Kavya Shetty is an Indian actress and model who primarily appears in

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films. She made her acting debut in 2013 with the Kannada film '' Nam Duniya Nam Style'' directed by

Preetham Gubbi Preetham Gubbi is an Indian film screenwriter turned director who works in Kannada film industry. He made his debut as a script writer for the blockbuster Kannada film ''Mungaru Male'' in 2006. He debuted as a director for the film '' Haage Su ...

Early life

Shetty was born

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. After doing her schooling in Mangalore, she graduated in Computer Science engineering from

N.M.A.M. Institute of Technology N.M.A.M. Institute of Technology (NMAMIT), full name Nitte Mahalinga Adyanthaya Memorial Institute of Technology, is a deemed engineering college in Nitte, Karnataka, India. It was established in 1986, with programs in computer science, mechan ...

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Career

While in college, Shetty did a few modelling assignments following appearances in several television commercials. She later moved to

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and took part in 2011 Femina Miss India beauty pageant, winning the 'Miss Photogenic' title. She was also a finalist at the Ford Super Model of the World – India contest held at New Delhi in 2011. 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. She also worked as a commercial model and appeared in several print and television advertisements. 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, in which she played a journalist. However, the delay of this film meant that Shetty's maiden release was the Kannada film ''Nam Duniya Nam Style'' (2013) by

. While the film received mixed reviews, critics noted that Shetty had "given lively performance" and "show tremendous promise". Her future releases include the semi-period Kannada film ''Vijayaaditya''. She has also been cast as one of the female leads in

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's next Tamil film, which according to Shetty is a "fun-filled" romantic drama set against a college backdrop. Her fame increased in industry from the success of

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, directed by well known filmmaker

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. She signed three movies scheduled to release in 2017: ''Smile Please'', starring Gurunandan, ''MMM, with Aru Gowda; and ''Silicon City'', with

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. The year 2020 and 2021 saw Kavya in movies of both Kannada and Telugu language. Kavya set her feet on the sets of

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's upcoming movie Ravi Bopanna as a lead female, while she was seen in the title track of Yuvarathna starring

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. Kavya is seen in her upcoming Telugu movie Gurthunda Seethakalam with Satyadev and

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, Directed by Nagashekar. One of the other major project is

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-starrer '' Lanke'' where she is sharing screens with

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Kavya is working on her next project with Jayaram Karthik titled ''Kaada''. The movie is set to release early next year. Her other upcoming projects are ''Sold'' which is ready for release and ''6C'' for which the shooting is yet to commence.

Personal life

Shetty launched her exclusive clothing and jewellery brand, ''Kassh'' 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.

Filmography

* ''All films in Kannada; otherwise language is noted''

Web series

References

External links

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AAdya Foundation
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