Shakunthala Thimmappa Shetty (born 1 March 1947) is an Indian politician and a former member of the legislative assembly of Karnataka. Representing Puttur at the assembly, she was elected as a member from the

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first and the

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in her second term. She retired from electoral politics following her defeat at the 2018 election.

Career

Shetty joined the

after she was expelled from the

in May 2008.

Film

Shakunthala Shetty played the lead role in a Tulu film ''

Kanchilda Baale ''Kanchilda Baale'' is a Tulu Language Film directed and produced by Raghunath Rai Kumbra. Charithra Hedge from Udupi has acted in the title role Kanchilda Baale. A film showing conflict between superstitions and beliefs of people highlights th ...

''.

References

1947 births Living people Tulu politicians Indian National Congress politicians from Karnataka People from Dakshina Kannada district 21st-century Indian women politicians Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Karnataka Karnataka MLAs 2004–2007 Karnataka MLAs 2013–2018 Women members of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly Tulu women politicians {{Karnataka-INC-politician-stub