Shruti Ramachandran is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in

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. She co-wrote the "Ilamai Idho Idho" segment in the 2020

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'' Putham Pudhu Kaalai''. In 2020, she won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Dubbing Artist for her work in ''

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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

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, 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

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, 2017 film Sunday Holiday with Asif Ali and 2021 film,

Kaanekkaane ''Kaanekkaane'' is a 2021 Indian Malayalam-language drama thriller film written by Bobby and Sanjay and directed by Manu Ashokan. The film stars Suraj Venjaramoodu, Tovino Thomas, Aishwarya Lekshmi and Shruthi Ramachandran in important roles. ...

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 ''

'', directed by Ranjith Sankar.

Personal life

Shruti Ramchandran was born in

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and later moved to

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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,

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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,

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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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