Sanchita Shetty

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Sanchita Shetty
Sanchita Shetty 61st Idea Filmfare Awards South (cropped).jpg
Shetty 61st Idea Filmfare Awards South
Born
Sanchita Shetty

(1989-04-07) April 7, 1989 (age 34) [1]
Mangalore, Karnataka, India
OccupationActress, model
Years active2006–present

Sanchita Shetty is an Indian actress, who has appeared in Tamil, Kannada and Telugu films.[2][3] She appeared in supporting roles at the beginning of her career. She got her first breakthrough after starring in female lead role in Soodhu Kavvum (2013).[4]

Film career[edit]

Early Career (2006-2012)[edit]

She made her first film appearance in the Kannada hit film Mungaru Male (2006) as a friend to the film's female lead (Pooja Gandhi).[5] In the next, she appeared in supporting roles in three Kannada films such as Milana (2007), Uda (2009) and Bhaya.com (2009). She also appeared in a film titled Gaganachukki, which never released.[5] She left the Kannada industry to work in Tamil and she was not willing to do anymore second lead roles. She acted for her first Tamil film Azhukkan Azhagakiran (2010). She is best known for featuring alongside Jayam Ravi in Thillalangadi (2010), with the director of the film Mohan Raja recommending her to also star in Orange (2010) featuring Ram Charan.[6] In 2012, she signed her first leading role in Kollaikaran.[7]

Recognition and success (2013-present)[edit]

Shetty has played female lead character in Nalan Kumarasamy's black comedy Soodhu Kavvum which was a critical and commercial success, collecting over ₹50 crore (US$7.0 million)[8] and it is to be considered biggest success in her career.[9] She played an imaginary character in the film, which was received well. Sify wrote, "Sanchita Shetty as his (Vijay Sethupathy) girlfriend is smashing and delivers some one-liners with perfect lip sync".[10] The film went on to be remade in several other Indian languages and Shetty expressed interest in reprising the role in its remakes as well.[11] Then, she is paired with Ashok Selvan in Pizza II: Villa (2013).[12]

In 2016, she signed a Kannada film after five years, Badmaash directed by Akash Srivatsa, which will see her playing a Radio Jockey.[13] In Tamil, she continued to perform simultaneously as Ennodu Vilayadu (2017), Rum (2017), Enkitta Mothathe (2017), Yenda Thalaiyila Yenna Vekkala (2018) and Johnny (2018). In 2021, she appeared in Devadas Brothers and Vinodhaya Sitham. In 2017 as a part of Suchi Leaks, Sanchita's sex tape got leaked

Filmography[edit]

Key
Films that have not yet been released Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Title Role(s) Language(s) Notes
2006 Mungaru Male Nandini's friend Kannada Kannada debut[14]
2007 Milana Raghu's lover Kannada
2009 Uda Kannada
2009 Bhaya.com Vini Kannada
2010 Azhukkan Azhagakiran Reema Tamil Tamil debut
2010 Thillalangadi Ammu Tamil
2010 Orange Soni Telugu Telugu debut
2012 Kollaikaran Krishnaveni Tamil
2013 Soodhu Kavvum Shalu Tamil
2013 Pizza II: Villa Aarthi Tamil
2016 Badmaash Priya Kannada
2017 Ennodu Vilayadu Inba Tamil
2017 Rum Riya Tamil
2017 Enkitta Mothathe Maragadham Tamil
2018 Yenda Thalaiyila Yenna Vekkala Ramya Tamil
2018 Johnny Ramya Tamil
2018 Party Adhithi Tamil Unreleased
2021 Devadas Brothers Tamil
2021 Vinodhaya Sitham Veena Tamil
2022 Pallu Padama Paathuka dagger Tamil Filming
2022 Bagheera dagger Tamil Filming[15][16]
2022 Azhagiye KanneFilms that have not yet been released Tamil Filming[17]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Sanchita Shetty: Movies, Photos, Videos, News, Biography & Birthday | eTimes". The Times of India.
  2. ↑ http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-02-21/news-interviews/28139580_1_kannada-films-tamil-film-bigger-role
  3. ↑ "Tamil Movies – New Tamil Movies – New Tamil Movies,Tamil News,Tamil movies".
  4. ↑ "'I don't believe in godfathers' - Bangalore Mirror -".
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "The story makes a star: Sanchita Shetty".
  6. ↑ "Exclusive biography of #SanchitaShetty and on her life".
  7. ↑ "I'm afraid of the dark: Sanchita Shetty - Times of India". The Times of India.
  8. ↑ "'Chennai Express' Director to Remake 'Soodhu Kavvum' in Hindi". International Business Times. 12 October 2013.
  9. ↑ Chowdhary, Y. Sunita (11 December 2013). "Performance is the key". The Hindu.
  10. ↑ "Sify Movies - Review listing". Archived from the original on 4 May 2013.
  11. ↑ "Keen to do 'Soodhu Kavvum' in other languages: Sanchita". 28 October 2013. Archived from the original on 4 September 2014.
  12. ↑ "Sanchita shuns make-up in 'Pizza 2: Villa'".
  13. ↑ "Sanchita Shetty makes a comeback to Sandalwood - Times of India". The Times of India.
  14. ↑ "The story makes a star: Sanchita Shetty".
  15. ↑ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/it-was-a-conscious-effort-to-move-away-from-being-stereotyped-says-adhik/articleshow/81213111.cms [dead link]
  16. ↑ "Photos: Sakshi Aggarwal completes dubbing for her portions in Prabhu Deva's 'Bagheera', film inches towards completion - Times of India". The Times of India.
  17. ↑ "Azhagiya Kanne: Pallu Padama Paathuka Fame Sanchita Shetty to be the Female Lead of a Woman-Centric Drama".

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