Family members
Father |
Pushpendra Saran |
Mother |
Neeraja Saran |
Brother |
Abhiroop |
Sister in Law |
Aarti Saran |
Short biography
Actress Shriya Saran was born on 11 September 1982 in Dehradun city, Uttarakhand. She attended Delhi Public School, Ranipur, Delhi Public School, New Delhi and Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi. She holds a degree in literature. During her school days only she started to learn classical dances including Kathak under professional guidance of Shovana Narayan. During her college days she took part in inter college dance competitions representing her college.
She entered the glamour world with a music video named “Thirakti Kyun Hawa” in 2001, in the same year she made her film debut with Telgu movie Ishtam co-starring Charan and Poonam Dhillon. Her first blockbuster hit was Santhosham co-starring Nagarjuna Akkineni, Prabhu Deva and Gracy Singh. She delivered several box office hits like Sivaji co-starring Rajinikanth, Suman and Vivek, Kanthaswamy co-starring Vikram and Ashish Vidyarthi, Pokkiri Raja co-starring Mammootty and Prithviraj etc.
After gaining much success in south Indian films she entered Hollywood films with The Other End of the Line co-starring Jesse Metcalfe, Anupam Kher and Tara Sharma, she subsequently did another English movie Cooking with Stella in 2009.
Apart from films she is also involved in charitable works and runs a spa completely managed by visually challenged in Mumbai in 2011.
Actress Shriya Saran family members, childhood and photos
Parents
Her father Pushpendra Saran worked at Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited and her mother Neeraja Saran was a teacher.
Brother
Shriya Saran has an elder brother named Abhiroop. He is married to Aarti Saran.