Krithi Krishna Shetty known popularly as Krithi Shetty (born 21 September 2003)[1] is an Indian actress who works in Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam films. She made her Debut lead role in Uppena (2021) and went on to do many commercially successful films in many languages.[2] Shetty is a recipient of a Filmfare Award South and a SIIMA Award. She is the only actress in India to have two Debut 100 crore grossers in the form of Uppena in Telugu and Ajayante Randam Moshanam in Malayalam. Both the films are directed by debutants. Krithi can speak upto 7 languages (Tulu, Hindi, Telugu, English, Marathi, Tamil and Kannada) very fluently. She is a big admirer of Korean Drama and BTS.
Early life
Krithi Shetty was born on 21 September 2003 in Mangalore, Karnataka,[3] to a Tulu-speaking Bunt family.[4][5][6] Her father is a businessman, and her mother is a fashion designer.[3][7] She was brought up in Mumbai.[citation needed] During her academic career, she worked in commercials.[6]
Career
Following a brief appearance in the Hindi film Super 30,[8] Shetty made her debut in a lead role, aged 17, with the Telugu film Uppena[9] directed by Buchi Babu Sana and produced by Mythri Movie Makers and Sukumar Writings. The film was commercially successful at the box office, collecting over ₹100 crore (US$12 million).[10]The Times of India's Neeshitha Nyayapati wrote, "The debutants Vaisshnav and Krithi manage to pull off the intricacies of their characters well for the most part.[11]
Later that year, she appeared in the Telugu film Shyam Singha Roy opposite Nani.[12]Shyam Singha Roy received mixed to positive reviews from critics and was a commercial success grossing over ₹60 crore at the box office.[13] She next starred in Bangarraju opposite Naga Chaitanya. Bangarraju emerged as a successful film and grossed over ₹66 crore.[14] This was followed by a series of commercial failures in the latter half of 2022 and 2023 with her next film The Warriorr, directed by N.Lingusamy where she appeared opposite Ram Pothineni received negative reviews from critics and became a commercial failure.[15] Her next release in the same year was the Telugu film Macherla Niyojakavargam, directed by M. S. Rajashekhar Reddy[16] opened to negative reviews and failed at the box office.[17]
In 2024, she starred in Manamey alongside Sharwanand and although the film opened to mixed reviews, it became a commercial success at the box office.[23]
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