Kartik Shetty (also known as Prajval Shetty) is a Mumbai-based Indian

actor An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...

and

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. He has acted in the Kannada films ''Yuva'' and ''Karthik''. He directed the Marathi film ''Bhakti Heech Khari Shakti'' and ''Than Than Gopal''

Personal life

Kartik Shetty was born in

Mumbai Mumbai ( ; ), also known as Bombay ( ; its official name until 1995), is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the financial capital and the most populous city proper of India with an estimated population of 12 ...

on 4 July 1987. His father, Vijay B. Shetty, is from

Udupi Udupi () also known as 'Odipu' () is a city in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is the administrative headquarters of Udupi district, and one of the fastest-growing cities in Karnataka. Udupi is one of the top tourist attractions in Karnataka an ...

. His mother, Sulatha V. Shetty is from

Karkala Karkala ( ) ( ) is a town and the headquarters of eponymous Karkala taluk in the Udupi district of Karnataka state in India. It lies near the foothills of the Western Ghats, Karkala has a number of natural and historical landmarks, and is a m ...

. He did his early education from DonBosco school Matunga Mumbai and Jai Hind college, Digital Academy-The Film school

. He learned mixed martial arts and Mua Thai in Singapore

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Career

Kartik Shetty made his directorial debut in the Marathi cinema, Marathi film ''Bhakti Heech Khari Shakti'' in 2006 and began his acting career in the

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

Yuva ''Yuva'' ( Youth) is a 2004 Indian Hindi-language political drama film written, produced, and directed by Mani Ratnam''.'' It stars Ajay Devgn, Abhishek Bachchan, Vivek Oberoi, Rani Mukerji, Kareena Kapoor and Esha Deol. It was simulta ...

'' in 2009

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''Karthik'' in 2011 and the Kannada film ''Agni Musti'

ref name="indiaglitz3"> in 2012. At the age of 19 years, he became the first Mumbai-Kannadiga to venture into Marathi film productio

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Filmography

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shetty, Kartik Indian male film actors Film directors from Mumbai Male actors in Kannada cinema Marathi film directors 1987 births Living people Male actors from Mumbai