Raj Dipak Shetty (born 18 October 1978) is an Indian actor, predominantly working in

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and

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films.

Career

Director Chethan Kumar cast Shetty as an antagonist opposite actor

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in the film

Bharjari ''Bharjari'' is a 2017 Indian Kannada-language action drama film directed by Chethan Kumar and produced by R. S. Productions. The film stars Dhruva Sarja, Rachita Ram and Haripriya, alongside Tara, Suchendra Prasad, Srinivasa Murthy, Av ...

, which was released in the year 2017. After which Shetty played the antagonist in the movies

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and Srikanta, directed by

Nanda Kishore Nanda Kishore is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works in Kannada cinema, Kannada film industry. He is known for directing films like ''Victory (2013 film), Victory'' (2013), ''Adyaksha'' (2014), ''Ranna (film), Ranna'' (2015) and ...

and

Manju Swaraj Manju Swaraj is an Indian film director, screenwriter who works in Kannada cinema. He directed films like '' Shravani Subramanya'' (2013), '' Srikanta'' (2017), '' Pataki'' (2017) and '' Mane Maratakkide'' (2019). Career Manju Swaraj started h ...

respectively. Srikanta was his first film release followed by Tiger and Bharjari. His

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as Devendra Viswanath, in the movie '' iSmart Shankar,'' directed by Puri Jagannath, introduced him to the

film industry. Playing the lead as Pratap Reddy in his debut web series, ''

Gods of Dharmapuri ''Gods of Dharmapuri'' (shortened known as G.O.D) is a 2019 Telugu-language streaming television series, starring Raj Deepak Shetty, Sruthi Jayan, Satya Dev and Karthik Rathnam. The series was directed by Anish Kuruvilla and produced by Radhik ...

,'' directed by

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is fetching him many roles in

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. In the 2023, Shetty acted as a leading antagonist in the Kannada movie

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Personal life

On 18 October 2020, Shetty married Sonia Rodrigues.

Filmography

Films

Television

Web series

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shetty, Raj Deepak Living people 1978 births Kannada male actors Male actors in Telugu cinema Male actors in Kannada cinema Male actors from Mangalore Indian male film actors