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

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and

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film industry.

Early life

Deepak Shetty was born to Prem Shetty and Sarala Shetty in

Mangalore Mangalore (), officially known as Mangaluru, is a major port city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It is located between the Arabian Sea and the Western Ghats about west of Bangalore, the state capital, 20 km north of Karnataka–Ker ...

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. Deepak finished his schooling at Milagres Pre University and graduated from St. Aloysius, Mangalore. Deepak's interest in

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started at an early age when he was taking part in

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and

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Personal life

On 18 October 2020 Raj Deepak Shetty married Sonia Rodrigues.

Career

Raj Deepak Shetty started his

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through working in

serials. He has worked in Kadambari, Preethi Illada Mele, Nigooda, Bande Baruthava Kaala, Muthina Thene, Luv Lavike, Niharika and other serials.

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Chethan Kumar Chetan Kumar ( kn, ಚೇತನ್ ಕುಮಾರ) (born 24 February 1983), also known as Chetan Ahimsa, is an American Kannada-language film actor and a public intellectual. He is a socio-political activist based in India. Chetan made his o ...

cast him as antagonist opposite to actor

Dhruva Sarja Dhruva Sarja (born 6 October 1988), is an Indian actor who appears in Kannada films. He made his acting debut in the 2012 film, ''Addhuri''. Career Sarja debuted in films with the 2012 film ''Addhuri''. His portrayal of Arjun as the male lead, ...

in the film

Bharjari ''Bharjari'' is a 2017 Indian Kannada-language masala film written and directed by Chethan Kumar. The film stars Dhruva Sarja, Rachita Ram and Haripriya. It also features Sudharani, Srinivasa Murthy and Sai Kumar in the supporting roles. The m ...

which was released in the year 2017. After which Deepak played an antagonist role 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 film industry. He is known for directing films like ''Victory'' (2013), ''Adyaksha'' (2014), and ''Ranna'' (2015). Family Nanda Kishore is the son of Kannada film a ...

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

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as Devendra Viswanath in ''

iSmart Shankar ''iSmart Shankar'' is a 2019 Indian Telugu-language science fiction masala film written and directed by Puri Jagannadh, who co-produced the film with Charmme Kaur. It stars Ram Pothineni in the titular role along with Satyadev Kancharana, Nab ...

'' released in 2019 as an

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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) was a 2019 Telugu-language crime web series, starring Raj Deepak Shetty, Sruthi Jayan, Satyadev Kancharana and Karthik Rathnam. The series was directed by Anish Kuruvilla and produced by Radhik ...

directed by

Anish Kuruvilla Anish Yohan Kuruvilla is an Indian actor and director who predominantly works in the Telugu film industry. Before becoming a director, he was an executive producer with Sekhar Kammula, played the lead role in ''Dollar Dreams'' (2000), and play ...

is fetching him many roles in

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. Deepak will be acting in a

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film ''Battery'', directed by Mani Bharati. Deepak will be acting in upcoming Telugu film ''

Hanu Man ''Hanu Man'' (also marketed as ''HanuMan'') is an upcoming Indian Telugu-language superhero film written and directed by Prasanth Varma. Produced by Primeshow Entertainment, the film features Teja Sajja, Amritha Aiyer, Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, ...

'', directed by

Prasanth Varma Prasanth Varma is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works primarily in Telugu cinema. He is best known for directing ''Awe'' (2018) and ''Zombie Reddy'' (2021). Career 2011–2017: Initial career Varma began his career in 2011 ...

Filmography

Television

Films

Web series

Awards and nominations

Footnotes

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