Ahan Shetty (born 28 December 1995) is an Indian actor who works in
Hindi
Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of North India, northern, Central India, centr ...
films. Shetty made his acting debut in 2021 with the
Action romance
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film ''
Tadap'' which became critically acclaimed and earned him
IIFA Award for Star Debut of the Year – Male.
Personal life
Ahan Shetty was born on 28 December 1995 in
Mumbai
Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the secon ...
, India.
He is the son of Bollywood actor
Sunil Shetty
Suniel Shetty (born Sunil V. Shetty; 11 August 1961) is an Indian actor, film producer, television personality and entrepreneur who is predominantly active in Hindi films he has also worked in tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and kannada films. In a c ...
and Mana Shetty. His father is an actor in the Bollywood industry while his mother, who's birth-name is Monisha Kadri, is a businesswoman, designer and social activist born to a
Gujarati Muslim
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architect and a
Punjabi Hindu
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social activist.
His elder sister
Athiya Shetty
Athiya Shetty (born 5 November 1992) is an Indian actress who appears in Hindi films. She is the daughter of actor Suniel Shetty. Shetty debuted her acting career in the romantic action film ''Hero'' 2015 for which she won a International India ...
is also an actress.
Shetty is in a relationship with Tania Shroff.
Filmography
Films
Awards and nominations
See also
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List of Bollywood actors
References
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Indian male actors
1995 births
Living people
People from Mumbai