# Hariprriya (ಹರಿಪ್ರಿಯ)
**Hariprriya** is the screen name of Shruthi Chandrasena, an Indian film actress and Bharatanatyam-trained dancer, born 1991 in Chikkaballapur, Karnataka, who works predominantly in [Kannada cinema](https://www.edgepedia.org/kannada-cinema) and has also appeared in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, and Tulu films.[1](https://kannada.filmibeat.com/celebs/haripriya.html) • [2](https://socinety.com/en/person/hariprriya) • [3](https://chiloka.com/celebrity/hariprriya) Her breakthrough came with the 2014 action thriller *[Ugramm](https://www.edgepedia.org/ugramm)*, and she has since built a career that includes female-centric lead roles as well as commercial films.[1](https://kannada.filmibeat.com/celebs/haripriya.html) • [4](https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/sandalwoods-action-queen-actor-hariprriya-doing-films-solo-lead-107101)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Birth name and screen name | Shruthi Chandrasena, known professionally as Hariprriya[2](https://socinety.com/en/person/hariprriya) |
| Born | 1991, Chikkaballapur, Karnataka[1](https://kannada.filmibeat.com/celebs/haripriya.html) |
| Debut | Tulu film *Badi* directed by Richard Castelino; first Kannada film *Manasugala Maathu Madhura* (2008)[5](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/hariprriya-plays-the-lead-in-ugramm/articleshow/29302232.cms) • [1](https://kannada.filmibeat.com/celebs/haripriya.html) |
| Turning point | *Ugramm* (2014), playing Nithya opposite Srimurali for debutant director Prashanth Neel[5](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/hariprriya-plays-the-lead-in-ugramm/articleshow/29302232.cms) • [1](https://kannada.filmibeat.com/celebs/haripriya.html) |
| Career milestone | By May 2019 she had completed 39 films, of which *D/o Parvathamma* was her 25th in Kannada[6](https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/2019/may/22/12-years-39-films-and-counting-1980517.html) |
| Marriage | Engaged to actor Vashishta Simha on 3 December 2022; married on 26 January 2023 at the Ganapati Sachchidananda Ashram in Mysuru[1](https://kannada.filmibeat.com/celebs/haripriya.html) |
| Languages worked in | Kannada primarily, with Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, and Tulu films[1](https://kannada.filmibeat.com/celebs/haripriya.html) |
## Early life and entry into films
Hariprriya was born in Chikkaballapur and grew up there; her childhood name was Shruthi.[1](https://kannada.filmibeat.com/celebs/haripriya.html) Her family moved to [Bangalore](https://www.edgepedia.org/bangalore) in 2005, after her father died, when she had just completed Class 9, and her mother raised her alone.[5](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/hariprriya-plays-the-lead-in-ugramm/articleshow/29302232.cms)
**Dance brought the first offer.** Interested in dance from childhood, she trained in [Bharatanatyam](https://www.edgepedia.org/bharatanatyam) and performed at school and college events.[1](https://kannada.filmibeat.com/celebs/haripriya.html) • [5](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/hariprriya-plays-the-lead-in-ugramm/articleshow/29302232.cms) Her first movie offer came after photographs from a college event appeared in a newspaper: the casting director for director Richard Castelino's Tulu film *Badi* approached her, and although her mother, a single parent, was initially apprehensive, the then first-year pre-university student accepted the role and shot the film in Mangalore.[5](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/hariprriya-plays-the-lead-in-ugramm/articleshow/29302232.cms)
## Career
Her first Kannada film was the 2008 release *Manasugala Maathu Madhura*, followed by films such as *Kallara Santhe* and *Cheluveye Ninne Nodalu*.[1](https://kannada.filmibeat.com/celebs/haripriya.html) • [15](https://www.newindianexpress.com/amp/story/entertainment/malayalam/2012/Jan/22/haripriya-comes-to-malayalam-332429.html) Her role in the 2009 political satire *Kallara Santhe* earned her a Filmfare nomination for Best Actress, and she has said it was after that film that she decided to make acting a career.[5](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/hariprriya-plays-the-lead-in-ugramm/articleshow/29302232.cms) • [2](https://socinety.com/en/person/hariprriya)
