Shruti Ramachandran is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in
Malayalam cinema
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. She co-wrote the "Ilamai Idho Idho" segment in the 2020
Tamil
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anthology film
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''
Putham Pudhu Kaalai''. In 2020, she won the
Kerala State Film Award for Best Dubbing Artist for her work in ''
Kamala
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** Kamala Harris, 49th Vice President of the United States and 2024 Democratic Party presidential nominee
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''. In 2022, she won the Critics' mention for best actress by the Kerala Film Critics' Association for her work in ''
Madhuram''.
Career
She is best known for her role in the 2021 film ''
Madhuram'' with
Joju George
Joseph "Joju" George (born 22 October 1977) is an Indian actor, playback singer, director, writer and producer who primarily works in Malayalam cinema along with Tamil, and Telugu cinemas.
In 2015, he won the Kerala State Film Award � ...
, 2016 film
Pretham
''Pretham'' () is a 2016 Indian Malayalam-language comedy horror drama film, written, co-produced, and directed by Ranjith Sankar. The film stars Jayasurya, Govind Padmasoorya, Sharaf U Dheen, Aju Varghese, Shruthi Ramachandran, Pearle Maaney ...
with
Jayasurya
Jayasurya (born 31 August 1978) is an Indian actor, film producer, playback singer, and impressionist who works in Malayalam films. He has appeared in more than 100 films and has won several awards, including a National Film Awards, National Fi ...
, 2017 film
Sunday Holiday with
Asif Ali and 2021 film,
Kaanekkaane with
Tovino She also played a supporting role as Jaya in the 2019 Telugu movie ''
Dear Comrade
''Dear Comrade'' is a 2019 Indian Telugu-language romantic action drama film written and directed by Bharat Kamma. It is produced by Mythri Movie Makers and Big Ben Cinemas. The film stars Vijay Deverakonda, Rashmika Mandanna and Shruti R ...
''.
She also starred in the movie ''
Anveshanam'', alongside Jayasurya in 2019.
Along with her husband Francis Thomas, Shruti wrote the segment "Ilamai Idho Idho" for the anthology film ''
Putham Pudhu Kaalai'' which released in 2020.
Shruti won the ‘Special Jury mention for Acting excellence’ by the Kerala State Critics Association for her performance in ''
Madhuram''
Shruti also won the Kerala State Film Awards for the best Dubbing artist in 2020 for the movie ''
Kamala
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People and fictional characters
* Kamala (name) — lists people and characters with the surname or given name
** Kamala Harris, 49th Vice President of the United States and 2024 Democratic Party presidential nominee
* Kamala ...
'', directed by Ranjith Sankar.
Personal life
Shruti Ramchandran was born in
Chennai
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,
Tamil Nadu
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and later moved to
Kochi
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,
Kerala
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.
She did her montessori schooling at
Lady Andal Venkatasubba Rao School, Chennai. She later went on to doing her primary to senior school education at
The Choice School, Kochi.
Shruti is a trained architect who did her Bachelors in Architecture at The University School of Design,
Mysore
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. Post her bachelors, she worked at architecture firms in Chennai and Bombay before doing her Masters in Self Sufficient Buildings from
IAAC,
Barcelona
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.
Shruti has also worked as a professor in Asian School of Architecture and Design Innovations (ASADI) in Kochi.
In 2016, she married her longtime boyfriend, Francis Thomas.
Filmography
Television
References
External links
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Living people
Indian film actresses
Actresses in Malayalam cinema
21st-century Indian actresses
Female models from Kerala
Actresses in Telugu cinema
Indian voice actresses
Year of birth missing (living people)