Shraddha Das Biography – An Indian Actress who started her Career from Telugu Cinema

Shraddha Das (born 4 March 1987) is an Indian actress and model who predominantly appears in Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi, Bengali, and Kannada language films. She made her acting debut in the 2008 Telugu film Siddu from Sikakulam, and since then has worked across six different film industries throughout her career.

Early life

Shraddha Das was born on Wednesday, March 4, 1987, in Mumbai, Maharashtra to Bengali parents. Her father, Sunil Das, is a businessman, who hails from Purulia, and her mother, Sapna Das, is a housewife. She is a Buddhist. She was brought up in Mumbai, where she completed her studies. Shraddha graduated from Ruia college and the University of Mumbai at SIES College of Commerce and Economics with a Bachelor of Mass Media degree in journalism.

While doing her graduating she worked in theaters and attended workshops conducted by National School of Drama artists like Piyush Mishra, Chittaranjan Giri, and Salim Shah. She also appeared in print advertisements for McDowell’s, Aristocrat, and over 400 catalogs before training at the Gladrags Academy.

Career

Shraddha’s debut release was the 2008 Telugu film Siddu from Sikakulam. After Target, she quickly signed four Telugu films within six months: 18, 20 Love Story, Diary, Adhineta, and Sukumar’s Arya 2, which was her first high-profile project.

In 2010, Shraddha made her Bollywood debut in Sai Om Films’ maiden venture Lahore, directed by Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan. Lahore was the first film Shraddha acted in; she shot for the film during her final year of college, but delays meant that several other films of hers were released earlier. Shraddha played a Pakistani psychiatrist in the film and received critical acclaim for her performance. The film, which focuses on India–Pakistan relations, was released in March 2010 and won awards at the 42nd WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival and the 57th National Film Awards. Her other three releases of the year, A. Karunakaran’s Darling, Maro Charitra produced by Dil Raju, the remake of the 1978 film of the same name, and P. Vasu’s Nagavalli, saw her playing leading roles. Due to her appearances in the sequels of Arya (Arya 2), Mantra (Diary), and Chandramukhi (Nagavalli), Shraddha acquired the nickname “sequel queen”. Her second Hindi film was Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji released in 2011. In the next two years, she appeared in one film each, Hosa Prema Purana and Dracula 2012 which were her Kannada and Malayalam debut, respectively.

After a year, Shraddha made her Bengali debut with The Royal Bengal Tiger (2014). Later that year, she had two Hindi releases, the romantic comedy Lucky Kabootar and the widely publicized Vivek Agnihotri erotic thriller Zid; both films opened to mixed critical response, Shraddha benefited from Zid and received more offers from Bollywood after its release. Prior to the release of Zid, she made the headlines when she accused her co-star Mannara of injuring her during the shooting and hitting her while she was bound and gagged for a scene in the film.

Shraddha has completed three Telugu films, Rey, Bandipotu, and Superstar Kidnap. In Rey, she plays an American pop singer and she has stated that her role in the film “is almost on par with that of the hero” and that “There’s a certain amount of eccentricity in my character”. Superstar Kidnap will see her in the role of a “powerful goon”, while Bandipotu will feature her in an item number. She has completed filming a Bollywood film, too, Chai Shai Biscuit, which she had signed before the release of Zid. As of early 2015, she is filming for two bilingual horror films, Ouija, made in Telugu and Kannada, and Haunting of Bombay Mills, made in Telugu and Hindi. She has also been roped to feature in Great Grand Masti. She later worked in 3 critically and commercially acclaimed films in Telugu (Guntur talkies and Garuda vega), Hindi (Babumoshai Bandookbaaz with Nawazuddin Siddiqui), and Bengali (Badsha the Don). Recently in 2021, she took an Interpol officer role in the commercial hit Kannada movie kotigobba 3 starring Kiccha Sudeep.

Filmography

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Film	Role	Language	notes
2008	Siddu from Sikakulam	Nisha	Telugu
2009	Target
	18, 20 Love Story	Bharathi
	Diary	Maya
	Adhineta	Rajeshwari
	Arya 2	Shanti
2010	Lahore	Ida	Hindi
	Maro Charitra	Sandhya	Telugu
	Darling	Nisha
	Nagavalli	Geeta
2011	Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji	Gungun Sarkar	Hindi
	Mugguru	Shalini	Telugu
	Mogudu	Jo
2012	Hosa Prema Purana	Sanjana	Kannada
2013	Dracula 2012	Taara	Malayalam	Malayalam Debut
2014	The Royal Bengal Tiger	Nandini	Bengali
	Lucky Kabootar	Kammo	Hindi
	Zid	Priya
2015	Chai Shai Biscuits	Vartika
	Rey	Jenna	Telugu
	Bandipotu	Herself		Special appearance
	Superstar Kidnap	Goon		Special appearance
	Ouija	Maya	Kannada
	Haunting of Bombay Mills		Hindi
2016	Sanam Teri Kasam	Ruby Malhotra		Cameo
	Guntur Talkies	Revolver Rani	Telugu
	Dictator	Herself		Special appearance in the Song “Tingo Tingo”
	Badsha – The Don	Priya	Bengali
	Great Grand Masti	Nisha	Hindi
	Aata	Kshetra	Telugu
2017	Babumoshai Bandookbaaz	Yasmin	Hindi
	PSV Garuda Vega	Malini	Telugu
2018	Teen Paheliyan	Damini	Hindi	Anthology Film; Mirchi Malini segment
	Pure Soul	Shweta	English	Short Film
2019	Udgharsha	Kruthika	Kannada
	Hippi	Herself	Telugu	Cameo appearance
	Panther: Hindustan Meri Jaan	Ziya	Bengali
2021	Ek Mini Katha	Junior Guruji	Telugu
	Kotigobba 3	Kangana	Kannada
	Nireekshana	TBA	Telugu	Filming
	Arrdham	TBA	Telugu	Filming

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