Champa Shetty is an Indian actor, filmmaker, screenwriter and

voice-over Voice-over (also known as off-camera or off-stage commentary) is a production technique used in radio, television, filmmaking, theatre, and other media in which a descriptive or expository voice that is not part of the narrative (i.e., non- ...

artist who works primarily in

Kannada film industry Kannada cinema, also known as Sandalwood, or Chandanavana, is the segment of Cinema of India, Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Kannada language widely spoken in the state of Karnataka. Kannada cinema is based ...

and Kannada

theatre Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors to present experiences of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a Stage (theatre), stage. The performe ...

. Shetty is known for her women centric films.

Career

Shetty started her career in the

film industry The film industry or motion picture industry comprises the technological and commercial institutions of filmmaking, i.e., film production company, production companies, film studios, cinematography, animation, film production, screenwriting, pre- ...

as a successful voice over/dubbing artist. She has also been awarded Karnataka State Film Award for Best Dubbing Artist (Female) for the year 2007-08 for her performance in the movie ''Kurunadu''. Before entering cinema, in early 2000s she worked as a prime time news reader for Udaya News. She has also worked in the Kannada television series ''Kaveri'' directed by

Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar is an Indian director, actor, screenwriter and a lyricist who predominantly works in Kannada film industry, Kannada Cinema. He made his film debut as a screenplay writer in ''Kadina Benki'' (1986) which won the Natio ...

, ''Nakutanthi'' directed by

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, ''Parama Pada'' directed by

Yogaraj Bhat Yogaraj Bhat (born 8 October 1972) is an Indian film-maker, director, screenwriter, lyricist and producer who primarily works in Kannada cinema. He is most known for the 2006 film '' Mungaru Male''. The film recorded the highest box-office coll ...

and ''Mukta Mukta'' directed by

T. N. Seetharam Thalagavara Narayanarao Seetharam (born 6 December 1948) is a prominent Kannada film and TV serial director, actor and screenwriter. He has become a cultural icon in Karnataka, India, through his work in several art mediums. Seetharam has wri ...

. She made her film debut as an actor playing the mother of the protagonist in the film ''Belakinedege'' and later acted in a similar role in ''Harikatha Prasanga/Chronicles of Hari'' a film directed by

Ananya Kasaravalli Ananya Kasaravalli is an Indian actress and director in the Kannada film industry, and a theatre artist in Karnataka, India. Born into a family of filmmakers, she had a successful acting career in films, television and theater before taking up ...

. Shetty debuted as a

film director A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfillment of that Goal, vision. The director has a key role ...

through her 2018 critically acclaimed women centric film '' Ammachi Yemba Nenapu''. Her second directional film "Koli Esru"(Chicken Curry) won the Best film in the Indian Cinema Competition section at

Bengaluru International Film Festival The Bengaluru International Film Festival, is an annual film festival held in Bangalore, Bengaluru, the capital of the Indian States of India, state of Karnataka, which previews films of all genres, including documentaries from around the world ...

-2023. In addition to her work in films and TV, Shetty is actively involved in Kannada

and has directed the theatre productions ''Gandhi Banda'' and ''Akku''.

Filmography

As actor

Films

Telefilms and teleserials

Theatre

As director

Awards

References

External links

* * https://biffes.org/project/chicken-curry/ * https://www.oiffa.com/event/chicken-curry/ * https://babylonberlin.eu/programm/festivals/indogerman-filmweek/5914-indogerman-filmweek-koli-esru-chicken-curry {{DEFAULTSORT:Shetty, Champa Actresses in Kannada cinema Living people Actresses from Karnataka Film directors from Karnataka Year of birth missing (living people)