Shruti Ramachandran

Before films, Shruti Ramachandran trained and worked as an architect. Schooled in Chennai and Kochi, she earned a bachelor's degree from The University School of Design in Mysore and a master's in self-sufficient buildings from IAAC in Barcelona, then worked at architecture firms in Chennai and Bombay and taught at the Asian School of Architecture and Design Innovations in Kochi. Her film work, as actress, writer and dubbing artist, is mostly in Malayalam. On screen she has appeared in Pretham (2016) with Jayasurya, Sunday Holiday (2017) with Asif Ali, Anveshanam, Kaanekkaane with Tovino Thomas and Madhuram (2021) with Joju George. She played Jaya in the Telugu film Dear Comrade (2019). With Francis Thomas she co-wrote Ilamai Idho Idho, a segment of the 2020 Tamil anthology Putham Pudhu Kaalai. Her voice work for Ranjith Sankar's Kamala won her the 2020 Kerala State Film Award for Best Dubbing Artist, and Madhuram brought her a critics' mention for best actress from the Kerala Film Critics Association.