Vithika Sheru

Vithika Sheru was born on 2 February 1994,^[1] in Bhimavaram, Andhra Pradesh.^[2] She completed her education in Mumbai and Hyderabad. She pursued a graduate diploma in fashion design from the Lakhotia Institute of Design, Abids, Hyderabad.^[3]

She is married to actor Varun Sandesh, her co-star in Paddanandi Premalo Mari (2015).^[4]

Sheru started acting as a child artist at age 11, appearing in Telugu television series^[5] and making her film debut at age 15 in the Kannada film Anthu Inthu Preethi Banthu.^[6] She stated that her Kannada debut happened by chance when she accompanied her aunt, who is a stylist, to the film sets where she was spotted and offered a role in the film.^[3] A remake of the Telugu film Aadavari Matalaku Ardhale Verule, she played the role that Swati Reddy played in the original, after which she appeared in another Kannada film Ullasa Utsaha.^[7]

She then went on to work in Telugu cinema. During 2008 and 2009, she starred under the name Keerthi in a few low-budget Telugu films like Preminchu Rojullo,^[8] Chalo 123^[9] and My Name is Amrutha.^[10] She later worked as a supporting actress in the films Jhummandi Naadam and Bheemili Kabaddi Jattu, before landing a lead role in the Telugu film Prema Ishq Kaadhal. She played the role of a college student in the film,^[11] for which she also did the complete costume styling.^[12] In 2014, she made her Tamil film debut with the unreleased film Uyir Mozhi, in which she played a visually challenged girl.^[13] To prepare for the role, she said, she had to learn braille and was blindfolded for many days.^[14]

In 2015, she appeared as a lead in Paddanandi Premalo Mari directed by debutant Mahesh Upputuri. She played Shravani, a girl "who is both traditional and modern and changes her attitude depending on situations", and also designed her own costumes for the film.^[15] She has completed her second Tamil film Mahabalipuram.^[3] She also shot for a Tamil film titled Vedikkai along with Vidharth.^[5]