Seeking stronger roles, she worked for a period in Telugu, Tamil, and [Malayalam cinema](https://www.edgepedia.org/malayalam-cinema), gaining recognition with films such as *Pilla Zamindar* in Telugu, *Muran* in Tamil, and *Thiruvambadi Thamban* in Malayalam.[5](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/hariprriya-plays-the-lead-in-ugramm/articleshow/29302232.cms) • [7](https://www.cinemaexpress.com/stories/interviews/2019/May/06/i-hope-to-create-another-kind-of-identity-through-soojidhara-hariprriya-11431.html) She has described the dynamic in reverse as well: Kannada filmmakers began noticing her work in the other industries and then offered her more varied and challenging roles in Kannada.[8](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/hariprriya-on-return-to-kollywood-earlier-roles-in-tamil-telugu-films-got-me-good-offers-in-kannada-now-it-is-the-other-way-around/articleshow/85425790.cms)
**Ugramm as the turning point.** The 2014 gangster drama *Ugramm*, directed by debutant [Prashanth Neel](https://www.edgepedia.org/prashanth-neel) and pairing her with Srimurali, brought her back to Kannada cinema, and she has called it the film that showed filmmakers and audiences what she could do as an actor.[1](https://kannada.filmibeat.com/celebs/haripriya.html) • [9](https://www.deccanherald.com/features/hariprriya-is-in-no-hurry-761132.html) She appears without makeup for the entire duration of the film.[5](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/hariprriya-plays-the-lead-in-ugramm/articleshow/29302232.cms) Her performance as Nithya earned her a Filmfare Award nomination for Best Actress, Kannada.[2](https://socinety.com/en/person/hariprriya)
**Established lead.** After *Ugramm*, her output in Kannada included *Ranna* (2015), *Ricky* and *Neer Dose* (2016), *Bharjari* and *Anjaniputra* (2017), and *Kanaka* (2018), alongside the Telugu film *[Jai Simha](https://www.edgepedia.org/jai-simha)* (2018) with Balakrishna, in which she played Manga.[9](https://www.deccanherald.com/features/hariprriya-is-in-no-hurry-761132.html) • [10](https://filmi.ai/person/hariprriya) • [11](https://www.cinemaexpress.com/stories/interviews/2018/Jan/24/it-is-exciting-when-director-picks-me-for-my-talent-4170.html) In 2018 she also took a negative role opposite [Chiranjeevi Sarja](https://www.edgepedia.org/chiranjeevi-sarja) in *Samhaara*, which she said she accepted to broaden her acting range, drawing inspiration from [Ramya Krishnan](https://www.edgepedia.org/ramya-krishnan)'s Neelambari.[12](https://www.cinemaexpress.com/stories/interviews/2018/Feb/06/sometimes-it-is-good-to-be-bad-hariprriya-4375.html)
By 2019, *D/o Parvathamma*, directed by Shankar J and in which she plays an investigative officer, marked her 25th Kannada film and 39th film overall; she noted that the film was a women-centric story with a commercial release rather than a small art-cinema release.[6](https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/2019/may/22/12-years-39-films-and-counting-1980517.html) That same period included *Kannad Gothilla*, in which she plays a cop and Kannada itself is, in her words, the hero of the film.[13](https://www.cinemaexpress.com/stories/interviews/2018/sep/05/hariprriya-to-star-in-rj-mayurs-debut-directorial-kannad-gothilla-7750.html) • [4](https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/sandalwoods-action-queen-actor-hariprriya-doing-films-solo-lead-107101)
In 2021 she returned to [Tamil cinema](https://www.edgepedia.org/tamil-cinema) after nearly a decade with an untitled film opposite Sasikumar, directed by Satya Shiva, who had seen her work in *Bell Bottom*, which he had remade in Tamil.[8](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/hariprriya-on-return-to-kollywood-earlier-roles-in-tamil-telugu-films-got-me-good-offers-in-kannada-now-it-is-the-other-way-around/articleshow/85425790.cms)
