Shriya earned a very good recognition in Tamil with Sivaji . Immediately after the completion of the film she got a very good opportunity to play opposite stars like Vijay and Vikram However, she remained totally backward in Telugu film industry and reached the stage of doing item songs.

Though she earned good craze in Tamil, she is also evincing interest to do item songs. For the first time, she did an item song in Tamil for 'Indralogattil Naa Alagappan', that too not with a star hero but with Vadivelu. This had really surprised the Kollywood. However, it is learnt that she had collected huge remuneration for that song from producer Seventh Channel Narayanan. Vadivelu is playing triple role in the movie.