Shweta Prasad

Shweta Basu Prasad
Born	August 9, 1990 (1990-08-09) (age 20) Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India[1]
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2002-present
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Shwetha Basu Prasad ^[2] is an Indian actress and former child actor.

Early life

Prasad was born in Jamshedpur, Jharkand and moved to Mumbai when she was a child. Her mother’s ancestry stretches to West Bengal, thus she can read and write Bengali. Her dad is from Uttar Pradesh and later moved to Delhi and he has a strong background in the Theatre.

Career

Prasad started her career as a child actress in 2002 at the age of 11. She acted in dual role as Chunni and Munni in her debut film Makdee and got the National Film Award for Best Child Artist for the same. She also acted as a child artist in the Star Plus serial Kahani Ghar Ghar Ki as Shruti, Parvati and Oms daughter.

In 2005, she acted in Iqbal as Khadija which was superbly written by Vipul K Rawal, which propelled her to mini stardom and got subsequent film offers. In 2006 she acted in Ram Gopal Varma's Darna Zaroori Hai as Ashu. She recently debuted in Tollywood as a heroine in the film Kotha Bangaru Lokam, which also casts Varun Sandesh as the hero. She is well acclaimed for her acting in all the languages.

She studies commerce in the R. N Podar High School, Santa-Cruz, Mumbai.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
2002	Makdee	Chunni, Munni	Hindi	Winner, National Film Award for Best Child Artist Winner, Star Screen Award for Best Child Artist[3]
	Kaamini		Hindi
2005	Iqbal	Khadija	Hindi	Winner, Star Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress[4] Nominated, Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award
	Vaah! Life Ho Toh Aisi!	Shweta	Hindi
2006	Darna Zaroori Hai	Ashu	Hindi
2008	Kotha Bangaru Lokam	Swapna Vishwanath	Telugu	Nominated, Filmfare Best Actress Award (Telugu)
2009	Ride	Rani	Telugu
	Kasko	Krishnaveni	Telugu
2010	Kalavar King	Shruti	Telugu
	Nuvvekkadunte Nenakkadunta		Telugu	Filming