989	Swantham Ennu Karuthi		Malayalam
1990	Nambidre Nambi Bitre Bidi		Kannada	Credited as Priyadarshini
	Aasegobba Meesegobba
	Shruthi	Shruthi
1991	Gauri Ganesha	Gowri	Kannada
	Nagu Nagutha Nali
	Punda Prachanda
	C. B. I. Shiva	Shruthi
1992	Sindhoora Thilaka
	Bombat Hendthi
	Chitralekha
	Edurmaneli Ganda Pakkadmaneli Hendthi	Jayakumari
	Shambhavi
	Thevar Veettu Ponnu		Tamil
	Pellaniki Premalekha Priyuraliki Subhalekha	Keerthi	Telugu
	Ksheera Sagara		Kannada
1993	Abhijith
	Kaadambari
	Alimayya
	Dakshayini
	Sri Durga Pooje
	Mouna Sangrama
	Ranjitha
	Kempaiah IPS
	Rupaayi Raja
	Midida Hrudayagalu
	Muddina Maava
	Amruta Sindhu
	Parugo Parugu	Saroja	Telugu
1994	Rashmi	Rashmi	Kannada
	Rasika	Rukmini
	Jaana	Lakshmi
	Vijaya Kankana			^[12]
	Sammilana
	Bhuvaneshwari
	Hettha Karulu			Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada
	Time Bomb	Maala
1995	Thumbida Mane	Kaveri
	Maangalya Sakshi
	Kalyanotsava			^[13]
	Mojugara Sogasugara
	Shubha Lagna			^[14]
	Urvashi
	Satya Jwale
	Taayi Illada Tavaru
	Aagatha	Usha		Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada
1996	Karpoorada Gombe
	Thavarina Thottilu
	Geluvina Saradara
	Sthree	Heera
	Sowbhagya Devathe
	Minugu Thare
	Thayi Kotta Seere
	Kalki	Kalki	Tamil	Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil
1997	Oral Mathram	Devika Menon	Malayalam
	Taaliya Sowbhagya		Kannada
	Shruthi Hakida Hejje			^[15]
	Baalina Daari
	Kodagina Kaveri	Kaveri		^[16]
	Thavarina Theru
1998	Bhama Satyabhama	Bhama
	Marthanda
	Nammura Huduga			^[17]
	Kottaram Veettile Apputtan	Ambili	Malayalam
	Goonda Mattu Police		Kannada
	Jagadeeshwari
	Tavarina Kanike
1999	Annan Thangachi	Sarasu	Tamil
	Veerappa Nayaka		Kannada
	Durga Shakthi			^[18]
2000	Soorappa
	Kadlimatti Station Master
	Mahathma
	Swalpa Adjust Madkolli
2001	Amma Ninna Tholinalli
	Gattimela			Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada
	Jenu Goodu
	Mahalakshmi			^[19]
	Ellara Mane Dosenu			^[20]
2002	Annayya Thammayya
	Muthu
	Manase O Manase			^[21]
2004	C. I. Mahadevan 5 Adi 4 Inchu	Dr. Lakshmi	Malayalam
	Hendthi Andre Hendthi		Kannada	^[22]
	Gowdru	Gowri		Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada
2005	Rama Shama Bhama	Shanti		Vatika Chalana Chitra Award for Best Comedian Nominated—Udaya film Award for Best Comedian Nominated—Udaya Film Award Best Supporting Actress Nominated—Filmfare award for Supporting Actress - Kannada
2005	Pandu Ranga Vittala
2006	Sirivantha		Kannada
2006	Hendathi Kattida Thali			Delayed release
2008	Navashakti Vaibhava
	Avva	Aane Baddi Rangavva
	Nandadeepa
	Akka Thangi	Nagi
2009	Chellidaru Sampigeya
2011	Sri Naga Shakthi
	Take It Easy
	Puttakkana Highway	Puttakka		Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Kannada Nominated—TV9 Film Award for Best Supporting Actress - Kannada Nominated—Innovative Award for Best Supporting Actress - Kannada Nominated—Sandalwood Star Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated—Udaya Film Awards for Best Supporting Actress Nominated—Suvarna Film Awards for Best Supporting Actress
	Aidondla Aidu
2012	Sri Kshetra Adichunchanagiri
	Rambo	Vijayalakshmi
	Kalpana	Janaki		Nominated—Sandalwood Star Award for Best Comedian Nominated—Udaya Film Award for Best Comedian Nominated—Suvarna Film Award for Best Comedian Nominated—Udaya Film Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated—Suvarna Film Award for Best Supporting Actress
2013	Gombegala Love			Karnataka Vanijya Mandali Award for Best Supporting Actress
2013	Bachchan	Lakshmi
2015	Ond Chance Kodi	Tavare
2016	Shivayogi Sri Puttayyajja
	1944
	Home Stay		Hindi Kannada Tamil
2017	Marali Manege		Kannada
	Dandupalya 2	Abhivyakthi
	College Kumar	Girija
2018	Dandupalya 3	Abhivyakthi
2020	ACT 1978	Kanika Mehta
2021	Bhajarangi 2	TBA		Completed
2021	Rathnan Prapancha	Yellavva	Filming

