Kavya Shetty | |
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![]() Shetty in 2021 | |
Born | Kavya M. Shetty Mangaluru, Karnataka, India |
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Years active | 2011–present |
Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) [1] |
Kavya Shetty is an Indian actress and model who primarily appears in Kannada films. Shetty made her acting debut in 2013 with the Kannada film Nam Duniya Nam Style . [2] She has since received commercial success with Ishtakamya (2016), Zoom (2016), Siliconn City (2017) and Bro Daddy (2022). [3]
Shetty was born Mangalore, Karnataka. [4] [5] After doing her schooling in Mangalore, she graduated in Computer Science engineering from N.M.A.M. Institute of Technology, Nitte.
While in college, Shetty did a few modelling assignments following appearances in several television commercials. She later moved to Bangalore and took part in 2011 Femina Miss India beauty pageant, [4] winning the 'Miss Photogenic' title. [6] [7] [8] [9] She also worked as a commercial model and appeared in several print and television advertisements. [4]
In 2012, Shetty entered the Indian film industry. She first signed to Shivani, a bilingual horror flick, made in Telugu and Tamil, [10] in which she played a journalist. [5] However, the delay of this film meant that Shetty's maiden release was the Kannada film Nam Duniya Nam Style (2013) by Preetham Gubbi. [6] While the film received mixed reviews, critics noted that Shetty had "given [a] lively performance" [11] and "show[n] tremendous promise". [12] Her future releases include the semi-period Kannada film Vijayaaditya. [4] She has also been cast as one of the female leads in A. L. Vijay's next Tamil film, which according to Shetty is a "fun-filled" romantic drama set against a college backdrop. [13]
Shetty saw success with Ishtakamya , directed by well known filmmaker Nagathihalli Chandrashekar. [14] She had three film releases in 2017: Smile Please, [15] starring Gurunandan, MMM', [16] with Aru Gowda; and Silicon City, [17] with Srinagar Kitty.
The year 2020 and 2021 saw Kavya in movies of both Kannada and Telugu language. [18] Kavya set her feet on the sets of Ravichandran's upcoming movie Ravi Bopanna [19] as a lead female, while she was seen in the title track of Yuvarathna [20] starring Puneeth Rajkumar.
Kavya is seen in her upcoming Telugu movie Gurthunda Seethakalam with Satyadev and Tamannaah, directed by Nagashekar. [18] One of the other major project is Yogi-starrer Lanke where she is sharing screens with Sanchari Vijay, Krishi Thapanda [21] Kavya is working on her next project with Jayaram Karthik titled Kaada. [22] The movie is set to release early next year. Her other upcoming projects are Sold [23] which is ready for release and 6C [24] for which the shooting is yet to commence.
In the Bangalore Time Most Desirable Women list, Shetty was placed 29th in 2017. [25] In 219, Shetty launched her clothing and jewellery brand, Kassh. [26] She is also connected with Aadyaa Foundation and contribute to children welfare. [27] [28]
Year | Title | Role | Language | Notes | Ref. |
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2013 | Nam Duniya Nam Style | Radha | Kannada | ||
I Am In Love | Krithi | ||||
2015 | Idhu Enna Maayam | Pallavi | Tamil | ||
2016 | Ishtakamya | Aditi | Kannada | [29] | |
Zoom | Sheela | ||||
2017 | Smile Please | Maanasa | [30] | ||
Siliconn City | Prerana | [31] | |||
2018 | 3 Gante 30 Dina 30 Second | Sharmila | |||
Samhaara | Janaki | ||||
2021 | Yuvarathnaa | Herself | Special appearance in song "Feel the Power" | [20] | |
Lanke | Mandara Devi | [32] | |||
2022 | Bro Daddy | Susan Mathews | Malayalam | [33] | |
Sold | Ruchitha | Kannada | |||
Ravi Bopanna | Spoorthy | [34] | |||
Captain | Rekha | Tamil | |||
Gurthunda Seethakalam | Amrutha "Ammu" | Telugu | [35] | ||
2024 | Love Li | Herself | Kannada | Special appearance in song "Chikimika" | [36] |
2025 | Nimagondu Sihi Suddi | Anusha | [37] | ||
Production TBD† | TBA | Malayalam | Filming | [38] |