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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 cinema and has appeared in over 100 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 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]

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Early life[edit]

Born in a Kannada speaking family in Karnataka, Shruti's birth name is Girija. She was rechristened as Shruti by the famous actor-director Dwarakish who introduced her as a leading star for his 1990 film Shruthi.

Career[edit]

Shruthi was in Puttur in her early ages of life. Shruti started her cinema career as a supporting actress and acted in Kannada movie Aasegobba Meesegobba as Shivarajkumar's sister. 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 (Karnataka State award Winner), Muddina Maava, 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, Shiva Rajkumar, Shashikumar, Ramesh Aravind, Jaggesh, Devaraj, Sunil, Abhijeeth, Ram Kumar and others.

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.

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.^[5] In 2017, she appeared as a judge in the comedy television series Majaa Bharatha.^[6]

Personal life[edit]

Shruti was married to film director S. Mahendar for 11 years and divorced in 2009.^[7] Post her divorce, she was romantically linked with Chakravarthy Chandrachud, a journalist-turned-director and they married in June 2013 before the marriage ended in a divorce an year later.^[8]

Filmography[edit]

Television[edit]

TV serials[edit]

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

Television Shows[edit]

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

References[edit]

1. ^'Shruthi Celebrated Birthday on the Sets'. supergoodmovies.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 wins Bigg Boss!'. The Times of India. 24 January 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
6. ^'Shruthi, Narayan turns judge for Majaa Bharatha'. The Times of India. 6 February 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
7. ^'Actress Shruthi applies for divorce'. indiaglitz. 6 May 2009. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
8. ^'Kannada star Shruthi marries at Kollur Temple'.

External links[edit]

• Shruti on IMDb

Sindhu Menon is an Indian film actress, who has mainly starred in Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam and Tamil films. She debuted as a child artist in the 1994 Kannada film Rashmi.

Early life[edit]

Sindhu Menon was born in Bangalore, Karnataka, India into a Malayali family.^[1] She has one younger brother, Karthik, who worked as a Kannada music channelVJ and turned actor, recently.^[2] Menon is able to communicate fluently in several languages, including Malayalam, her mother tongue, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Hindi and English.^[3][4] She was also brought up in her birthplace, Bangalore.^[5]

Career[edit]

Sindhu Menon, a trained Bharatanatyam dancer from her childhood, got her entry into the film industry when Bhasker Hegde, one of the judges of a Bharatanatyam competition in which Menon participated and emerged as the winner, introduced her to Kannada film director K. V. Jayaram, who cast her in his film Rashmi in 1994.^[1][5] Subsequently, she got several offers to act and became a full-time actress, by enacting the female lead role character in the 1999 film Prema Prema Prema, when she was merely 13 years old.^[1]

Later, at the age of 15, she entered the Telugu, Malayalam and Tamil film industries as well, by acting in the films Bhadrachalam, Uthaman and Samuthiram, respectively. She went on to act alongside Kannada Star Sudeep in Nandi (2002), Bharathiraja'sKadal Pookkal (2002), Trinetram (2002), Khushi (2003) and got the female lead role in the 2006 Malayalam film Pulijanmam, which was awarded the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in 2007.^[6]

Menon then moved to the 'small screen', hosting TV shows and acting in serials, which include 'Sriman Srimathi' and 'Stree Hrudayam',^[7][8] before accepting film offers again. In 2009, she appeared in the Malayalam films, Bharya Onnu Makkal Moonnu, and Rahasya Police. She also acted in the Tamil film Eeram, produced by popular Tamil director S. Shankar.She hosted a popular family reality show in Malayalam named,'Sriman Srimathi'.

Personal life[edit]

Sindhu Menon married Dominic Prabhu, a UK-based Telugu information technology professional in April 2010.^[9] The couple has a daughter, Svetlana and a son.

Filmography[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^ ^abc'Interview with Sindhu Menon'. idlebrain.com. Retrieved 7 June 2009.
2. ^'Kangana foraying into Kannada!'. Oneindia. Retrieved 7 June 2009.
3. ^'Sindhu Menon's focus is on Telugu and Tamil'. telugudreams.com. Retrieved 7 June 2009.
4. ^'Sindhu Menon's asset'. andhrastudio.com. Retrieved 7 June 2009.
5. ^ ^ab'Sindhu hopes to produce films'. indiainfo.com. Retrieved 7 June 2009.
6. ^''Pulijanman' is the best'. indiaglitz.com. Retrieved 7 June 2009.
7. ^'The real Sindhu'. Chennai, India: The Hindu. 18 May 2007. Retrieved 7 June 2009.
8. ^'Sindhu Menon back in Kannada'. indiaglitz.com. Retrieved 7 June 2009.
9. ^'Sindhu Menon got married secretly!'. Oneindia.in. Retrieved 16 November 2010.

External links[edit]

• Sindhu Menon on IMDb