Television

TV serials

2005 :Sthreetvam (Surya TV) - Malayalam
2012-2013: Karthigai Pengal (Sun TV) - Tamil

Television Shows

Bigg Boss Kannada 3 (2016)
Majaa Talkies — as guest
Super Minute
Mareyalare
Hejje Guruthu
Majabharata (2017)
Weekend with Ramesh — as guest
Satya Kathe

References

^ "Shruthi Biography". www.filmibeat.com. 18 September 2011. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
^ "Bangalore: Shruti Prefers 'Chandra' over 'Indra' - Marries Childhood Friend". daijiworld.com. 8 May 2009. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
^ "Actress Shruthi wins Bigg Boss Kannada season 3". Daily News and Analysis. 31 January 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
^ "Shruthi, Varthur shown door". Deccan Herald. 15 June 2009. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
^ "Shruthi's 100th film". Deccan Herald. 16 November 2003. Archived from the original on 3 March 2006. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
^ "Navashakthi Vaibhava". Sify. sify.com. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
^ Deepak, S. N. (18 July 2004). "Gowdru". Deccan Herald. Archived from the original on 25 August 2004. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
^ "Shruthi wins Bigg Boss!". The Times of India. 24 January 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
^ "Shruthi, Narayan turns judge for Majaa Bharatha". The Times of India. 6 February 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
^ "Actress Shruthi applies for divorce". indiaglitz. 6 May 2009. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
^ "Kannada star Shruthi marries at Kollur Temple".
^ "Video". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
^ "Video". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
^ "Video". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
^ "Video". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
^ "Google Image Result". www.google.com.
^ "Video". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
^ "Robot Check". Robot Check. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
^ "Mahalakshmi Movie Review - Kannada Movie News, Reviews - Image". chitraloka.com. 26 January 2001. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
^ "Ellara Mane Dosenu (2001) Kannada movie: Cast & Crew". chiloka.com.
^ "Manase O Manase (2002) | Manase O Manase Movie | Manase O Manase Kannada Movie Cast & Crew, Release Date, Review, Photos, Videos". FilmiBeat.
^ "Hendthi Andre Hendthi (2004) Kannada movie: Cast & Crew". chiloka.com.

External links

Shruti at IMDb
Sruthi at MSI

Preceded by Akul Balaji (2014)	Bigg Boss Kannada Winner (Series 3) 2015	Succeeded by Pratham (2016)

[1] "Shruthi Biography". www.filmibeat.com. 18 September 2011. Retrieved 10 July 2015.

[2] "Bangalore: Shruti Prefers 'Chandra' over 'Indra' - Marries Childhood Friend". daijiworld.com. 8 May 2009. Retrieved 10 July 2015.

[3] "Actress Shruthi wins Bigg Boss Kannada season 3". Daily News and Analysis. 31 January 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2017.

[4] "Shruthi, Varthur shown door". Deccan Herald. 15 June 2009. Retrieved 13 March 2017.

[5] "Shruthi's 100th film". Deccan Herald. 16 November 2003. Archived from the original on 3 March 2006. Retrieved 26 September 2020.

[6] "Navashakthi Vaibhava". Sify. sify.com. Retrieved 26 September 2020.

[7] Deepak, S. N. (18 July 2004). "Gowdru". Deccan Herald. Archived from the original on 25 August 2004. Retrieved 9 October 2020.

[8] "Shruthi wins Bigg Boss!". The Times of India. 24 January 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2018.

[9] "Shruthi, Narayan turns judge for Majaa Bharatha". The Times of India. 6 February 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2018.

[10] "Actress Shruthi applies for divorce". indiaglitz. 6 May 2009. Retrieved 18 October 2013.

[11] "Kannada star Shruthi marries at Kollur Temple".

[12] "Video". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 15 June 2020.

[13] "Video". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 15 June 2020.

[14] "Video". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 15 June 2020.

[15] "Video". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 15 June 2020.

[16] "Google Image Result". www.google.com.

[17] "Video". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 15 June 2020.

[18] "Robot Check". Robot Check. Retrieved 15 June 2020.

[19] "Mahalakshmi Movie Review - Kannada Movie News, Reviews - Image". chitraloka.com. 26 January 2001. Retrieved 15 June 2020.

[20] "Ellara Mane Dosenu (2001) Kannada movie: Cast & Crew". chiloka.com.

[21] "Manase O Manase (2002) | Manase O Manase Movie | Manase O Manase Kannada Movie Cast & Crew, Release Date, Review, Photos, Videos". FilmiBeat.

[22] "Hendthi Andre Hendthi (2004) Kannada movie: Cast & Crew". chiloka.com.

