Neethu

Neethu
Born Neetha
(1988-09-02) 2 September 1988
Mangalore, Karnataka, India
Nationality Indian
Occupation Actress
Years active 2006 -present

Neethu (born 2 September 1988) , also known as Neethu Shetty,is an Indian film actress, who predominantly appears in Kannada-language films and few Tulu and Malayalam films. Her commercial successful movies include Joke Falls (2004), Beru (2005), Photographer (2006) - 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 (2015 film) and Fair & Lovely. Her career include working with actors like 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, Naveen Krishna.

Career

Known to be a natural and a sensitive actress who has been in the industry for more than 10 years and had lots of ups and downs in her career. She acted in 'Punya' 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 commercial success movie was Joke Falls where she was paired alongside Ramesh Aravind which garned positive reviews from the critics , Directed by Ashok Patil. She then started 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 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 garned positive reviews in the movie Gaalipata which was multistarrer 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 few others. She also starred in movies like Aithalakkadi and few others which garned 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, NC 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 Father,Mr. Manjunath, was a Tulu-speaking Bunt 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 of jaundice in 2011.[2]

Filmography

Key
Films that have not yet been released Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearTitleRoleLanguageNotes
2004YahooVidyaKannada
2004JenniferKannada
2004Joke FallsSulekhaKannada
2005BeruSumaKannadaNational Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada
Karnataka State Film Award for second Best Film
2005Karavali HudugiAkkuKannada
2006Eesha GowriKannada
2006PhotographerSatyavathiMalayalam
2007PoojariPriyaKannada
2007AgraharaRamyaKannada
2007Govinda GopalaAishwaryaKannada
2007Koti ChennayaDeyi BaidithiTuluKarnataka State Film Award for Best Supporting Actress
National Film Awards Best Feature Film in Tulu
2008GaalipataRadhaKannadaFilmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Kannada - Nominated
Suvarna Film Awards for best supporting actress - Nominated
2008Ganesha Matte BandaGayatriKannada
2009ManasaareBhaaminiKannada
2010Krishna Nee Late Aagi BaaroAndyKannada
2010AithalakkadiSevanthiKannada
2011Yogaraj BhatSihiKannada
2011PanchamruthaTanuKannada
2011UjwaduShaantheriKonkani
2012Jeevana Joke-alliPaaruKannada
2013DevaraneSheelaKannadaCameo appearance
2013JeethuHerselfKannadaSpecial appearance in song "Idli Vade"
2013Crazy StarHerselfKannadaSpecial appearance in the song "ee hennu avala weakness"
2014Fair & LovelyHerselfKannadaGuest appearance
2014JaggiHerselfKannadaSpecial appearance in the song "nela gudi neeru"
2015AbhinetriCameoKannadaCameo appearance
2015Ring RoadCameoKannadaCameo appearance
2017Paaru I Love YouPaaruKannadaRel
2017SitharaPriyaKannada
2017MombatthiACP ShivaniKannada
2018Mari TigerKannada
20181888Film has yet to be releasedSandhya ShettyKannadaFilming
2018VajramukhiFilm has yet to be releasedVajramukhiKannadaFilming
2018HangoverFilm has yet to be releasedHerselfKannadaPost-production; special appearance in song "Naane rukku kodtini"
TBATyagudelayedKannadaDelayed
TBAIce PicedelayedKannadaDelayed
TBABangalore MetroFilm has yet to be releasedKannadaDelayed
TBA

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 movie promotion

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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