Raj Deepak Shetty

Raj Deepak Shetty (born 18 October 1978) is an Indian film actor, predominantly working in Kannada, Telugu and Tamil film industries.[1][2][3]

Raj Deepak Shetty
Born	October 18, 1978 Mangalore, Karnataka, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2014-Present
Spouse(s)	Sonia Rodrigues ​ (m. 2020)​
Parent(s)	Prem Shetty (father), Sarala Shetty (mother)

Early life

Deepak Shetty was born to Prem Shetty and Sarala Shetty in Mangalore, Karnataka. Deepak finished his schooling at Milagres Pre University and graduated from St. Aloysius, Mangalore. Deepak's interest in acting started at an early age when he was taking part in school and college plays.

Personal life

On 18 October 2020 Raj Deepak Shetty got married to Sonia Rodrigues.[4]

Career

Raj Deepak Shetty started his acting career through working in Kannada serials. He has worked in Kadambari, Preethi Illada Mele, Nigooda, Bande Baruthava Kaala, Muthina Thene, Luv Lavike, Niharika[5] and other serials.

Director Chethan Kumar cast him as antagonist opposite to actor Dhruva Sarja in the film Bharjari which was released in the year 2017. After which Deepak played an antagonist role in the movies Tiger and Srikanta, directed by Nanda Kishore and Manju Swaraj respectively. Srikanta was his first film release followed by Tiger and Bharjari.[6]

His role as Devendra Viswanath in iSmart Shankar released in 2019 as an antagonist introduced him to the Telugu film industry. Playing the lead as Pratap Reddy in his debut web series, Gods of Dharmapuri directed by Anish Kuruvilla is fetching him many roles in Telugu Film Industry.[7]

Deepak will be acting in a Tamil Thriller movie 'Battery' Directed by Mani Bharati.[8]

Deepak will be acting in Allu Arjun's upcoming movie 'Pushpa' directed by Sukumar.[9]

Filmography

Television Serials

Year	Title	Network	Notes
2005	"Kadambari"	Udaya TV	Off Air
2005-2006	"Preethi illada mele"	ETV (Colors Kannada now)	Off Air
2006	"Nigooda"	Star Suvarna	Off Air
2006-2007	"Bandhe baruthava kaala"	ETV Kannada	Off Air
2006	"Muttina Thene"	Udaya TV	Off Air
2014-2015	"Luv Luvike"	Zee Kannada	Off Air
2015-2016	"Niharika"	Star Suvarna	Off Air

Films

Year	Film	Role	Language
2017	Tiger	MLA	Kannada
	Srikanta	Politician Satyamurthi	Kannada
	Bharjari		Kannada
	Gowdru Hotel	CEO	Kannada
	Asathoma Sadgamya	Businessman	Kannada
2018	Vaasu Naan Pakka Commercial	Mahalakshmi's father	Kannada
	Prayanikara Gamanakke	Inspector	Kannada
	Life Jothe Ondh Selfie		Kannada
2019	iSmart Shankar	Devendra	Telugu
	Rugged		Kannada
	Panchatantra	Appaiah Bond	Kannada
	Amar	Amar's father	Kannada
	Bharaate		Kannada
	Bazaar	Shikra	Kannada
	Operation Nakshatra	Srikanta	Kannada
	Gods of Dharmapuri (G.O.D)	Pratap Reddy	Telugu
	Gadinaadu		Kannada
	Aadi Lakshmi Puraana	Smuggler	Kannada
2020	Battery	ACP	Tamil
	Virataparvam	Landlord	Telugu
	Naarappa		Telugu

Awards and Nominations

Year[lower-alpha 1]	Film/Serial	Award	Category	Result
2015	Luv Lavike Serial	Best actor in father's role	Zee kutumba Awards	Won
2016	Niharika Serial	Star Suvarna Parivar Awards	Best Actor in a negative role	Won
2019	Panchatantra	Best actor in supporting role	Rebel star Dr. Ambareesh Award	Won

Footnotes

1. Refers to the year in which the award ceremony was held.

References

1. "Deepak Shetty". Nettv4u.
2. "ಹೀರೋ ಲುಕ್, ವಿಲನ್ ಖದರ್: ಸಕಲ ಪಾತ್ರಕ್ಕೂ ಸೈ ಎನ್ನುವ 'ಕಲಾವಿದ'". Filmibeat(in kannada).
3. "Deepak Shetty". Times of India.
4. "Kannada actor Raj Deepak Shetty postpones his wedding due to coronvirus outbreak". Times of India.
5. "Niharika". IMDb.
6. "Raj Deepak Shetty talks about his five favorite villains". Times of India.
7. "EXCLUSIVE: "I became Pratap Reddy," Raj Deepak Shetty Talks About The ZEE5 Original G.O.D". Zee Teulugu.
8. "Deepak in medical thriller". Times of India.
9. "Raj Deepak Shetty to play antagonist in Allu Arjun's next". Times of India.

External links

• Raj Deepak Shetty at IMDb