Sunil Shetty

Suniel Shetty (born Sunil V. Shetty; 11 August 1961) is an Indian actor, film producer, television personality and entrepreneur who is predominantly active in Hindi films he has also worked in tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and kannada films. In a career spanning almost 30 years, he has acted in over 100 films. ''.

He is the owner of the production house Popcorn Entertainment Private Limited. He has produced a number of films including ''Khel – No Ordinary Game'', ''Rakht'' and ''Bhagam Bhag'', under the banner of Popcorn Motion Pictures.

Early life

Suniel Shetty was born in a Tulu speaking Bunt family on 11 August 1961 in Mulki, Mangalore.

Career

He made his debut in Hindi films in 1992 at the age of 31 with ''Balwaan'', opposite Divya Bharti. The film helped him to retain his position in Bollywood as an action hero. He went on to play the protagonist in various successful movies such as ''Balwaan''(1992), = Arjun Singh ''Waqt Hamara Hai''(1993), = Sunil Chaudhary , , '' Pehchaan''(1993), = Kunal Verma '' Dilwale''(1994), = Vikram Singh ''Anth'' (1994), , , Vijay Saxena , , ''Mohra'' (1994), = Vishal Agnihotri , , ''Gopi Kishan'' (1994), = Gopi Nath Chaudhary / Kishan Nath Chaudhary '' Hum Hain Bemisaal'' (1994),= Michael Dsouza Surakshaa(1995),= Raja Raghuveer (1995), , , Raghuveer Verma , , Takkar(1995),= Ravi Malhotra ''Krishna'', , , Krishna / Sunil , , Shastra (1996), , , Vijay Khanna , , ''Sapoot''(1996), = Raj Singhania ''Rakshak''(1996), = Raj Sinha ''Border''(1997), = Bhairav Singh Rathod ''Judge Mujrim''(1997), = Sunil / Dhaaga '' Bhai''(1997), = Kundan ''Qahar''(1997),= Amar Kapoor '' Vinashak''(1998),= Arjun Singh and ''Hu Tu Tu''(1999),= Aditya Patel He was involved primarily in action films throughout the 1990s, playing the male protagonist in most of the movies he acted in during the decade. From early 2000, he mainly appeared in multi-starrers in across genres. He also starred opposite Isha Koppikar in Arjun Rampal's debut movie ''Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat''(2001).Yash Sabharwal , , '' Hera Pheri'' (2000),= Shyam Tripathi / Ghanshyam''Dhadkan'' (2000),, , Dev Chopra , , ''Jungle'' (2000),= Shivraj Mittal ''Yeh Teraa Ghar Yeh Meraa Ghar''= Daya Shankar Manorilal Pandey (2001), ''Main Hoon Na''(2004),= Exmajor Raghavan Datta , , ''Phir Hera Pheri'' (2006),= Shyam Tripathi / Ghanshyam , , and '' Red Alert: The War Within'' (2010),= Narasimha In 2014, he changed the spelling of his name from Sunil to Suniel for numerological reasons. ''Shootout at Lokhandwala''(2007),= Kaviraj Patil Karz: The Burden Of Truth ( 2002),= Raja Chauhan ''One Two Three'' (2008) = Laxmi Narayan and ''De Dana Dan'' (2009).= Ram Mishra He even played negative roles in movies, including ''Dhadkan'' (2000),= Dev Chopra ''Khel – No Ordinary Game'' (2003),= Dev Mallya '' Baaz: A Bird in Danger'' (2003),= Harshvardhan Bhatti ''Main Hoon Na'' (2004), '' Rudraksh'' (2004),= Bhuria Aan: Men At Work'' ( 2004) = Appa Kadam Naik Enemmy: Law And Disorder'' ( 2013) = Bhau / Eklavya Karmarkar ''Cash''= Angad ''No Problem''= Marcos and '' A Gentleman'' (2017).= Colonel Vijay Kumar Saxena , , '' Race - 4'' ( 2023).= Exmajor Vijay Kumar Khanna

Along with Mukesh Chhabra, he has also started an online casting company, F...the Couch (FTC). Shetty is the captain of the Mumbai Heroes cricket team in Celebrity Cricket League and owns the restaurants Mischief Dining Bar and Club H2O, in Mumbai. He has also featured as a host for India's leading fitness reality shows Biggest Loser Jeetega and India's Asli Champion Hai Dam?.

