Dheekshith Shetty | |
|---|---|
 Shetty in 2022 | |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2016−present |
Dheekshith Shetty is an Indian film and television actor who predominantly works in Kannada and Telugu films. He started his career through the TV show Preethi Endarenu. He made his feature film debut in K. S. Ashoka's 2020 film Dia , for which he was nominated for best supporting actor (Kannada) by SIIMA.
| † | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
| Year | Film | Role | Language | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Dia | Rohit | Kannada | Nominated—SIIMA Award for Best Actress (Kannada) | [1] [2] |
| 2021 | Mugguru Monagallu | Chandrathreya Kishore Varma | Telugu | [3] | |
| The Rose Villa | Ravi | [4] | |||
| 2023 | Dasara | Siddham Suryam "Suri" | Telugu | [5] | |
| 2024 | KTM | Karthik | Kannada | [6] | |
| Blink | Apoorva | [7] | |||
| TBA | Sheegrameva Kalyana Praptirasthu† | Sagar | Filming | [8] | |
| TBA | Strawberry† | TBA | Post-production | [9] |
| Year | Film | Language | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Oh Fish | Kannada | [10] |
| 2022 | Navabelaku | ||
| Smile |
| Year | Work | Role | Network | Language | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Preethi Endarenu | Star Suvarna | Kannada | |||
| Saakshi | Udaya TV | |||||
| 2016–2020 | Naagini | Arjun/Partha | Zee Kannada | [11] | ||
| 2017 | Dance Karnataka Dance | Contestant | Winner | [12] | ||
| 2022 | Meet Cute | Siddharth | SonyLIV | Telugu | segment: "In L(aw)ove" | [13] |
| Year | Film | Award | Category | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Dia | South Indian International Movie Awards | Best Supporting Actor – Kannada | Nominated | [2] |
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