Haripriya

Born	Shruthi C October 29, 1991 (age 22) Chikkaballapura, Karnataka, India
Nationality	Indian
Other names	Hariprriya, Haripriya Chandra
Occupation	Film actress
Years active	2007–present
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)

Shruthi (born 29 October 1991), known by her stage name Hariprriya, is an Indian film actress, model and Bharatanatyam dancer from Chikkaballapura, Karnataka. She works in the South Indian cinema.

Early life

Hariprriya was born as Shruthi in Chikkaballapura, Karnataka. She studied at Vidya Mandir and completed her Pre-University Course (PUC). Due to her brother, she moved to Bangalore, where she learned Bharatanatyam and received acting assignments. Her grandfather was a theatre personality, whom she then followed as an actress.

Career

Hariprriya used to participate in cultural programmes. When she was studying in 12th class, director Richard Castelino saw stills of her from the programmes and offered her the female lead role in the Tulu film Badi. She made her Kannada film debut in Manasugula Mathu Madhura (2008), following which she was part of unsuccessful ventures such as Vasanthakala. Her performance in the political satire Kallara Santhe (2009) earned her a Filmfare nomination for Best Kannada actress, while her next film Cheluveye Ninne Nodalu released to rave reviews, making Haripriya popular in Karnataka. In 2010, she also forayed into the Tamil and Telugu film industries with Kanagavel Kaaka, and Bhumika Chawla's maiden production, Thakita Thakita, respectively, with the latter emerging a moderate success. After that, she become busy with Tamil and Telugu projects, working on Cheran's Muran in Tamil and Pilla Zamindar in Telugu. She was also part of the political drama Mukhyamantri I Love You, produced in 2008, which has not been released.

In 2012, Hariprriya debuted in Malayalam with Thiruvambadi Thampan. In her third Telugu film Abbayi Class Ammayi Mass she played a call girl and she did a two week long workshop to get into the character. She has completed the film Ranatantra in Kannada. In Telugu, she is shooting for Galata and in Tamil, for Vaaraayo Vennilaave. She has also signed up Eee Varsham Sakshiga in which she plays Seetha Mahalakshmi who, she said, "is modern, yet has a traditional outlook" and the Malayalam film Bhadrasanam, a sequel to the popular Anandabhadram in which she was said to play an airhostess who is also a medical college student.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
2007	Badi		Tulu	Credited as Shrutipriya
2008	Manasugula Mathu Madhura		Kannada
	Vasanthakala		Kannada
2009	Ee Sambhashane	Ramya	Kannada
	Male Barali Manju Irali	Nayana	Kannada
	Kallara Santhe	Roopa	Kannada	Nominated, Filmfare Award for Best Actress (Kannada)
2010	Cheluveye Ninne Nodalu		Kannada
	Kanagavel Kaaka	Sandhya	Tamil
	Thakita Thakita	Chandana	Telugu
	Vallakottai	Anjali	Tamil
2011	Swami Manikanta		Malayalam
	Muran	Lavanya	Tamil
	Pilla Zamindar	Sindhu	Telugu
2012	Kiladi Kitty	Sindhu	Kannada
	Thiruvambadi Thamban	Anjali Narayanan	Malayalam
	Sagar	Priyanka	Kannada
	Super Shastri	Soumya	Kannada
2013	Abbai Class Ammai Mass	Neeru	Telugu
2014	Ugramm	Nitya	Kannada	Super Hit
	Galata	Andaal	Telugu
	Ranatantra		Kannada	Filming
	Bhadrasanam		Malayalam	Filming
	Ee Varsham Sakshiga	Seetha Mahalakshmi	Telugu	Filming
	Vaaraayo Vennilaave		Tamil	Filming
	Manjina Hani		Kannada	Filming
	Mukyamantri I love you		Kannada	Shelved
	Fly		Kannada	Announced