Shraddha Srinath, known as the “U-turn girl”, is going places after her debut in this Kannada film and is aiming to spread her wings from the south to Bollywood.
Shraddha has her plate full. She is also trying to establish herself in Kollywood. After her debut, she bagged a project opposite Nivin Pauly in the Tamil film Avargal, previously known as Santa Maria. The film is a remake of Kannada film Ulidavaru Kandante.
She followed it up with an important role in Tamil director Maniratnam’s Kaatru Veliyidai Ivan Thantiran. The latest addition to her kitty is a film with Madhavan titled Vikram Vedha.Shraddha is equally busy with Kannada films too. She has completed Operation Alamelamma, directed by Suni. She also has the release of Urvi, a film by debutante director Pradeep Varma. Her upcoming project is Geleyana Gelathi, and she will be part of the remake of the Telugu film Pelli Choppullu.A law student before foraying into acting, Shraddha has mastered cinematic art because of her experience in theatre and drama. She started her film career with Pawan Kumar’s U Turn, but she didn’t expect an overwhelming reception from the industry.
“When U Turn happened, I was confident that it would be watched by a lot of people, but I was skeptical whether I would be accepted as a heroine because I played a girl next door in it,” says Shraddha.
Being in the right place at the right time, now Shraddha is making efforts to establish herself as an actress. “After U Turn, there was immense pressure on me to pick the right projects. Should I want a great script or should I be shown in a different light? I always look for something that the audience hasn’t seen in me before. I don’t know if this is attitude, but I am careful while picking projects. I am not answerable to people. I am curating and making my career, and that’s the way I like it to be,” she says.
Concentrating on Tamil and Kannada cinema, she wants to make a mark in other languages as well. “I would love to enter the Malayalam films for the quality of movies they make. I was part of the film Kohinoor, but I would like to re-enter with a good subject. Apart from that, I want to test my skills in every south Indian language,” says Shraddha.
“Of course, I have Bollywood dreams too. Why not? My father was in the Army, I was born in Kashmir and brought up in Rajasthan. Later I went to Uttarakhand and I have been in the Northeast too. I am ideally cut out for Bollywood,” she says about her cross-cultural experiences.