Sanchita Shetty is an Indian actress, who has appeared predominately in

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and

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films. 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 ''Soodhu Kavvum'' () is a 2013 Indian Tamil-language black comedy crime film written and directed by Nalan Kumarasamy. It features Vijay Sethupathi, Bobby Simha, Ashok Selvan, Ramesh Thilak, Karunakaran and Sanchita Shetty in the lead roles. ...

'' (2013).

Film career

Early Career (2006-2012)

She made her first film appearance in the

hit film ''

Mungaru Male ''Mungaru Male'' () is a 2006 Indian Kannada-language romantic drama film co-written and directed by Yogaraj Bhat, and produced by E. Krishnappa. It stars Ganesh, Pooja Gandhi and Anant Nag. The film is believed to have shaped and strengthened ...

'' (2006) as a friend to the film's female lead (

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). 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. 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

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in ''

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'' (2010), with the director of the film Mohan Raja recommending her to also star in '' Orange'' (2010) featuring

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. In 2012, she signed her first leading role in ''

Kollaikaran ''Kollaikaran'' () is a 2012 Tamil-language film directed by Tamil Selvan. The film, starring Vidharth and Sanchita Shetty, was released on 13 January 2012. Plot It is a story of a man named Kuruvi (Vidharth), who commits small crimes. He fa ...

''.

Recognition and success (2013-present)

Shetty has played female lead character in

Nalan Kumarasamy Nalan Kumarasamy is an Indian film director who works in the Tamil film industry. He started his career as a short filmmaker and won the title of the first season of ''Naalaya Iyakunar''. He made his feature film debut with Tamil film, '' Soodhu ...

's black comedy ''

'' which was a critical and commercial success, collecting over and it is to be considered biggest success in her career. 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". 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. Then, she is paired with

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in '' Pizza II: Villa'' (2013). In 2016, she signed a Kannada film after five years, '' Badmaash'' directed by Akash Srivatsa, which will see her playing a Radio Jockey. In Tamil, she continued to perform simultaneously as '' Ennodu Vilayadu'' (2017), ''

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'' (2017), '' Enkitta Mothathe'' (2017), ''

Yenda Thalaiyila Yenna Vekkala ''Yenda Thalaiyila Yenna Vekkala'' () is a 2018 Tamil language fantasy comedy film written and directed by Vignesh Karthick and produced by A. R. Reihana. Azhar, Sanchita Shetty and Eden Kuriakose play the film's lead roles, amongst an ense ...

'' (2018) and ''

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'' (2018). In 2021, she appeared in '' Devadas Brothers'' and ''

Vinodhaya Sitham ''Vinodhaya Sitham'' () is a 2021 Indian Tamil-language fantasy comedy drama film directed by Samuthirakani and produced by Abirami Media Works. The film stars Thambi Ramaiah and Samuthirakani. It was released on 13 October 2021 on ZEE5, and re ...

''. In 2017 as a part of Suchi Leaks, Sanchita's

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got leaked

Filmography

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shetty, Sanchita Actresses in Kannada cinema Actresses from Mangalore Actresses in Tamil cinema Actresses in Telugu cinema Living people Indian film actresses 21st-century Indian actresses 1989 births