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. The 1934 film '' Sati Sulochana'' directe ...

. 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 Kundapur, also called Kundapura, is a coastal town situated in the Udupi district of the state of Karnataka, India. This town was known as Coondapoor while it was part of the erstwhile South Canara district (1862–1947) of the Madras Pres ...

Karnataka Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as Mysore State , it was renamed ''Karnat ...

. Niranjan finished his schooling in his Native Cherkadi,

Udupi Udupi (alternate spelling Udipi; also known as Odipu) is a city in the Indian state of Karnataka. Udupi is situated about north of the educational, commercial and industrial hub of Mangalore and about west of state capital Bangalore by road. ...

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 (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...

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, Rishi, Anandam,

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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, Sudha Rani, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Riyaz Khan and M. N. Lakshmi ...

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