Niranjan Shetty

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Niranjan Shetty
Born
Gulvadi Village, Kundapura, Karnataka, India
Occupation Actor
Years active1999-Present
Known for Jolly Days
Spouse
Nagaveni N Shetty
(m. 2011)
Children1

Niranjan Shetty is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Kannada cinema. He is known for his acting in movies including Jolly Days and Case No. 18/9. [1]

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Early life

Niranjan Shetty was born to Bhaskar Shetty and Sukalatha Shetty in Gulvadi Village of Kundapura , Karnataka. Niranjan finished his schooling in his Native Cherkadi, Udupi and completed his bachelor's degree and Masters in Fine Arts Bangalore. [2]

Personal life

On 19 December 2011 Niranjan married to Nagaveni Shetty. They have a daughter.

Career

Niranjan Shetty started his acting career through Kannada Serials. He has worked in 'Naagarika', 'Gupta Gamini', 'Papa Pandu', 'Prema Pishachigalu', and other serials.

Later Niranjan started working as an assistant with V. Manohar by which he could make his entry to Kannada cinema from Soap operas. He began as a supporting artist in his cinema journey. In the year 1999 Niranjan played a role of supporting artist in actor Sudeep's ever hit movie Sparsha. Subsequently, he played the part of supporting artist in major hit films like Thuntata, Rishi, Anandam, Aakash, Namma Basava, Milana etc.

In the year 2009 Nirajan Shetty Made his debut as a lead in the Kannada movie Jolly Days, which became a great breakthrough for him as a lead role. He acted as a Male Lead in the movie Case No. 18/9 Directed by Mahesh Rao. These two movies gave Niranjan a great breakthrough in his acting career. [3]

Filmography

YearFilmRoleDirectorNotes
1999 Sparsha Cameraman Sunil Kumar Desai Debut as a supporting Artist
2001ChithraAntagonist Dinesh Baboo
Yuvaraja Friend Character Puri Jagannadh
2002 Thuntata Friend Character Indrajit Lankesh [4]
2005 Rishi Friend Character Prakash
Aakash Unemployed manMahesh Babu
Namma Basava Comedian Veera Shankar Bairisetty
2007 Milana Ravi Prakash
2009 Jolly Days Tayson M. D. Sridhar Debut as a Lead Role
2012 Case No. 18/9 Lead Mahesh Rao [5]
2015PaipotiLeadK Ramnarayan [6]
2017RajaruLeadGireesh Mulimani [7]
2018Jagath KiladiLeadArav Dheerendra [8]

Awards and nominations

Nominated for the role of Best Male Debutant at 3rd SIIMA Awards for Case No. 18/9

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