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Kavya Shetty

Kavya Shetty

Indian actress and model


Kavya Shetty is an Indian actress and model who primarily appears in Kannada films. She made her acting debut in 2013 with the Kannada film Nam Duniya Nam Style.[2]

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Early life

Shetty was born Mangalore, Karnataka.[3][4] After doing her schooling in Mangalore, she graduated in Computer Science engineering from N.M.A.M. Institute of Technology, Nitte.

Career

While in college, Shetty did a few modelling assignments following appearances in several television commercials. She later moved to Bangalore and took part in 2011 Femina Miss India beauty pageant,[3] winning the 'Miss Photogenic' title.[5] She was also a finalist at the Ford Super Model of the World – India contest held at New Delhi in 2011.[6][7] She was noticed by fashion guru Prasad Bidapa and subsequently walked the ramp for several designers, most notably at the 'Blenders Pride Bangalore Fashion Week' in 2011 and 2012 and Chennai International Fashion Week 2011.[8]

She also worked as a commercial model and appeared in several print and television advertisements.[3] A few of her most notable endorsements in print are for Reliance Jewels, Malabar Gold, VBJ, Palam Silks, Psr and Club Mahindra. Her television advertisements include those for Clinic Plus, Toyota Altis, Santoor and TVS Victor.

In 2012, Shetty entered the Indian film industry. She first signed to Shivani, a bilingual horror flick, made in Telugu and Tamil,[9] in which she played a journalist.[4] However, the delay of this film meant that Shetty's maiden release was the Kannada film Nam Duniya Nam Style (2013) by Preetham Gubbi.[5] While the film received mixed reviews, critics noted that Shetty had "given [a] lively performance" [10] and "show[n] tremendous promise".[11] Her future releases include the semi-period Kannada film Vijayaaditya.[3] She has also been cast as one of the female leads in A. L. Vijay's next Tamil film, which according to Shetty is a "fun-filled" romantic drama set against a college backdrop.[12]

Her fame increased in industry from the success of Ishtakamya, directed by well known filmmaker Nagathihalli Chandrashekar.[13] She signed three movies scheduled to release in 2017: Smile Please,[14] starring Gurunandan, MMM',[15] with Aru Gowda; and Silicon City,[16] with Srinagar Kitty.

The year 2020 and 2021 saw Kavya in movies of both Kannada and Telugu language.[17] Kavya set her feet on the sets of Ravichandran's upcoming movie Ravi Bopanna[18] as a lead female, while she was seen in the title track of Yuvarathna[19] starring Puneeth Rajkumar.

Kavya is seen in her upcoming Telugu movie Gurthunda Seethakalam with Satyadev and Tamannaah, Directed by Nagashekar.[17] One of the other major project is Yogi-starrer Lanke where she is sharing screens with Sanchari Vijay, Krishi Thapanda[20] Kavya is working on her next project with Jayaram Karthik titled Kaada.[21] The movie is set to release early next year. Her other upcoming projects are Sold[22] which is ready for release and 6C[23] for which the shooting is yet to commence.

Personal life

Shetty launched her exclusive clothing and jewellery brand, Kassh [24] in June 2019. Niharika Vivek and Poornima Shetty are her co-partners.

Aadyaa Foundation believes that education is the fundamental right of every child. Shetty is actively connected with the Aadyaa Foundation and she enjoys spending time with the kids and providing them with food on the weekends.[25][26]

Filmography

  • All films in Kannada; otherwise language is noted
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References

  1. "KAVYA SHETTY -Profile". Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  2. "Sunil Nagappa in Nam Duniya Nam Style". The Times of India. 16 March 2013. Archived from the original on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
  3. "Kavya Shetty to debut in Tollywood". The Times of India. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  4. "Kavya Shetty sets her eyes on Tollywood". The Times of India. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  5. "Kavya Shetty bags films in three languages". Deccan Chronicle. 28 August 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  6. "Hindustan Times - Archive News". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  7. "PIX: Sexy 'Supermodel of the World' hopefuls!". Rediff.com. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  8. Iyer, Aruna V. (13 April 2011). "Chennai Fashion Week is back". The Hindu. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  9. "Kavya Shetty on a signing spree". The Times of India. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  10. "Sify Movies - Review listing". sify.com. Archived from the original on 3 July 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  11. "Kavya Shetty Thrilled About A L Vijay's Film". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 22 August 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  12. "IndiaGlitz - Kavya Shetty going great - Kannada Movie News". indiaglitz.com. 20 October 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  13. "Much-needed stardom beckons Kavya Shetty - Bangalore Mirror -". The Times of India. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  14. "Kavya Shetty in Kannada remake of Metro". The Times of India. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  15. "Actress Kavya Shetty to launch her clothing and jewellery line". dtNext.in. 8 June 2019. Archived from the original on 29 July 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  16. "Letting her hair down". Deccan Herald. 8 June 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  17. SM, Shashiprasad (24 January 2018). "Mangaluru cheluve in Ooru". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  18. "Ramayana gets a modern twist in Lanke". The Times of India. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  19. "Ravi Bopanna - Official Trailer | Kannada Movie News". The Times of India. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  20. "It's a promising 2021 for actress Kavya Shetty". The Times of India. 26 February 2021.

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