Kavya Shetty

Kavya Shetty is an Indian actress and model who primarily appears in Kannada films. Shetty made her acting debut in 2013 with the Kannada film Nam Duniya Nam Style. She has since received commercial success with Ishtakamya, Zoom (2016), Siliconn City (2017) and Bro Daddy (2022).

Early life Shetty was born Mangalore, Karnataka. After doing her schooling in Mangalore, she graduated in Computer Science engineering from N.M.A.M. Institute of Technology, Nitte.

Career While in college, Shetty did a few modelling assignments following appearances in several television commercials. She later moved to Bangalore and took part in 2011 Femina Miss India beauty pageant, She also worked as a commercial model and appeared in several print and television advertisements. in which she played a journalist. and "show tremendous promise". Her future releases include the semi-period Kannada film Vijayaaditya.

Shetty saw success with Ishtakamya, directed by well known filmmaker Nagathihalli Chandrashekar. She had three film releases in 2017: Smile Please, starring Gurunandan, MMM''', with Aru Gowda; and Silicon City, with Srinagar Kitty.

The year 2020 and 2021 saw Kavya in movies of both Kannada and Telugu language. Kavya set her feet on the sets of Ravichandran's upcoming movie Ravi Bopanna as a lead female, while she was seen in the title track of Yuvarathna starring Puneeth Rajkumar.

Kavya is seen in her upcoming Telugu movie Gurthunda Seethakalam with Satyadev and Tamannaah, directed by Nagashekar. 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.

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In the Bangalore Time Most Desirable Women list, Shetty was placed 29th in 2017. In 219, Shetty launched her clothing and jewellery brand, Kassh''. She is also connected with Aadyaa Foundation and contribute to children welfare.

Filmography Year Title Role Language Notes Ref. 2013 Nam Duniya Nam Style Radha Kannada I Am In Love Krithi 2015 Idhu Enna Maayam Pallavi Tamil 2016 Ishtakamya Aditi Kannada Zoom Sheela 2017 Smile Please Maanasa Siliconn City Prerana 2018 3 Gante 30 Dina 30 Second Sharmila Samhaara Janaki 2021 Yuvarathnaa Herself Special appearance in song "Feel the Power" 2022 Bro Daddy Susan Mathews Malayalam Sold Ruchitha Kannada Ravi Bopanna Spoorthy Captain Rekha Tamil Gurthunda Seethakalam Amrutha "Ammu" Telugu 2024 Love Li Herself Kannada Special appearance in song "Chikimika" 2025 Nimagondu Sihi Suddi Anusha 2026 Malayalam Filming 2026Operation Tral SamruddhiMalayalam