Sanchita Shetty


Sanchita Shetty is an Indian film actress, who has appeared in Tamil, Kannada and Telugu films. After appearing in supporting roles, she got her first breakthrough after starring in female lead role in Soodhu Kavvum.

Career

She made her first film appearance in the Kannada hit film Mungaru Male as a friend to the film's female lead. In the next three years, she appeared in supporting roles in three Kannada films. She also appeared in a film titled Gaganachukki, which never released. She left the Kannada industry to work in Tamil and she was not willing to do anymore second lead roles. In 2012, she signed her first leading role in Kollaikaran.

Recognition and success (2012-present)

Shetty has played female lead character in Nalan Kumarasamy's black comedy Soodhu Kavvum which was a critical and commercial success, collecting over and it is to be considered biggest success in her career. She played an imaginary character in the film, which was received well. Sify wrote, "Sanchita Shetty as his girlfriend is smashing and delivers some one-liners with perfect lip sync". The film went on to be remade in several other Indian languages and Shetty expressed interest in reprising the role in its remakes as well.
In 2014, she signed a Kannada film after five years, Badmaash directed by Akash Srivatsa, which will see her playing a Radio Jockey. In September 2014, she stated that she had four films, among which one would be a bilingual.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleLanguageNotes
2006Mungaru MaleNandini's friendKannada
2007MilanaKannada
2009UdaKannada
2009Bhaya.comViniKannada
2010Azhukkan AzhagakiranReemaTamil
2010ThillalangadiAmmuTamil
2010OrangeSoniTelugu
2012KollaikaranKrishnaveniTamil
2013Soodhu KavvumShalu / Shalini GuptaTamil
2013AarthiTamil
2016BadmaashPriyaKannada
2017Ennodu VilayaduInbaTamil
2017RumRiyaTamil
2017Enkitta MothatheMaragadhamTamil
2018Yenda Thalaiyila Yenna VekkalaRamyaTamil
2018JohnnyRamyaTamil
2019PartyTamilFilming
2019Devdas BrothersTamilFilming