## Acting profile
**Solo-lead and character-driven work.** Hariprriya is one of the Kannada lead actresses able to draw audiences without a big male star opposite her, and she has deliberately taken female-centric films such as *D/o Parvathamma* and *Kannad Gothilla*.[4](https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/sandalwoods-action-queen-actor-hariprriya-doing-films-solo-lead-107101) She has said she selects films on the basis of script and character rather than being typecast in one genre, taking roles as varied as a village girl, a Naxalite in *Ricky*, a call girl in *Neer Dose*, and a northern [Karnataka](https://www.edgepedia.org/karnataka) girl in *Bharjari*.[11](https://www.cinemaexpress.com/stories/interviews/2018/Jan/24/it-is-exciting-when-director-picks-me-for-my-talent-4170.html) • [14](https://kannada.asianetnews.com/entertainment/actress-haripriya-interview)
She does not come from a film background, and her one stated regret is not having gone to college; she has said she intends at some point to complete a course and try business.[6](https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/2019/may/22/12-years-39-films-and-counting-1980517.html)
## Personal life
Hariprriya became engaged to actor Vashishta Simha on 3 December 2022, and the two married on 26 January 2023 at the Ganapati Sachchidananda Ashram in Mysuru.[1](https://kannada.filmibeat.com/celebs/haripriya.html)
## References
1. [Hariprriya biography and filmography, Filmibeat Kannada](https://kannada.filmibeat.com/celebs/haripriya.html)
2. [Hariprriya, Socinety](https://socinety.com/en/person/hariprriya)
3. [Hariprriya, Chiloka celebrity profile](https://chiloka.com/celebrity/hariprriya)
4. [Sandalwood's action queen: Actor Hariprriya on doing films as solo lead, The News Minute](https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/sandalwoods-action-queen-actor-hariprriya-doing-films-solo-lead-107101)
5. [Hariprriya returns to Kannada cinema with Ugramm, Times of India](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/hariprriya-plays-the-lead-in-ugramm/articleshow/29302232.cms)
6. [12 years, 39 films and counting, The New Indian Express](https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/2019/may/22/12-years-39-films-and-counting-1980517.html)
7. [I hope to create another kind of identity through Soojidhara: Hariprriya, Cinema Express](https://www.cinemaexpress.com/stories/interviews/2019/May/06/i-hope-to-create-another-kind-of-identity-through-soojidhara-hariprriya-11431.html)
8. [Hariprriya on return to Kollywood, Times of India](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/hariprriya-on-return-to-kollywood-earlier-roles-in-tamil-telugu-films-got-me-good-offers-in-kannada-now-it-is-the-other-way-around/articleshow/85425790.cms)
9. [Hariprriya is in no hurry, Deccan Herald](https://www.deccanherald.com/features/hariprriya-is-in-no-hurry-761132.html)
10. [Hariprriya filmography, filmi.ai](https://filmi.ai/person/hariprriya)
11. [It is exciting when a director picks me for my talent: Hariprriya, Cinema Express](https://www.cinemaexpress.com/stories/interviews/2018/Jan/24/it-is-exciting-when-director-picks-me-for-my-talent-4170.html)
12. [Sometimes, it is good to be bad: Hariprriya, Cinema Express](https://www.cinemaexpress.com/stories/interviews/2018/Feb/06/sometimes-it-is-good-to-be-bad-hariprriya-4375.html)
13. [Hariprriya to star in RJ Mayur's debut directorial Kannad Gothilla, Cinema Express](https://www.cinemaexpress.com/stories/interviews/2018/sep/05/hariprriya-to-star-in-rj-mayurs-debut-directorial-kannad-gothilla-7750.html)
14. [Haripriya interview, Asianet Suvarna News](https://kannada.asianetnews.com/entertainment/actress-haripriya-interview)
15. [Haripriya comes to Malayalam](https://www.newindianexpress.com/amp/story/entertainment/malayalam/2012/Jan/22/haripriya-comes-to-malayalam-332429.html)
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