In 2005, on the eve of the former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's 61st birth anniversary, the Mumbai Pradesh Youth Congress honoured Shetty with th
Rajiv Gandhi award

Shetty won the Filmfare Award for Best Villain in 2001 for ''Dhadkan''. In 2009, Shetty bagged South Asian International Film Festival's Best Actor Award for his role in Naxalites based Indian movie '' Red Alert''.

The actor has entrepreneurial ventures as well. Shetty produced films such as ''Khel – No Ordinary Game'', ''Rakht'' and ''Bhagam Bhag'' under the banner of Popcorn Motion Pictures.

The FTC is a digital platform that discovers new talent in Bollywood provides a platform to new artists to make a place for themselves in Bollywood. Apart from being part of this project, Shetty has also been actively involved in realty and restaurant business.

Shetty also acted in his second Tamil film '' Darbar'' with Rajinikanth in 2020.

In 2021, Shetty appeared in the Sanjay Gupta's gangster drama film ''Mumbai Saga'', which was released on 19 March. He was last seen in Kiran Korrapati directed '' Ghani'', which released on 8 April.

Other work

Fittr

In 2019, Suneil invested an undisclosed amount in a Pune-based online health and fitness start up Fittr. Its founder Jitendra Chouksey launched Fittr in January 2016 as a community on Facebook to address the challenges in the fitness industry, Fittr now claims of over 100,000 fitness transformations, and a highly engaged community of 550,000 members. Its mobile app, Fittr, has received more than 500,000 downloads since September 2018.

Television

Shetty has appeared as a host for India's leading fitness reality shows '' Biggest Loser Jeetega'' on Sahara One. and
''India's Asli Champion Hai dam?'' on &TV.

Restaurant

The actor owns Mischief Dining Bar and Club H2O, in Mumbai. Both the places are running successfully. He co-owns the water adventure park attached to cafe H2O. He closed down Mischief Bar in 2010, and instead opened a new restaurant called Little Italy. The restaurant was first owned by his father when it was an Udipi restaurant, Suniel then changed the restaurant into a bar, and then back into a restaurant with the different name with his father's blessings.

Celebrity Cricket League

Suniel Shetty is captain of the Mumbai Heroes cricket team in the Celebrity Cricket League. He is also the co-founder of Ferit Cricket Bash that was launched in December 2018.

Hiru Golden Film Awards

Suniel Shetty was participant in the Hiru Golden Film Awards 2014 and 2016 in Sri Lanka as a special guest.

R House

He started his luxury furniture and home lifestyle store in Mumbai, Worli in 2013 with his wife Mana.

Personal life

Since 1991 he is married to Mana Shetty (née Monisha Kadri), a businesswoman, designer and social activist born to a Gujarati Muslim architect and a Punjabi Hindu social activist, and they have two children, a daughter Athiya Shetty and a son Ahan Shetty.

Both Athiya and Ahan have made their acting debuts respectively, Athiya in the film ''Hero'' (2015) and Ahan in Sajid Nadiadwala's film '' Tadap (2021), the'' Hindi remake of Telugu film RX 100. Mana runs an NGO for under-privileged kids.

Shetty has a black belt in kickboxing. He owns clothing boutiques as well as restaurants specialising in Udupi cuisine.

Filmography

Accolades

;Winner

* 2001: Filmfare Award for Best Villain for ''Dhadkan''
* 2001: Zee Cine Award for Best Supporting Actor for ''Dhadkan''
* 2005: GIFA Award for Best Villain for ''Main Hoon Na''
* 2011: Stardust Award for Best Actor (Critics) for '' Red Alert: The War Within''

;Nominated

* 1995: Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor for '' Dilwale''
* 1998: Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor for ''Border''
* 1998: Screen Award for Best Supporting Actor for ''Border''
* 2001: Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor for ''Refugee''
* 2001: IIFA Award for Best Supporting Actor for ''Refugee''
* 2001: IIFA Award for Best Villain for ''Dhadkan''
* 2004: IIFA Award for Best Supporting Actor for '' Qayamat: City Under Threat''
* 2005: Filmfare Award for Best Villain for ''Main Hoon Na''
* 2005: IIFA Award for Best Villain for ''Main Hoon Na''
* 2021: SIIMA Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role – Tamil for '' Darbar''

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1961 births
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Film producers from Karnataka
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Male actors in Hindi cinema
Mangaloreans
Tulu people
Male actors from Karnataka
Male actors in Kannada television
Indian male television actors
20th-century Indian male actors
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Filmfare Awards winners
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