Neethu

Neethu (born 2 September 1988), also known as Neethu Shetty, is an Indian film actress who predominantly appears in Kannada-language films and a few Tulu and Malayalam films. She won acclaim and praise for movies like Joke Falls (2004), Beru (2005), Photographer (2006) - (her Malayalam debut), Koti Chennaya (2007), Gaalipata (2008)- (her biggest commercial success up to date.), Krishna Nee Late Aagi Baaro (2009) and many others. She has done cameos in other successful movies like Abhinetri and Fair & Lovely. She has worked with the actors Ramesh Aravind, V. Ravichandran, Mohanlal, H. G. Dattatreya, Kishore Kumar G, Ganesh, Jaggesh, Doddanna, Anant Nag, Vijay Raghavendra, Ravishankar Gowda, Dileep Raj, Rajesh Krishnan, Shivadhwaj Shetty, Diganth, Mohan Shankar and Naveen Krishna.

Neethu
Born
Neetha

(1988-09-02) 2 September 1988
Mangalore, Karnataka, India
OccupationActress
Years active2004-present

Career

She is known to be a natural and sensitive actress who has been in the industry for over ten years and had many ups and downs in her career. She acted in Punya, a serial directed by Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar and made her debut through the Jaggesh and Komal-starrer Govinda Gopala and then went on to act in a horror flick Yahoo, which was an average grosser. Her first commercially successful movie was Joke Falls, where she was paired alongside Ramesh Aravind, which was positively reviewed, and was directed by Ashok Patil. She then starred in the movie Beru, directed by P. Sheshadri, which received many accolades such as National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada and Karnataka State Film Award for Best Film. She made her Malayalam debut alongside Mohanlal in the Malayalam film Photographer. She is a recipient of the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the Tulu language film Koti Chennaya. Her glamour and performance in her next movie, Poojari, opposite Aadhi Lokesh, brought her closer to the Kannada audience. She rose to fame in the year 2008 due to her performance, which garnered positive reviews in the movie Gaalipata, which was a multi-starrer and a blockbuster hit. She received a Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Kannada nomination. She later starred in films which some were successful, like Krishna Nee Late Aagi Baaro, Abhinetri and a few others. She also starred in movies such as Aithalakkadi and others that received negative reviews and failed at the box office. She was a contestant in Bigg Boss Kannada 2, where she survived 80 days, hence becoming the first contestant in the history of Bigg Boss Kannada to be kept in a "secret room". She was a part of the comedy show Bengaluru Benne Dose alongside Arun Sagar. She later appeared as a guest in Bigg Boss Kannada 4 along with Rishika Singh, Tsunami Kitty, N. C. Ayyappa and Bigg Boss Kannada 3 winner Shruti. She also was a part of box cricket league where she was a player for the team Davangere Lions, which emerged runners up. She is currently shooting for new films.

Early life

Neethu was born on 2 September 1988 in Mangalore, in the Karnataka State of India. Her late father, Manjunath Shetty, was from the Bunt community and her mother, Mrs. Mohini is from the GSB community and speaks Konkani.[1] Neethu has a younger sister Preethi. They grew up and were educated in Mangalore. Her father died in 2011.[2]

Filmography
Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released
Movie No:YearTitleRoleLanguageNotes
12004YahooVidyaKannada
22004JenniferKannada
32004Joke FallsSulekhaKannada
42005BeruSumaKannadaNational Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada
Karnataka State Film Award for second Best Film
52005Karavali HudugiAkkuKannada
62006EeshaGowriKannada
72006PhotographerSatyavathiMalayalam
82007PoojariPriyaKannada
92007AgraharaRamyaKannada
102007Govinda GopalaAishwaryaKannada
112007Koti ChennayaDeyi BaidithiTuluKarnataka State Film Award for Best Supporting Actress
National Film Awards Best Feature Film in Tulu
122008GaalipataRadhaKannadaFilmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Kannada - Nominated
Suvarna Film Awards for best supporting actress - Nominated
132008Ganesha Matte BandaGayatriKannada
142009ManasaareBhaaminiKannada
152010Krishna Nee Late Aagi BaaroAndyKannada
162010AithalakkadiSevanthiKannada
172011Yogaraj BhatSihiKannada
182011PanchamruthaTanuKannada
192011UjwaduShaantheriKonkaniKarnataka State Film Award for Best Regional Film
202012Jeevana Joke-alliPaaruKannada
212013DevaraneSheelaKannadaCameo appearance
222013JeethuHerselfKannadaSpecial appearance in the song "Idli Vade"
232013Crazy StarHerselfKannadaSpecial appearance in the song "Ee Hennu Avala Weakness"
242014Fair & LovelyHerselfKannadaGuest appearance
252014JaggiHerselfKannadaSpecial appearance in the song "Nela Gudi Neeru"
262015AbhinetriCameoKannada
272015Ring RoadCameoKannada
282017Paaru I Love YouPaaruKannada
292017SitharaPriyaKannada
302017MombatthiACP ShivaniKannada
312018Mari TigerSpecial appearanceKannada
322018Amrutha GaligeAmruthaKannada
332019VajramukhiVajramukhiKannada
342019HangoverHerselfKannadaspecial appearance in the song "Naane Rukku Kodtini"
3520191888Sandhya ShettyKannadaFilming
36TBAIralarade Iruve BitkondaKannadaFilming
37TBATyaguKannadaDelayed
38TBAIce PiceKannadaDelayed
39TBABangalore MetroKannadaDelayed

Awards and nominations
Year[lower-alpha 1] Category Award Film Result Note
2007 Karnataka State Film Award for Best Supporting Actress Karnataka State Film Awards Koti Chennaya Won
2008 Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Kannada Filmfare awards south Gaalipata Nominated
2008 Suvarna Film Awards for best supporting actress Suvarna Film Awards Gaalipata Nominated
  1. Refers to the year in which the ceremony was held.

Television
Year Title Channel Notes
2014 Bigg Boss Kannada 2 Suvarna Contestant
2014 Super Minute Colors Kannada Contestant
2015 Bengaluru Benne Dose Suvarna
2017 Bigg Boss Kannada 4 Colors Kannada Guest
2017 Super Talk Time Colors Super herself
2017 Maja Bharatha Colors Super Paaru I Love You promotion
2019 Maja Bharatha Colors Super Vajramukhi promotion
2019 Saval Ge Sai Udaya TV 1888 promotion
2019 Kitchen Darbar Star Suvarna celebrity guest
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References
  1. Neethu (2 February 2015). Avala Hejje—Actress Neethu Shetty PART 01 (in Kannada). BTV News. Event occurs at 2:40. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  2. "Neethu shows work is primary emotions next". supergoodmovies.com. 20 May 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
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