Shanvi Srivastava

Shanvi Srivastava
Shanvi in 2019
Born 8 December 1993
Occupations
  • Actress
  • model
Years active 2012–present
Relatives Vidisha (sister)

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. She is debuting in Marathi film Raanti in 2023.

Early life

Srivastava was born on 8 December 1993, 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. Srivastava has one elder brother and one elder sister, actress Vidisha.

Career

Srivastava made her debut in 2012 in B. Jaya's Lovely while she was still studying. 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". 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.

In 2014, she made her Kannada debut with the horror comedy film Chandralekha and received positive reviews for her performance. 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) 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.

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.

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.

Filmography

Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Film Role Language Notes
2012 Lovely Lavanya (Lovely) Telugu Debut Film
2013 Adda Priya
2014 Chandralekha Aishu Kannada Debut Kannada Film
Rowdy Sirisha Telugu
Pyar Mein Padipoyane Yukta
2015 Masterpiece Nisha Kannada
2016 Bhale Jodi Nithya
Sundaranga Jaana Nandana
2017 Saheba Nandini
Tarak Meera
Mufti Raksha
2018 The Villain Herself Cameo appearance in a song "Bolo Bolo Ramappa"
2019 Geetha Aarthi/ Priya
Avane Srimannarayana Lakshmi
2022 Kasthuri Mahal Kasthuri
Maha Veeryar Devayani Malayalam Debut Malayalam Film
2023 Baang Leona Kannada
Thrishulam TBA Completed
Raanti TBA Marathi Debut Marathi Film,
  • Filming,
  • Remake of Kannada film Ugramm

Awards

Film Award Category Result Ref.
Masterpiece 5th SIIMA Awards Critics Best Actress– Kannada Won
63rd Filmfare Awards South Best Actress Nominated
Tarak 7th SIIMA Awards Best Actress Won
65th Filmfare Awards South Best Actress Nominated
Avane Srimannarayana 9th SIIMA Awards Best Actress Nominated