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v t e Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress
1968–1980	Kalpana (1968) Kalpana (1969) Bharathi (1970) Kalpana (1971) L. V. Sharadha (1972) Aarathi (1973) Jayanthi & Nandini Bhaktavatsala (1974) no award (1975) Aarathi (1976) Jayanthi (1977) Aparna Narang (1978) Aarathi (1979) Vaishali Kasaravalli (1980)
1981–2000	Aarathi (1981) Jayanthi (1982) Padma Vasanthi (1983) Abhinaya (1984) Roopa Devi (1985) Jayanthi (1986) Geetha (1987) no award (1988) Saritha (1989) Sudha Rani (1990) Tara (1991) Sudha Rani (1992) Vinaya Prasad (1993) Lakshmi (1994) Shruti (1995) Prema (1996) Shilpa (1997) Jayamala (1998) Soundarya (1999) Tara (2000)
2001–present	Anu Prabhakar (2001) Soundarya (2002) Bhavana (2003) Radhika Kumaraswamy (2004) Shruti (2005) Pavitra Lokesh (2006) Tara (2007) Umashree (2008) Radhika Pandit (2009) Anu Prabhakar (2010) Ramya (2011) Bhavana (2012) Nirmala Chennappa (2013) Nivedhitha (2014) Lakshmi Gopalaswamy (2015) Sruthi Hariharan (2016)

v t e Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Actress
1972–1979	Jayalalithaa (1972) Jayalalithaa (1973) Lakshmi (1974) Sujatha (1975) Sujatha (1976) Sujatha (1977) Latha (1978) Shoba (1979)
1980–1999	Saritha (1980) Sridevi (1981) Poornima Jayaram (1982) Lakshmi (1983) Saritha (1984) Radha (1985) Radhika (1986) Radhika (1987) Archana (1988) Bhanupriya (1989) Radhika (1990) Gautami (1991) Revathi (1992) Revathi (1993) Revathi (1994) Manisha Koirala (1995) Shruti (1996) Meena (1997) Kausalya (1998) Ramya Krishnan (1999)
2000–2019	Jyothika (2001) Laila (2002) Simran (2003) Laila (2004) Sandhya (2005) Asin (2006) Bhavana (2007) Priyamani (2008) Parvathy Thiruvothu (2009) Pooja (2010)) Anjali (2011) Samantha (2012) Nayanthara (2013) Malavika Nair (2014) Nayanthara (2015) Ritika Singh (2016) Nayanthara (2017) Trisha (2018) Lijomol Jose (2020–2021) Sai Pallavi (2022) Nimisha Sajayan (2023)

v t e Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actress
1967–1980	K. R. Vijaya (1967) Padmini (1968) Sowcar Janaki (1969) K. R. Vijaya (1970) — (1971) — (1972) — (1973) — (1974) — (1975) — (1976) Latha (1977) Lakshmi (1978) Saritha (1979) Suhasini (1980)
1981–2000	Sridevi (1981) Saritha (1982) — (1983) — (1984) — (1985) — (1986) — (1987) Saritha (1988) Radhika (1989) Revathy (1990) Khushbu Sundar (1991) Sukanya (1992) Meena (1993) Rajashree (1994) Khushbu Sundar (1995) Shruti (1996) Meena & Devayani (1997) Roja (1998) Simran (1999) Devayani (2000)
2001–present	Sneha (2001) Meena (2002) Laila (2003) Jyothika (2004) Jyothika (2005) Priyamani (2006) Jyothika (2007) Sneha (2008) Padmapriya Janakiraman (2009) Amala Paul (2010) Ineya Lakshmi Menon (2012) Nayanthara (2013) Aishwarya Rajesh (2014)

v t e Filmfare Award for Best Kannada Actress
1972–1989	Kalpana (1972) Jayanthi (1973) Aarathi (1974) Aarathi (1975) Jayanthi (1976) Manjula (1977) Shobha (1978) Aarathi (1979) Ashwini (1980) Aarathi (1981) Saritha (1982) Suhasini (1983) Suhasini (1984) Saritha (1985) Saritha (1986) Saritha (1989)
1990–2009	Suhasini (1990) Malashri (1991) Sudha Rani (1992) Lakshmi (1993) Shruti (1995) Shilpa (1996) Suhasini (1997) Jayamala (1998) Tara (1999) Sudha Rani (2000) Prema (2001) Soundarya (2002) Meena (2003) Soundarya (2004) Vidhya Venkatesh (2005) Ramya (2006) Rashmi (2007) Radhika Pandit (2008) Radhika Pandit (2009)
2010–present	Radhika Pandit (2010) Ramya (2011) Priyamani (2012) Amulya (2013) Shwetha Srivatsav (2014) Parul Yadav (2015) Shraddha Srinath (2016) Sruthi Hariharan (2017) Manvitha Kamath (2018) Yagna Shetty (2020/2021) Chaithra J. Achar (2022) Siri Ravikumar (2023)