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Suniel Shetty (born 11 August 1961 [1] ) is an Indian actor, film producer, television presenter and producer known for his work in Hindi cinema, In addition to appearing in Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, and English language films.[ citation needed ]
| † | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
| Year | Title | Role | Note | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Ek aur Faulad | Amarjeet Rana | Unreleased | |
| 1992 | Balwaan | Arjun Singh | ||
| 1993 | Waqt Hamara Hai | Sunil Chaudhary | ||
| Pehchaan | Kunal Verma | |||
| Sweetheart | As Himself | |||
| 1994 | Dilwale | Vikram Singh | Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor | |
| Anth | Vijay Saxena | |||
| Mohra | Vishal Agnihotri | |||
| Gopi Kishan | Gopinath Chaudhary / Kishannath Chaudhary | Double role | ||
| Hum Hain Bemisaal | Michael D'Souza | |||
| 1995 | Surakshaa | Raja | ||
| Raghuveer | Raghuveer Verma | |||
| Gaddaar | Sunny / Sunil Gujral | |||
| Takkar | Ravi Malhotra | |||
| 1996 | Ek Tha Raja | Jay Dogra | ||
| Vishwasghaat | Avinash Saxena / Sunil Verma | |||
| Krishna | Krishna / Sunil | |||
| Shastra | Vijay Khanna | |||
| Sapoot | Raj Singhania | |||
| Rakshak | Raj Sinha | |||
| 1997 | Border | Bhairav Singh Rathod | Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor | |
| Prithvi | Prithvi | |||
| Judge Mujrim | Sunil / Dhaga | Double role | ||
| Bhai | Kundan | |||
| Dhaal | Suraj | |||
| Qahar | Amar Kapoor | |||
| 1998 | Vinashak - Destroyer | Arjun Singh | ||
| Aakrosh | Dev Malhotra | |||
| Humse Badhkar Kaun | Bhola / Suraj | |||
| Sar Utha Ke Jiyo | Himself | Guest appearance | ||
| 1999 | Hu Tu Tu | Aditya Patel | ||
| Bade Dilwala | Ram Prasad | |||
| Kaala Samrajya | Arjun | |||
| 2000 | Krodh | Karan | ||
| Hera Pheri | Ghanshyam alias Shyam | |||
| Refugee | Mohammad Ashraf | Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor | ||
| Jungle | Shivraj Mittal | |||
| Dhadkan | Dev Chopra | Won—Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role | ||
| Aaghaaz | Govind Narang | |||
| 2001 | Kuch Khatti Kuch Meethi | Sameer | ||
| Officer | Sagar Chauhan | |||
| Ek Rishtaa | Himself | Guest appearance | ||
| Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat | Yash Sabharwal | |||
| Ittefaq | Shiva Kumar | |||
| Yeh Teraa Ghar Yeh Meraa Ghar | Dayashankar Manoharilal Pandey | |||
| Ehsaas: The Feeling | Ravi Naik | |||
| 2002 | Awara Paagal Deewana | Yeda Anna | ||
| Jaani Dushman: Ek Anokhi Kahani | Vijay | |||
| Annarth | Jimmy / Jai | |||
| Karz: The Burden of Truth | Raja Chauhan | |||
| Maseeha | Krishna | |||
| Kaante | Marc Issak | |||
| Chalo Ishq Ladaaye | Himself | Guest appearance | ||
| 2003 | Baaz: A Bird in Danger | Harshvardhan Bhatti | ||
| Khanjar: The Knife | Raja Kumar | |||
| Qayamat: City Under Threat | Akram Sheikh | |||
| Khel – No Ordinary Game | Dev Mallya | Also producer | ||
| LOC Kargil | Sanjay Kumar | |||
| 2004 | Rudraksh | Bhuria Kapoor | ||
| Main Hoon Na | Raghavan Datta | Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role | ||
| Lakeer – Forbidden Lines | Sanju / Sanjay Mishra | |||
| Aan: Men at Work | Sub Inspector Appa Kadam Naik | |||
| Kyun! Ho Gaya Na... | Ishaan | |||
| Rakht | Mohit Jaiswal | Also producer | ||
| Ek Se Badhkar Ek | Rahul Bhagwat | |||
| Hulchul | Veer Chawla | |||
| 2005 | Page 3 | Himself | Guest appearance | |
| Padmashree Laloo Prasad Yadav | Laloo / Lalchand Dilachand | |||
| Blackmail | Abhay Singh Rathod | |||
| Tango Charlie | Shezad Khan | |||
| Paheli | Sunderlal | Special appearance | ||
| Dus | Danish Walia | |||
| Chocolate: Deep Dark Secrets | Rocker | |||
| Kyon Ki | Karan Kashyap | Special appearance | ||
| Deewane Huye Paagal | Sanju / Sanjay Malwani | |||
| Home Delivery | Time Man | Special appearance | ||
