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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. In a career spanning almost 30 years, he has acted in over 100 films. His major works have been action and comedy films.[3] He has received a Filmfare Award out of five nominations for the film Dhadkan.[4]

Suniel Shetty
Shetty in 2018
Born	Sunil V. Shetty[1] (1961-08-11) 11 August 1961 (age 61)[2] Mulki, Mysore State (present-day Karnataka), India
Other names	Anna
Occupation	Actor entrepreneur television personality film producer
Years active	1992–present
Organization	Popcorn Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.
Spouse	Mana Shetty (née Qadri) ​ ​ (m. 1991)​
Children	Athiya Shetty (daughter) Ahan Shetty (son)

He is the owner of the production house Popcorn Entertainment Private Limited.[5] 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[2][6] Bunt family[7] on 11 August 1961 in Mulki, Mangalore.[2]

Career

He made his debut in Hindi films in 1992 at the age of 31 with Balwaan, opposite Divya Bharti.[8] The film helped him to retain his position in Bollywood as an action hero.^{[citation needed]} He went on to play the protagonist in various successful movies such as Balwaan (1992), Waqt Hamara Hai (1993), Pehchaan (1993), Dilwale (1994), Anth (1994), Mohra (1994), Gopi Kishan (1994), Hum Hain Bemisaal (1994), Surakshaa(1995), Raghuveer (1995), Takkar(1995), Krishna (1996), Sapoot (1996), Rakshak (1996), Border (1997), Judge Mujrim (1997), Bhai (1997), Qahar (1997), Vinashak (1998) and Hu Tu Tu (1999). 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). Hera Pheri (2000), Dhadkan (2000), Jungle (2000), Yeh Teraa Ghar Yeh Meraa Ghar (2001), Main Hoon Na (2004), Phir Hera Pheri (2006), and Red Alert: The War Within (2010).[9] In 2014, he changed the spelling of his name from Sunil to Suniel for numerological reasons.[10] Shootout at Lokhandwala (2007), One Two Three (2008) and De Dana Dan (2009). He even played negative roles in movies, including Dhadkan (2000), Khel – No Ordinary Game (2003), Baaz: A Bird in Danger (2003), Main Hoon Na (2004), Rudraksh (2004), Cash, No Problem and A Gentleman (2017).

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 the Rajiv Gandhi award^{[dead link]}.

Shetty won the Filmfare Award for Best Villain in 2001 for Dhadkan.[11] 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.[12][13] He was last seen in Kiran Korrapati directed Ghani, which released on 8 April.[14]

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.[15]

Television

Shetty has appeared as a host for India's leading fitness reality shows Biggest Loser Jeetega on Sahara One.[16] 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.[17][18] 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.[19]

Celebrity Cricket League

Suniel Shetty is captain of the Mumbai Heroes cricket team in the Celebrity Cricket League.[20] He is also the co-founder of Ferit Cricket Bash that was launched in December 2018.[21]

Hiru Golden Film Awards

Suniel Shetty was participant in the Hiru Golden Film Awards 2014 and 2016 in Sri Lanka as a special guest.[22]

R House

He started his luxury furniture and home lifestyle store in Mumbai, Worli in 2013 with his wife Mana.[23]

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,[24] and they have two children, a daughter Athiya Shetty[25] and a son Ahan Shetty.[26]

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.[27] Mana runs an NGO for under-privileged kids.[28]

Shetty has a black belt in kickboxing.[29] He owns clothing boutiques as well as restaurants specialising in Udupi cuisine.[30]

Filmography

Accolades

Winner

• 2001: Filmfare Award for Best Villain for Dhadkan[31]
• 2001: Zee Cine Award for Best Supporting Actor for Dhadkan[32]
• 2005: GIFA Award for Best Villain for Main Hoon Na
• 2011: Stardust Award for Best Actor (Critics) for Red Alert: The War Within[33]

Nominated

• 1995: Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor for Dilwale[31]
• 1998: Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor for Border[31]
• 1998: Screen Award for Best Supporting Actor for Border
• 2001: Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor for Refugee[31]
• 2001: IIFA Award for Best Supporting Actor for Refugee^{[citation needed]}
• 2001: IIFA Award for Best Villain for Dhadkan[34]
• 2004: IIFA Award for Best Supporting Actor for Qayamat: City Under Threat^{[citation needed]}
• 2005: Filmfare Award for Best Villain for Main Hoon Na
• 2005: IIFA Award for Best Villain for Main Hoon Na[35]
• 2021: SIIMA Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role – Tamil for Darbar

References

External links

• Suniel Shetty at IMDb
• Suniel Shetty at Bollywood Hungama
• Suniel Shetty on Instagram
• Suniel Shetty on Facebook
• Suniel Shetty on Twitter

На других языках

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[de] Sunil Shetty

Sunil Shetty (Tulu-Kannada: ಸುನಿಲ್ ಶೆಟ್ಟಿ; Hindi: .mw-parser-output .Deva{font-size:120%}@media all and (min-width:800px){.mw-parser-output .Deva{font-size:calc(120% - ((100vw - 800px)/80))}}@media all and (min-width:1000px){.mw-parser-output .Deva{font-size:100%}}सुनील शेट्टी, Sunīl Śeṭṭī; * 11. August 1961 in Mulki, Karnataka) ist ein indischer Filmschauspieler des kommerziellen Hindi-Films.

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[ru] Шетти, Сунил

Сунил Вираппа Шетти (канн. ಸುನೀಲ್ ವೀರಪ್ಪ ಶೆಟ್ಟಿ, англ. Suniel Shetty, род. 11 августа 1961, Мулки, Индия) — индийский актёр, продюсер и телеведущий.

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