The film however saw theatrical release five years later. Navashakthi Vaibhava (2008) was Shruti's 100th film when she began filming in 2003. Balachander won her the Filmfare Award and also the Tamil Nadu State Award for Best Actress. Her Tamil film Kalki (1996) directed by the ace director K. She made her debut in Telugu withe movie Parugo Parugu against Rajendra Prasad. In Telugu, most of her films are with the famous comedy hero Rajendra Prasad. In her career spanning for more than two decades, she acted with all the leading male stars in the film industry of her times like Vishnuvardhan, Ambareesh, Tiger Prabhakar, Shiva Rajkumar, Shashikumar, Ramesh Aravind, Jaggesh, Devaraj, Sunil, Abhijeeth, Ram Kumar and others. She won her first Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress for the movie Aagatha (1995) directed by Suresh Heblikar.

Soon after these films, Shruti was stereotyped for tear jerking roles in many Kannada films. Some of the most famous and successful Kannada movies from Shruti are, Shruti, Taayi Illada Tavaru, Veerappa Nayaka, Gauri Ganesha, Bombat Hendthi, Muddina Maava, ‘’Mr.

This movie was a successful one running over 25 weeks. Later in the year 1990, she acted as heroine in the movie Shruthi directed and produced by Dwarakish. Kannada movie Aasegobba Meesegobba as Shivarajkumar's sister role. Shruti started her cinema career in Malayalam film Swantham ennu karuthi. Shruthi was in Puttur in her early ages of life. She was named Shruti by the actor-director Dwarakish who introduced her in a leading role for his film Shruthi in 1990. She was credited as Priyadarshini in her first Kannada movie Aasegobba Meesegobba. īorn in a Kannada speaking family in Karnataka, Shruti's birth name is Girija. In 2013, she joined the Karnataka Janata Paksha which eventually merged in 2014 with the BJP. She was made the chairperson of the Karnataka Women and Child Development Corporation before being removed in 2009. Shruti joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in 2008. In 2016, she won the third season of the reality television show Bigg Boss Kannada. She is known for performance in films such as Gauri Ganesha (1991), Aagatha (1995), Kalki (1996), Gowdru (2004), Akka Thangi (2008) and Puttakkana Highway (2011). She was among the leading actresses in Kannada cinema during the 1990s and has won three Karnataka State Film Awards and four Filmfare Awards South in her career spanning over 25 years. In addition to Kannada, Shruti has appeared in a handful of Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam films. She is currently serving as chief secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party's women's wing in its Karnataka cadre. As an actress, she is known for her work in Kannada, Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam films. Girija (born 18 September 1975), known by her screen name Shruti, is an Indian actress, television personality and politician.

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