she made her debut in 2001 and since then she has always been on an upward journey towards success having starred in films with some of the biggest names in town shriya saran who turned 38 today has been adored by the audience for her acting some of the most memorable dance moves and the versatility in her roles but when it came to her personal life the actress was usually very guarded but slowly that has changed a bit too during the lockdown the santhosham actress who is in barcelona with her husband andrei koscheev has been posting about her experiences learning new recipes instagram lives and dancing to freedom on the streets of barcelona when the lockdown was first lifted there when we spoke to the actress about how she is staying positive amid a pandemic that too in one of the worsthit countries she said staying cooped up in one place is frustrating and i try to keep myself occupied with yoga meditation cooking reading watching movies to take my mind off thingsthough she misses her parents living in india with the travel restrictions in place she had to resort to talking to her parents through videocalls she has also learnt to cook some of her mums favourite recipes she said though things are getting better here i miss india i dont know when ill be able to go home again my parents are in mumbai and im constantly on videocall with them my mum has shared some of her recipes and ive learnt to make them but now im running out of spices and garam masala so im worried that i wont be able to eat desi food soonher instagram page is filled with pictures of the gopala gopala actress clicking selfies with her husband with funny yet adorable expressions so how did the two meet she says we first met while i had gone diving in the maldives he didnt even know who i was when we first met it was only later that he found out im an actress and andrei has always surprised her with the most unexpected gifts be it taking her to an old theatre to watch the nutcracker in 2019 or taking her on a tour of st petersburg she says one gesture of his that surprised me the most was when he once took me to st petersburg i had shot for a song with mahesh babu there for arjun 2004 obviously he didnt know about this or so i thought when i reached st petersburg he picked me up in his car and he took me to all the places where i shot and he kept asking me do you remember and im like no i dont remember anything and then he started laughing and said you shot at all these placesthe actress who will soon be seen in a cameo role in ss rajamoulis rrr feels more women should be a part of indian