Shanvi Srivastava

Shanvi Srivastava (born 8 December 1993) is an Indian actress and model who works predominantly in Kannada films and a few Telugu and Malayalam films.[1][2][3] She is debuting in Marathi film Raanti in 2023.

Shanvi Srivastava
Shanvi in 2019
Born (1993-12-08) 8 December 1993
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
Occupations
  • Actress
  • model
Years active2012–present
Relatives Vidisha (sister)

Early life

Srivastava was born on 8 December 1993,[4][5][6] in Varanasi, she did her schooling at Children College Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh and graduation at the Thakur College of Science and Commerce in Mumbai and completed her B.Com degree in 2016.[7] Srivastava has one elder brother and one elder sister, actress Vidisha.[8][9]

Career

Srivastava made her debut in 2012 in B. Jaya's Lovely while she was still studying.[10] In her second Telugu film Adda she was seen as a fashion designing student and her performance was well received by critics. The Times of India wrote, "In the lengthy role that she has, Shanvi gets all her expressions right".[11] She was then signed by Ram Gopal Varma to play a brief role as Vishnu Manchu's romantic interest in his Telugu political drama Rowdy.[12][13]

In 2014, she made her Kannada debut with the horror comedy film Chandralekha[14] and received positive reviews for her performance.[15][16] In 2015, she won the South Indian International Movie Awards and was also nominated for a Filmfare Award for Best Actress - Kannada for Masterpiece (2015 film)[17] directed by Manju Mandavya. She was also nominated for the Filmfare Best Actress Kannada and won the SIIMA Award for Best Actor in lead role (Female)- Kannada for the movie Tarak.[18]

Srivastava made her international debut in the Chinese drama series 夜天子 (Ye Tian Zi, The Dark Lord) in 2018, making the selection over the initial choice of Sunny Leone. She learned Chinese for the role.[19]

In 2019, Srivastava had two releases - Avane Srimannarayana and Geetha which was her first Kannada voice dubbed film.

Media

Srivastava was ranked in The Times Most Desirable Women at No. 20 in 2019.[20]

Filmography
Key
† Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
2012LovelyLavanya (Lovely) TeluguDebut Film
2013AddaPriya
2014ChandralekhaAishu KannadaDebut Kannada Film
RowdySirisha Telugu
Pyar Mein PadipoyaneYukta
2015MasterpieceNisha Kannada
2016Bhale JodiNithya
Sundaranga JaanaNandana
2017SahebaNandini
TarakMeera
MuftiRaksha
2018 The Villain Herself Cameo appearance in a song "Bolo Bolo Ramappa"
2019 Geetha Aarthi/ Priya
Avane Srimannarayana Lakshmi
2022 Kasthuri Mahal Kasthuri [21]
Maha Veeryar Devayani Malayalam Debut Malayalam Film[22]
2023 Baang Leona Kannada
Thrishulam † TBA Completed[23]
Raanti †TBAMarathiDebut Marathi Film,
  • Filming,
  • Remake of Kannada film Ugramm

Awards
FilmAwardCategoryResultRef.
Masterpiece 5th SIIMA Awards Critics Best Actress– Kannada Won [24]
63rd Filmfare Awards South Best Actress Nominated
Tarak 7th SIIMA Awards Best Actress Won [25]
65th Filmfare Awards South Best Actress Nominated [26]
Avane Srimannarayana 9th SIIMA Awards Best Actress Nominated [27]

References
  1. "Shanvi: RGV told me not to smile in Rowdy - Rediff.com Movies". Rediff.com. 10 March 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
  2. Ians - Chennai (14 August 2013). "Shanvi beats long working hours with yoga". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
  3. "Aadi and I have matured as actors since 'Lovely': Shanvi - Yahoo Movies India". Yahoo!. 7 January 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
  4. "Shanvi Srivastava Birthday Special: Five photos that highlight all her different shades". The Times of India. 8 December 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  5. "Of stars, scents and fashion sense". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  6. "HBD Shanvi Srivastava: ಶಾನ್ವಿ ಶ್ರೀವಾಸ್ತವ ಹುಟ್ಟುಹಬ್ಬಕ್ಕೆ ವಿಶ್ ಮಾಡಿದ ರಕ್ಷಿತ್ ಶೆಟ್ಟಿ: ಮುದ್ದಾಗಿದೆ ಜೋಡಿ ಎಂದ ನೆಟ್ಟಿಗರು..!– News18 Kannada". News18 Kannada (in Kannada). 8 December 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  7. "Small town gal with big dreams". Deccan Chronicle. 16 October 2013. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
  8. "Shanvi keen to play rural characters (With Image)". Sify. 11 April 2013. Archived from the original on 22 April 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
  9. Desai, Dhwani. "Shanvi Srivastav is juggling studies, films". The Times of India.
  10. "Lovely heroine Shanvi about her debut film Lovely >> Tollywood Star Interviews". Raagalahari.com. 2 April 2012. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
  11. "Adda movie review: Wallpaper, Story, Trailer at Times of India". The Times of India (in German). Retrieved 4 April 2014.
  12. "Working with Ram Gopal Varma a dream come true for Shanvi". Ibnlive.in.com. 15 February 2014. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
  13. "Learning from the best". Deccan Chronicle. 25 February 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
  14. "Playing ghost spooked Shanvi". The Times of India. 4 March 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
  15. "Chandalekha movie review: Wallpaper, Story, Trailer at Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
  16. "Movie Review : Chandralekha". Sify. Archived from the original on 8 March 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
  17. "Masterpiece made Shanvi more lovlier". 6 July 2016.
  18. "Shanvi's spectacular performance in Tarak". 19 September 2018.
  19. "Shanvi Srivastava beats sunny leone to be Indian princess - The New Indian Express". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  20. "MEET THE TIMES 50 MOST DESIRABLE WOMEN 2019 - Times of India ►". The Times of India. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  21. "ರಚಿತಾ ರಾಮ್ ಔಟ್, 'ಕಸ್ತೂರಿ ಮಹಲ್'ಗೆ ಶಾನ್ವಿ ಶ್ರೀವಾಸ್ತವ್ ಪ್ರವೇಶ! | Kannadaprabha". m.kannadaprabha.com. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  22. "Abrid Shine's Mahaveeryar, with Nivin Pauly and Asif Ali, gets first look poster". Cinema Express. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
  23. "Upendra: ರವಿಚಂದ್ರನ್-ಉಪೇಂದ್ರ ಕಾಂಬಿನೇಷನ್‌ನ ಸಿನಿಮಾಕ್ಕೆ ಮತ್ತೊಮ್ಮೆ ಶೀರ್ಷಿಕೆ ಚೇಂಜ್!". Vijaya Karnataka (in Kannada). Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  24. "5th SIIMA WINNERS LIST". Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  25. "SIIMA awards 2017 nominations announced". Sify. Archived from the original on 3 July 2017.
  26. "Winners of the 65th Jio Filmfare Awards (South) 2018". Filmfare. 16 June 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  27. "The 9th South Indian International Movie Awards Nominations for 2019". South Indian International Movie Awards. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
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