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{{Short description|Indian actress}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2016}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Indraja Shankar
| image = Indraja_Shankar.jpg
| imagesize =
| alt =
| caption = Indraja in 2022
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2003|05|17|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Chennai]], Tamil Nadu, India
| othername = Indraja Roboshankar
| occupation = Actress
| yearsactive = 2019–2025
| spouse = {{marriage|Karthik|2024}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cinema.vikatan.com/kollywood/indraja-robo-shankar-announced-her-wedding-in-social-media?pfrom=home-third-row|title="அதிகாரபூர்வமான அறிவிப்பு விரைவில் வரும்!"- திருமணத்தை உறுதி செய்த இந்திரஜா ரோபோ சங்கர்|first=வெ.வித்யா|last=காயத்ரி|work=[[Ananda Vikatan]]|language=ta}}</ref>
| father = [[Robo Shankar]]
| mother = [[Priyanka Robo Shankar]]
| children = 1
}}

'''Indraja Shankar''' (born 17 May 2003) is an Indian former actress who predominantly appears in [[Tamil cinema|Tamil]] films.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/movies/sister-from-another-mother-actor-indraja-cant-praise-aditi-shankar-enough-4661957.html|title=Sister From Another Mother': Actor Indraja Can't Praise Aditi Shankar Enough|work=news18.com|access-date=4 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tamil.indianexpress.com/lifestyle/indraja-shankar-age-robo-shankar-daughter-indraja-shankar-family-indraja-shankar-instagram-238322/|title=நம்ப முடியாத வெயிட் லாஸ்.. கோலிவுட்டில் கால் பதிக்க தயாராகும் ரோபோ சங்கர் மகள்!|work=The Indian Express|language=ta|date=22 December 2020}}</ref> She is the daughter of late Indian comedian [[Robo Shankar]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2025-09-19 |title=Robo Shankar: Kamal Haasan pays his last respects; Indraja's emotional outburst shatters the internet |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/robo-shankar-kamal-haasan-pays-his-last-respects-indrajas-emotional-outburst-shatters-the-internet/articleshow/123997099.cms |access-date=2025-09-20 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

==Career ==
Indraja debuted in the film ''[[Bigil]]'' in 2019 playing the role of a football player named Pandiyamma.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cinema.vikatan.com/kollywood/indraja-shankar-interview|title=கால்வலி மட்டுமே எலிமினேஷனுக்கு காரணமில்லை!|first=அய்யனார்|last=ராஜன்|date=29 September 2021|work=[[Ananda Vikatan]]|url-access=subscription|language=ta}}</ref> In 2021, she made her Telugu debut in the film ''[[Paagal]]''<ref>{{Cite news |title=Paagal Movie Review : A quirky tale of love based on a flimsy story-line |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movie-reviews/paagal/movie-review/85323680.cms |access-date=2024-12-07 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> where she played one of [[Vishwak Sen]]'s lovers and featured in the song "Ee Single Chinnode". She also acted in the film ''[[Viruman]]'' in 2022.

She also participated in the reality show ''[[Survivor (Tamil season 1)]]'' as a contestant.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Survivor Tamil, September 27, highlights: Indraja Shankar gets evicted from the show|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/survivor-tamil-september-27-highlights-indraja-shankar-gets-evicted-from-the-show/articleshow/86577905.cms|access-date=2025-01-25 |work=The Times of India}}</ref> Indraja Shankar started her YouTube channel, ''[https://www.youtube.com/@UngalPandiyamma Ungal Pandiyamma]'', on January 30, 2024. She shares vlogs, videos from weddings and engagements, updates about her pregnancy, and glimpses into her life and work in the entertainment industry.

==Personal life==
On February 2, 2024, Indraja Shankar became engaged to her maternal uncle Karthick, and the couple married in a traditional [[Hindu]] wedding on March 24, 2024, in Chennai.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Indraja Shankar gets married to her long-term bestie Karthick; pics inside|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/indraja-shankar-gets-married-to-her-long-term-bestie-karthick-pics-inside/articleshow/108750535.cms|access-date=2025-01-25 |work=The Times of India}}</ref> Later that year, they announced that they were expecting their first child while participating in the Tamil reality television show [[Mr. and Mrs. Chinnathirai season 5]]. On January 20, 2025, Indraja gave birth to a son.<ref>{{Cite news |title=TV couple Indraja Shankar and Karthick announce pregnancy on Mr. and Mrs. Chinnathirai 5 set|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/tv-couple-indraja-shankar-and-karthick-announce-pregnancy-on-mr-and-mrs-chinnathirai-5-set/articleshow/112403361.cms|access-date=2025-01-25 |work=The Times of India}}</ref>

== Filmography ==
*''Note: all films are in Tamil, unless otherwise noted.''
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 100%;"
! Year !! Film !! Role(s) !! Notes
|-
| rowspan="1"|2019 || ''[[Bigil]]'' || Pandiyamma || <ref>{{Cite news |title=Until now, people either knew me as Pandiamma or Robo Shankar's daughter: Indraja|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/until-now-people-either-knew-me-as-pandiamma-or-robo-shankars-daughter-indraja/articleshow/86684158.cms|access-date=2025-01-25 |work=The Times of India}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="1"|2021 ||''[[Paagal]]'' || Baby ||[[Telugu language|Telugu]] film
|-
| rowspan="1"|2022 ||''[[Viruman]]'' || Kolavikkal ||
|-
|rowspan="2"|2025 || ''[[Aghathiyaa]]'' || Priya ||
|-
|''[[Kooran (film)|Kooran]]'' || Chithra ||
|-
| 2026 || ''[[TN 2026]]'' || Rukmini || <ref>{{Cite web |date=2 April 2026 |title=Natty-starrer TN 2026's teaser released |url=https://ianslive.in/natty-starrer-tn-2026s-teaser-released--20260402195141 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260402150750/https://ianslive.in/natty-starrer-tn-2026s-teaser-released--20260402195141 |archive-date=2 April 2026 |access-date=11 April 2026 |website=[[Indo-Asian News Service|IANSLive]] |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|}

===Television===

{| Class ="wikitable sortable"
!Year !!Show !! Role!! Platform
!Notes
|-
|2019
|''Bigil Deepavali''
|Guest
|[[Sun TV Network|Sun TV]]
|As part of ''[[Bigil]]'' Promotions
|-
|2020
|''[[Kannana Kanne]]''
|Guest
|[[Sun TV Network|Sun TV]]
|With [[Robo Shankar]]
|-
|2021||''[[Survivor Tamil (season 1)|Survivor Tamil Season 1]]''|| Contestant || [[Zee Tamil]]
|Eliminated on Day 15<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/tamil/tv-actress-and-former-contestant-of-survivor-indraja-shankar-enjoys-a-devotional-trip-with-family/articleshow/100763245.cms|title=TV actress and former contestant of Survivor Indraja Shankar enjoys a devotional trip with family|date=5 June 2023|work=The Times of India}}</ref>
|-
|2023||''Tamizha Tamizha''|| Guest || [[Zee Tamil]]
|
|-
|2024||''[[Mr. and Mrs. Chinnathirai season 5]]''|| Contestant || [[Star Vijay]]
|Voluntary Exit
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|10860565}}
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian film actresses]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian actresses]]
[[Category:Actresses in Tamil cinema]]
[[Category:Actresses in Telugu cinema]]
[[Category:2003 births]]

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