| 2006 | Fight Club – Members Only | Anna Shetty | ||
| Shaadi Se Pehle | Anna | |||
| Darna Zaroori Hai | Vishwas Talegaonkar | Story segment: Accidents are Never Predicted | ||
| Chup Chup Ke | Mangal Singh Chauhan | |||
| Phir Hera Pheri | Ghanshyam alias Shyam | |||
| Aap Ki Khatir | Kunal Shah | |||
| Umrao Jaan | Faiz Ali | |||
| Apna Sapna Money Money | Namdev Mane | |||
| 2007 | Shootout at Lokhandwala | Kaviraj Patil | ||
| Cash | Angad | |||
| Om Shanti Om | Himself | Guest appearance | ||
| Dus Kahaniyaan | Atiff Nawab | |||
| Welcome | Himself | Guest appearance | ||
| 2008 | One Two Three | Laxmi Narayan | ||
| Mr. Black Mr. White | Gopi / Gopal Murli Manohar | |||
| Mission Istaanbul | Owais Hussain | Also Producer | ||
| Mukhbiir | Rehman | |||
| 2009 | Daddy Cool | Steven | ||
| De Dana Dan | Ram Mishra | |||
| 2010 | Tum Milo Toh Sahi | Amit Nagpal | ||
| Red Alert: The War Within | Narasimha | |||
| Barood (The Fire) A Love Story | Shakti | |||
| No Problem | Marcos | |||
| 2011 | Thank You | Yogi Mathur | ||
| Loot | Builder | Also producer | ||
| Chirayu | Himself | Guest appearance | ||
| 2012 | Mere Dost Picture Abhi Baki Hai | Amar Joshi | ||
| Delhi Safari | Sultan The Leopard | Voice only Animated film | ||
| 2013 | Enemmy | CID Officer, Bhau / Eklavya Karmarkar | ||
| 2014 | Jai Ho | Arjun Kaul | Special appearance | |
| Koyelaanchal | Nisheeth Kumar | |||
| Desi Kattey | Suryakant Rathore | |||
| The Shaukeens | Himself | Guest appearance | ||
| 2015 | 2 Chehare | Ajay/Babu | ||
| 2017 | A Gentleman | Colonel Vijay Saxena | ||
| 2018 | Welcome to New York | Himself | Guest appearance | |
| 2019 | Khandaani Shafakhana | Himself | Guest appearance | |
| 2021 | Mumbai Saga | Sada Anna | Special appearance | |
| 2023 | Operation Fryday | Sada Nair | ZEE5 film | [lower-alpha 1] |
| 2024 | Welcome To The Jungle † | TBA | Filming | |
| Hera Pheri 3 † | Ghanshyam alias Shyam | Filming | [3] |
| Year | Title | Role | Language | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Kakkakuyil | Kunjunni | Malayalam | |
| 12B | Aravind | Tamil | ||
| 2006 | Kilukkam Kilukilukkam | Mangal Singh Chauhan | Malayalam | Special appearance |
| 2007 | Don't Stop Dreaming | Dave | English | |
| 2008 | Miras | Arbas | Turkish | |
| 2011 | Raada Rox | Himself | Marathi | Special appearance |
| 2013 | Kalimannu | Himself | Malayalam | Special appearance |
| 2018 | Aa Bb Kk | Bappa | Marathi | |
| 2019 | Pailwaan | Sarkar | Kannada | |
| 2020 | Darbar | Hari Chopra / Hariharan | Tamil | |
| 2021 | Mosagallu | ACP Aajit Kumar Singh | Telugu | |
| Marakkar: Lion of the Arabian Sea | Chandroth Panicker | Malayalam | ||
| 2022 | Ghani | Vijender Sinha | Telugu | |
| 2023 | Kesari Veer | Vegadaji Bhil | Hindi |
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 2003 | Khel – No Ordinary Game |
| 2004 | Rakht |
| 2006 | Bhagam Bhag |
| 2008 | Mission Istaanbul |
| EMI | |
| 2011 | Loot |
| Year | Title | Role | Platform(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Dharavi Bank | Thalaivan | MX Player | |
| 2023 | Hunter Tootega Nahi Todega | ACP Vikram Chauhan | Amazon miniTV | [4] |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024–present | Dance Deewane 4 | Judge |
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Dhadkan (transl. Heartbeat) is a 2000 Indian Hindi-language musical romantic drama directed by Dharmesh Darshan and produced by Ratan Jain. It stars Akshay Kumar, Shilpa Shetty, Suniel Shetty and Mahima Chaudhry in lead roles. Being inspired by the novel Wuthering Heights, it also features Sharmila Tagore, Parmeet Sethi, Kiran Kumar, Sushma Seth and Manjeet Kullar in supporting roles. The story follows, Anjali and Dev are in love with each other and plan to marry, but her family gets her married to Ram. Years later, Dev shows up to reunite with Anjali, however, she has fallen for Ram. The music was composed by Nadeem–Shravan.
