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Born | Krithi Shetty 21 September 2003 |
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Years active | 2019 – 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]
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 [update] . [8] [9] During her academic career, she worked in commercials. [6]
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]
† | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | Role | Language | Notes | Ref. |
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2019 | Super 30 | Excellence student | Hindi | [10] | |
2021 | Uppena | Sangeetha "Bebamma" | Telugu | [26] | |
Shyam Singha Roy | Keerthi | Telugu | [14] | ||
2022 | Bangarraju | Naga Lakshmi | Telugu | [27] | |
The Warriorr | "Whistle" Mahalakshmi | Telugu | Bilingual film | [28] | |
Tamil | |||||
Macherla Niyojakavargam | Swathi | Telugu | [18] | ||
Aa Ammayi Gurinchi Meeku Cheppali | Dr. Alekhya & Akhila | [21] | |||
2023 | Custody | Revathi | Telugu | Bilingual film | [29] |
Tamil | |||||
2024 | Manamey | Subhadra | Telugu | [30] | |
Ajayante Randam Moshanam † | Lekshmi | Malayalam | Filming | [31] | |
Vaa Vaathiyaar † | TBA | Tamil | Post-production | [32] [33] | |
Love Insurance Corporation † | TBA | Tamil | Filming | [34] | |
Genie † | TBA | Tamil | Filming | [35] | |
Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
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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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