Niranjan Shetty is an Indian actor who predominantly works in

Kannada cinema 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 ...

. He is known for his acting in movies including '' Jolly Days'' and '' Case No. 18/9''.

Early life

Niranjan Shetty was born to Bhaskar Shetty and Sukalatha Shetty in Gulvadi Village of

Kundapura Kundapra, officially Kundapura, is a town in the Udupi district of Karnataka state in India. This town was known as Coondapoor when it was part of the erstwhile South Canara district (1862–1947) of the Madras Presidency of British India. Pr ...

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. Niranjan finished his schooling in his Native Cherkadi,

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 ...

and completed his bachelor's degree and Masters in Fine Arts Bangalore.

Personal life

On 19 December 2011 Niranjan married to Nagaveni Shetty. They have a daughter.

Career

Niranjan Shetty started his acting career through

Kannada Kannada () is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly in the state of Karnataka in southwestern India, and spoken by a minority of the population in all neighbouring states. It has 44 million native speakers, and is additionally a ...

Serials. He has worked in ''Naagarika', 'Gupta Gamini', 'Papa Pandu', 'Prema Pishachigalu'', and other serials. Later Niranjan started working as an assistant with V. Manohar by which he could make his entry to

from

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s. He began as a supporting artist in his cinema journey. In the year 1999 Niranjan played a role of supporting artist in actor Sudeep's ever hit movie '' Sparsha''. Subsequently, he played the part of supporting artist in major hit films like '' Thuntata,

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Namma Basava ''Namma Basava'' is a 2005 Indian Kannada-language film directed by Veera Shankar Bairisetty. It stars Puneeth Rajkumar and Gowri Munjal (in her debut) in the lead roles. Avinash Yelandur, Avinash, Sudha Rani, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Riyaz Khan and ...

, Milana'' etc. In the year 2009 Nirajan Shetty Made his debut as a lead in the Kannada movie '' Jolly Days'', which became a breakthrough for him as a lead role. He acted as a lead in the movie '' Case No. 18/9'' directed by

Mahesh Rao Mahesh Rao (born 14 February 1982) is an Indian director, screenplay writer and lyricist who works in Kannada films. He is known for the movies Dheemaku, Murali meets Meera (2011) Bhadra (2011) and Santhu Straight Forward (2016) Early life ...

. These two movies gave Niranjan a great breakthrough in his acting career.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

Nominated for the role of Best Male Debutant at 3rd SIIMA Awards for Case No. 18/9

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shetty, Niranjan 1980 births Living people Indian male film actors 21st-century Indian male actors