Champa Shetty

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Champa P Shetty
Born
Champakamalini T L

Other namesChampa Shetty
Occupation(s) Actor, film director, screenwriter, voice-over artist
SpousePrakash P Shetty
Children2

Champa Shetty is an Indian actor, filmmaker, [1] [2] screenwriter and voice-over artist who works primarily in Kannada film industry and Kannada theatre. Shetty is known for her women centric films. [3]

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Career

Shetty started her career in the film industry as a successful voice over/dubbing artist. [4] She has also been awarded Karnataka State Film Award for Best Dubbing Artist (Female) for the year 2007-08 for her performance in the movie Kurunadu. Before entering cinema, in early 2000s she worked as a prime time news reader for Udaya News. [5] She has also worked in the Kannada television series Kaveri directed by Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar, Nakutanthi directed by B. Suresha, Parama Pada directed by Yogaraj Bhat and Mukta Mukta directed by T. N. Seetharam.

She made her film debut as an actor playing the mother of the protagonist in the film Belakinedege [6] and later acted in a similar role in Harikatha Prasanga/Chronicles of Hari [7] a film directed by Ananya Kasaravalli. [8]

Shetty debuted as a film director through her 2018 critically acclaimed women centric film Ammachi Yemba Nenapu . [9]

Her second directional film "Koli Esru"(Chicken Curry) won the Best film in the Indian Cinema Competition section at Bengaluru International Film Festival-2023. [10] [11] [12]

In addition to her work in films and TV, Shetty is actively involved in Kannada theatre [13] and has directed the theatre productions Gandhi Banda [14] [15] and Akku. [16] [17]

Filmography

As actor

Films

FilmRoleDirectorLanguage
BelakinedegeLead ActorAjay Kumar A JKannada
Harikatha Prasanga/Chronicles of HariLead ActorAnanya KasaravalliKannada

Telefilms and teleserials

NameRoleDirectorLanguage
KaveriSaraswatiNagathihalli ChandrashekharKannada
NakutanthiAdvocate ChampaB. SureshaKannada
Parama PadaMLA's wifeYogaraj BhatKannada
Mukta MuktaGeervaniT. N. SeetharamKannada

Theatre

PlayRoleDirectorTroupeLanguage
HayavadanaPadminiB V KaranthBenakaKannada
Manteswamy Katha PrasangaDoddamajiSuresh AnagalliPrayoga RangaKannada
Siri PurandaraVanajakshiSuresh AnagalliPrayoga RangaKannada
Ashadada Ondu Dina/Aashad Ke Ek DinRajakumari/PrincessDr. Sudhendra SharmaKala Maitri(Bangalore University)Kannada
HayavadanaPadminiDr. K. RamakrishnaKala Maitri(Bangalore University)Kannada

As director

YearFilm
2018 Ammachi Yemba Nenapu
2022 Koli Esru

Awards

YearFilmAwardCreditCategoryResultRef
2023Koli Esru(Chicken Curry)Ajanta Ellora International Film FestivalDirectorBest Actress, Best Child ArtistWon [18] [19]
2023 Bengaluru International Film Festival DirectorBest Film (Chitrabharati Award)Won [20] [21]
2023Ottawa Indian Film FestivalDirectorBest Director, Best ActressWon [22] [23]
2023 Indian Film Festival of Melbourne DirectorBest ActressNominated [24] [25]

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