Rakht (transl. Blood) is a 2004 Indian supernatural horror film, written and directed by Mahesh V Manjrekar. The film stars Bipasha Basu, Sanjay Dutt, Suniel Shetty, Dino Morea, Amrita Arora and Neha Dhupia. The film is a remake of 2000 American film The Gift. The film released on 3 September 2004, and received mixed to negative reviews from critics, who praised the performances of Basu and Shetty, but criticized the story and screenplay. The film was a major box-office disappointment.
Cash is a 2007 Indian Hindi-language heist film directed by Anubhav Sinha. The film stars an ensemble cast consisting of Ajay Devgn, Suniel Shetty, Ritesh Deshmukh, Zayed Khan, Esha Deol, Shamita Shetty and Dia Mirza. The film was released on 3 August 2007.
Rohit Shetty is an Indian film director, stuntman, writer, producer and television host who works in Hindi cinema. His movies are often mixed the genres of action comedy and masala films.
Qayamat: City Under Threat is a 2003 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Harry Baweja. Starring Ajay Devgn, Suniel Shetty, Sanjay Kapoor, Arbaaz Khan, Isha Koppikar, Riya Sen, Neha Dhupia and Aashish Chaudhary, it is a remake of the 1996 American film The Rock. It was the first Indian film to be digitally colour corrected. The film was shot in Australia, Mauritius and Diu. It also marks the second collaboration between Devgn, Shetty and Baweja after Dilwale.
Parvin Dabas is an Indian actor, director and model, who works predominantly in Hindi and English language films.
Shilpa Shetty Kundra is an Indian actress and television personality. She made her screen debut in the thriller Baazigar (1993) which gained her first nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress. She had intermittent success in the rest of the decade, such as in the action films Main Khiladi Tu Anari (1994) and Jaanwar (1999).
Khel – No Ordinary Game is a 2003 Indian Hindi-language action film directed by Yusuf Khan. The film stars Sunny Deol, Suniel Shetty and Celina Jaitly and Ajay Jadeja. Former Indian cricketer Jadeja made his Bollywood debut with this film. It was released on 3 October 2003.
Red Alert: The War Within, shortly called as Red Alert, is an Indian crime drama film directed by Ananth Narayan Mahadevan. It was released theatrically in India on 9 July 2010. The drama is based on the true story of Narsimha who gets caught up in a clash between police and Naxalites and is then forced to work with the latter.
Loot is a 2011 Hindi-language crime comedy film directed by Rajnish Raj Thakur, written by S.M. Sabir Firozabadi and produced by Shabbir Boxwala and Anup Gandhi under the Popcorn Motion Pictures banner. The film stars Govinda, Suniel Shetty, Mahaakshay Chakraborty, Jaaved Jaaferi, Shweta Bhardwaj and Ravi Kishan. It released on 4 November 2011, to mixed reviews from critics and was a commercial failure. The film is a loose remake of the 2003 film, Crime Spree.
Athiya Shetty is an Indian actress. The daughter of actor Suniel Shetty, she has played the leading lady in the Hindi films Hero (2015), Mubarakan (2017), and Motichoor Chaknachoor (2019).
Ahan Shetty is an Indian actor who works in Hindi films. The son of actor Suniel Shetty, he began his acting career in 2021 and 2025 with the action romance film Tadap (2021) and Humraaz (2025) which earned him the IIFA Award for Star Debut of the Year – Male.
Darbar ( transl. Court) is a 2020 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film written and directed by AR Murugadoss, and produced by Allirajah Subaskaran under the banner Lyca Productions. The film stars Rajinikanth, Suniel Shetty, Nayanthara and Nivetha Thomas. It follows Aaditya Arunasalam (Rajinikanth), the commissioner of Mumbai Police, who sets out to curb the city's rampant drug-trafficking and prostitution. When he uncovers a deep controversy linked to an international drug lord, however, he tries to fulfill his secret agenda.
Commando is a series of Indian Hindi-language action thriller films produced by Vipul Amrutlal Shah under the banner of Sunshine Pictures. The film series is co-produced and distributed by Reliance Entertainment.
Raju Mavani was an Indian film director, producer, actor and screenplay writer. He had worked on many films and was known for his acting skills while playing a negative character.
Hera Pheri 3 is an upcoming comedy-drama film threequel of Hera Pheri film franchise produced by Firoz A. Nadiadwala, starring Sanjay Dutt, Akshay Kumar, Suniel Shetty and Paresh Rawal.