Sriti Jha was born in Begusarai in Bihar. As a child, she spent 10 years in Kolkata, West Bengal after which she moved to Nepal where she attended Modern Indian School in Kathmandu. Her family later settled in Delhi where she studied at Laxman Public School and Sri Venkateswara College. It was here that she joined the English dramatics society named "Verbum" in 2004. She went on to become the President of the society and got her first main role in a Verbum play titled "Ritual in Blood". She won the Best Actor award in the Delhi University dramatics circuit for this particular performance.
SJ made her television debut in Dhoom Machao Dhoom (DMD) on Disney Channel. She played the shy and superstitious Malini Sharma who was part of the all-girl musical group in school called the Pink Band. Her stint on DMD coupled with her innocent girl-next-door looks led her to being cast as the lead in the romantic drama Jiya Jale on 9X channel as Sunaina. The show was short-lived but she was soon signed on to a new show Angad which unfortunately never took off. She was next seen on Imagine TV's Jyoti in which she played the parallel lead as Jyoti's sister Sudha. The role was something of a breakthrough for Sriti as she played a character with Mulitple Personality Disorder. She handled the roles of the timid and fearful Sudha and the bold and glamourous Devika with equal panache.
At the same time she was also signed on to play the main lead in Star Plus's fantasy show Shaurya Aur Suhani as Princess Suhani. Since both Jyoti and Shaurya Aur Suhani were helmed by Sphere Origins she was able to work simultaneously on both shows. Shaurya Aur Suhani came to a quick end and her track in Jyoti came to a close soon after which she joined Imagine TV's next Rakt Sambandh as main lead. In this show she played the role of Sandhya a blind girl who finds herself married under suspicious circumstances. Even in this role she was brilliant as the helpless blind girl who goes on to take revenge on her husband's family once she gets her eyesight back in the guise of tapori Vrinda.
After Rakt Sambandh ended she was chosen to star in one of the first shows on brand new channel Life OK (part of the Star network) called Dil Se Di Duaa...Saubhagyawati Bhava? This show was based on the issue of Domestic Violence and it was her role as the tortured wife Jhanvi which gained her the maximum popularity in her career so far. Her chemistry both with Karanvir Bohra who played her abusive husband as well as Harshad Chopra who played her savior and love interest was widely appreciated and has generated a huge fan following. However, due to creative differences she decided to leave the show in November.
She is now a part of Colors TV's Balika Vadhu, one of the most critically acclaimed and popular shows on TV in recent times. She plays the role of Ganga, a victim of child marriage and a mother of a 1 year old who runs away from her abusive husband and in-laws. Her stint with Balika Vadhu marks the third time she is working with Sphere Origins.
Her specialty lies in her choice of different roles and her versatile performances. She particularly excels at playing diametrically different characters sometimes in the same show, case in point being her performances as Sudha/Devika in Jyoti, Sandhya/Vrinda in Rakt Sambandh, and Jhanvi/Sia in Saubhagyawati Bhava.
Edited by SaraluvRaghaVI - 10 years ago
comment:
p_commentcount