Shriya Saran (born as Shriya Saran Bhatnagar on 11 September 1982 in Dehra Dun),also known by the mononym Shriya, is an Indian film actress and model. She has acted in Telugu, Tamil, and Hindi dialect movies, and a couple movies in English, Malayalam and Kannada. In 2007, Saran featured in Sivaji, the most highest grossing Tamil film around then. She additionally received recognition for her part in the 2007 Bollywood film Awarapan. In 2008, Saran assumed the lead part in her first English film, the American-Indian co-generation The Other End of the Line. Her taking after undertakings included well known movies, for example, Kanthaswamy (2009) in Tamil and Pokkiri Raja (2010) in Malayalam — parts that set up her as one of the main on-screen characters in the South Indian film businesses. In 2012, she was cast in the British-Canadian film Midnight’s Children for which she got worldwide basic recognition.