Iniya

Iniya in 2013
Born	Shruti Sawant 21 January 1988 (age 26) Kerala, India
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2005–present
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Parents	S.Salahuddin, Savithri

Shruti Sawant (born 21 January 1988), better known by her stage name Iniya, is an Indian film actress, who works in the South Indian film industries.

Early life

Iniya was born as second child to S.Salahuddin and Savithri at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. She has an elder sister, Swathi who is also a Malayalam television actress and a younger brother, Sravan Iniya had her primary education from Amritha Vidyalaya and Manakkad Karthika Thirunnal High School. She did her B.B.A course by correspondence.

Career

She acted in several Malayalam television series, short films and telefilms as a child artist.While studying in class four, she acted in the telefilm Koottilekku, which was followed by appearances in tele-serials Orma and Sree Guruvayoorappan by Vayalar Madhavan Kutty. Iniya won the Miss Trivum title in 2005, following which she did modeling and appeared in several television advertisements as well as a number of Malayalam award-winning art films, including Saira (2006), directed Dr. Biju, Dalamarmarangal (2009) and Umma (2011), both directed by Vijayakrishnan. She also played a pivotal role in Rajesh Touchriver's short feature The Sacred Face, which focusses on child abuse.According to her she says that cinema includes the meaning of glamour, action and love. Iniya was introduced to Tamil cinema from the movie padasalai but vagai soodava is the movie showed her acting skills to the audience. After that she did several movies and she couldnt get any chance after doing a ghost movie where she plays the ghost, thanks to her height.

In 2010, she starred in a Tamil film Padagasalai and signed up four more Tamil films, all of which were cancelled or remain unreleased. She next played a supporting role as the sister to Cheran's character in Mysskin's mystery thriller Yuddham Sei.Director A. Sarkunam signed her for the female lead character in his period piece Vaagai Sooda Vaa (2011), for which she changed her screen name to Iniya. Her portrayal of a tea stall owner was lauded by critics. Pavithra Srinivasan of Rediff wrote that she was a "welcome find", describing her as "natural, appealing, and very expressive".She played as a medical student and love interest of the hero in the film Mouna Guru co-starring Arulnidhi.Bharathiraja signed her for his film Annakodiyum Kodiveeranum, being impressed with her performance in Vaagai Sooda Vaa, but after the script was changed, her role was removed from the film.

She was part of a number of offbeat films in Malayalam like Ayaal, Bhoopadathil Illatha Oridam and Radio. In 2014, she was first seen as herself in Vikraman's Ninaithathu Yaaro and later in Pulivaal, the Tamil remake of the Malayalam film Chaappa Kurishu. She has been signed for Madhu Kaithapram's In the Limelight in which she plays a dancer.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
2005	Saira		Malayalam
2006	Sacred Face		English	short film
2007	Time		Malayalam
2009	Dalamarmarangal		Malayalam
2010	Padagasaalai		Tamil
2011	Yuddham Sei	Charu	Tamil
	Umma		Malayalam
	Vaagai Sooda Vaa	Madhi	Tamil	Edison Award Best Debut Actress Nominated – Filmfare Award for Best Actress - Tamil Nominated – Vijay Award for Best Actress Nominated – Vijay Award for Best Debut Actress
	Mouna Guru	Aarthi	Tamil
2012	Bhoopadathil Illatha Oridam	Bhaama	Malayalam
	Ammavin Kaipesi	Selvi	Tamil
2013	Omega.exe	Aleena Antony	Malayalam
	Radio	Shwetha	Malayalam
	Kan Pesum Vaarthaigal	Janani	Tamil
	Chennaiyil Oru Naal	Swetha	Tamil
	Maasani	Masani	Tamil
	Ayaal	Chakkara	Malayalam
	Nugam		Tamil
2014	Ninaithathu Yaaro	Herself	Tamil
	Pulivaal	Pavithra	Tamil
	Naan Sigappu Manithan	Kavitha	Tamil
	Kathai Thiraikathai Vasanam Iyakkam	Herself	Cameo appearance
	Oru Oorla Rendu Raja		Cameo appearance
	Ente Ormayil		Malayalam	Filming
	Rendavathu Padam		Tamil	Special appearance Filming
	Yes I Am	Vaiga	Malayalam	Filming
	In the Limelight		Malayalam	Filming