Krithi Shetty

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Shetty in 2021
Born
Krithi Shetty

(2003-09-21) 21 September 2003 (age 20)
Hassan, Karnataka, India
Occupation
  • Actress
Years active2019 – present

Krithi Shetty (born 21 September 2003) [1] is an Indian actress who works in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi films. After an appearance in Super 30 (2019), she made her debut in leading role with the commercially successful Uppena (2021). [2]

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Early life

Krithi Shetty was born on 21 September 2003 in Hassan, Karnataka, [3] to a Tulu speaking Bunt family. [4] [5] [6] Her father is a businessman, and her mother is a fashion designer. [3] [7]

She was brought up in Mumbai as of February 2021. [8] [9] During her academic career, she worked in commercials. [6]

Career

Following a brief appearance in the Hindi film Super 30, [10] Shetty made her debut in a lead role, aged 17, with the Telugu film Uppena [11] directed by Buchi Babu Sana and produced by Mythri Movie Makers and Sukumar Writings. The film was commercially successful at the box office, collecting over 100 crore (US$12 million). [12] Reviewing her performance, The Times of India 's Neeshitha Nyayapati wrote: "The debutants Vaisshnav and Krithi manage to pull off the intricacies of their characters well for the most part. [13]

Later that year, she appeared in the Telugu film Shyam Singha Roy opposite Nani. [14] Shyam Singha Roy received mixed to mostly positive reviews from critics and was another commercial success grossing over ₹50 crore at the box office. [15] A month later, in Sankranti of 2022, she starred in Bangarraju opposite Naga Chaitanya. Bangarraju emerged as the Sankranti winner of 2022 grossing over ₹66 crore, becoming another commercial success. [16] This was then followed by a series of commercial failures in the latter half of 2022 and 2023 with her next film The Warriorr , directed by N.Lingusamy where she appeared opposite Ram Pothineni received negative reviews from critics and became a huge commercial failure. [17] Her next release in the same year was the Telugu film Macherla Niyojakavargam , directed by M. S. Rajashekhar Reddy [18] also opened to negative reviews and failed at the box office. [19]

Her last release of 2022 was Aa Ammayi Gurinchi Meeku Cheppali which was directed by Mohana Krishna Indraganti where she co-starred with Sudheer Babu, [20] [21] opened to mixed reviews and became a commercial failure at the box office. [22] She then made her Tamil-language debut in 2023 with Venkat Prabhu's bilingual Custody (2023) co-starring Naga Chaitanya. [23] Custody opened to mixed reviews and became a commercial disaster at the box office. [24]

In 2024, she starred in Manamey alongside Sharwanand and although the film opened to mixed reviews, it became a commercial success at the box office. [25]

Filmography

Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearTitleRoleLanguageNotesRef.
2019 Super 30 Excellence student Hindi [10]
2021 Uppena Sangeetha "Bebamma" Telugu [26]
Shyam Singha Roy KeerthiTelugu [14]
2022 Bangarraju Naga LakshmiTelugu [27]
The Warriorr "Whistle" MahalakshmiTeluguBilingual film [28]
Tamil
Macherla Niyojakavargam SwathiTelugu [18]
Aa Ammayi Gurinchi Meeku Cheppali Dr. Alekhya & Akhila [21]
2023 Custody RevathiTeluguBilingual film [29]
Tamil
2024 Manamey SubhadraTelugu [30]
Ajayante Randam Moshanam Lekshmi Malayalam Filming [31]
Vaa Vaathiyaar TBATamilPost-production [32] [33]
Love Insurance Corporation TBATamilFilming [34]
Genie TBATamilFilming [35]

Awards and nominations

List of acting awards and nominations
YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef.
2022 Filmfare Awards South Best Female Debut – South Uppena Won [36]
Best Actress – Telugu Nominated
South Indian International Movie Awards Best Female Debut – Telugu Won [37]

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