Shruti Ramachandran
Born
NationalityIndian
Alma materThe Choice School
OccupationActor
Years active2014–present
Spouse
Francis Thomas
(m. 2016)
[1]

Shruti Ramachandran is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in the Malayalam cinema. She also co-wrote the "Ilamai Idho Idho" segment in the 2020 Tamil anthology film Putham Pudhu Kaalai. In 2020, she won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Dubbing Artist for her work in Kamala. In 2022, she won the Critic’s mention for best actress by the Kerala Film Critic’s Assocoiation for her work in Madhuram.

Career

She is best known for her role in the 2021 film Madhuram with Joju George , 2016 film Pretham with Jayasurya , 2017 film Sunday Holiday with Asif Ali and 2021 film, Kaanekkaane with Tovino[2][3] She also played a supporting role as Jaya in the 2019 Telugu movie Dear Comrade.[4] 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, directed by Ranjith Sankar.

Personal life

Shruti Ramchandran was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu and later moved to Kochi, Kerala.

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. Post her bachelors, she worked at architecture firms in Chennai and Bombay before doing her Masters in Self Sufficient Buildings from IAAC, Barcelona.

Shruti has also worked as a professor in Asian School of Architecture and Design Innovations (ASADI) in Kochi.

In 2016, married her longtime boyfriend, Francis Thomas.[citation needed]

Filmography

Actor

Year Title Role Language Notes Ref.
2014 Njaan Susheela Malayalam [5]
2016 Pretham Clara Malayalam [6]
2017 Sunday Holiday Sithara Malayalam [7]
2018 Chanakya Thanthram Andrea Malayalam [8]
Nonsense Sheena Miss Malayalam [9]
2019 Dear Comrade Jaya Telugu [4]
2020 Anveshanam Kavitha Malayalam [10]
2021 Kaanekkaane Sherin Malayalam SonyLIV film [11]
Madhuram Chitra Malayalam SonyLIV film [12]
2023 Pachuvum Athbutha Vilakkum Malayalam Cameo appearance [13]
Neeraja Neeraja Malayalam [14]
Marivillin Gopurangal TBA Malayalam [15]

Web series

Year Title Role Language Notes Ref.
2018 Dollhouse Diaries Mythili Tamil Webseries [4]

Television

Year Title Language Role Channel Notes
2018 Mimicry Mahamela Malayalam Mentor Mazhavil Manorama
2022 Panam Tharum Padam Malayalam Participant Mazhavil Manorama

Writer

Year Title Language Notes
2021 Putham Pudhu Kaalai Tamil Co-writer with Francis Thomas, Segment: Ilamai Idho Idho[16]
2024 Miss Perfect Telugu Co-writer with Francis Thomas[17]

References

  1. ^ "Actor Shruti Ramachandran reveals her love story!".
  2. ^ "Shruti Ramachandran – Biography, Movies, Age, Family & more – Indian Cinema Gallery". 19 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Shruti Ramachandran Actress Profile and Biography". cinetrooth.in.
  4. ^ a b c sreekumar, priya (1 August 2019). "Here to stay". Deccan Chronicle.
  5. ^ Three heroines to romance Dulqar
  6. ^ Soman, Deepa (24 January 2017). "Jayasurya ropes in Shruti Ramachandran for Pretham". The Times of India. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  7. ^ George, Anjana (18 March 2017). "Sruti Ramachandran plays Asif Ali's ex in Sunday Holiday". The Times of India. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  8. ^ "Sshivada and Sruthi Ramachandran in Chanakya Thanthram". The Times of India. 6 December 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  9. ^ "Shruti Ramachandran in Nonsense". Deccan Chronicle. 9 September 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  10. ^ "Shruti Ramachandran: My film stint made my hubby's dream to write a script easier". The Times of India. 18 September 2019.
  11. ^ "Kaanekkaane trailer hints at a mystery element". The New Indian Express. 14 September 2021. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
  12. ^ "Madhuram trailer promises sweet and simple movie, Joju-starrer to release on SonyLIV". OnManorama. 11 December 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  13. ^ "Fahadh Fasil's Pachuvum Athbutha Vilakkum movie review". Firstpost. 8 May 2023. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
  14. ^ "New song from Shruti Ramachandran's Neeraja out". Cinema Express. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  15. ^ "Arun Bose's next with Indrajith Sukumaran and Shruti Ramachandran titled Marivillin Gopurangal". Cinema Express. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
  16. ^ "AR Rahman unveils Putham Pudhu Kaalai trailer; Amazon Original to premiere on 16 October". Firstpost. 5 October 2020. Archived from the original on 8 October 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  17. ^ Cherukuri, Abhilasha (3 February 2024). "'Miss Perfect' series review: A breezy, cutesy romedy of errors". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 7 February 2024.