Muddu Babu Shetty (1938 – 23 January 1982) simply known as, M. B. Shetty, or Shetty was an Indian film stuntman,

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and actor in

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in 1970s. He had a towering personality with a bald head, often cast as the villain brought down by heroes half his size. He was the father of director

Rohit Shetty Rohit Shetty (born 14 March 1974) is an Indian filmmaker, screenwriter, stuntman, producer and television personality who works in Hindi cinema. A notable director of Hindi cinema, his movies often mix the genres of action comedy and masala f ...

Early life

He was born in 1938 in

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, India. He arrived to

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from

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. His mother tongue was Tulu. He started as a waiter in

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after which he got into boxing and bodybuilding.

Film career

He started off as a Fight Instructor in the 1956 movie ''Heer''. He was cast as villain and composed stunts for numerous Hindi and

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in the 1970s. He was an action director, doing over 700 films, including cult films like '' Don'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

Deewaar ''Deewaar'' ( ''The Wall'') is a 1975 Indian action crime film written by Salim–Javed and directed by Yash Chopra. The film stars Shashi Kapoor and Amitabh Bachchan, alongside an ensemble cast of Neetu Singh, Nirupa Roy, Parveen Babi, ...

'' and '' Shalimar''. Shetty also starred with M.G. Ramachandran (MGR), in

Navarathinam ''Navarathinam'' () is a 1977 Indian Tamil-language road film, written and directed by A. P. Nagarajan, his final film. It stars M. G. Ramachandran, Latha, Jayachitra and Zarina Wahab. The film was released on 5 March 1977, and failed commerc ...

(1977)

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movie.

Personal life

His first wife was Vinodini, with whom he had two daughters and two sons. With his second wife, Ratna, he had another son, the film director

Filmography

Actor

Stunts

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Shetty, M. B. 1938 births Place of death missing 1982 deaths 20th-century Indian male actors Indian action choreographers Indian male film actors Indian stunt performers Male actors from Mangalore Male actors in Hindi cinema Mangaloreans People from Dakshina Kannada district Tulu people