Raj Deepak Shetty

Raj Dipak Shetty
Raj Dipak Shetty
Born	(1978-10-18) 18 October 1978 (age 46) Mangalore, Karnataka, India
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2014 – present
Spouse	Sonia Rodrigues ​ (m. 2020)​

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

Career

Director Chethan Kumar cast Shetty as an antagonist opposite actor Dhruva Sarja in the film Bharjari, which was released in the year 2017. After which Shetty played the antagonist 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.[4]

His role as Devendra Viswanath, in the movie iSmart Shankar, directed by Puri Jagannath, 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.[5]

In the 2023, Shetty acted as a leading antagonist in the Kannada movie Toby.[6][7]

Personal life

On 18 October 2020, Shetty married Sonia Rodrigues.[8]

Filmography

Films

Key

†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Film	Role	Language
2017	Srikanta	Politician Satyamurthi	Kannada
	Tiger	MLA
	Bharjari
	Gowdru Hotel	CEO
	Asathoma Sadgamya	Businessman
2018	Prayanikara Gamanakke	Inspector
	Life Jothe Ondh Selfie
2019	iSmart Shankar	Devendra	Telugu
	Rugged		Kannada
	Panchatantra	Appaiah Bond
	Bharaate
	Bazaar	Shikra
	Operation Nakshatra	Srikanta
	Gadinaadu
	Aadi Lakshmi Puraana	Smuggler
2021	Naarappa	Doraswamy	Telugu
	Pogaru	Local Don	Kannada
2022	Virata Parvam	Landlord	Telugu
	Battery	Victor	Tamil
	Dr. 56	Ashwath	Kannada Tamil
2023	Toby	Ananda	Kannada
	Fighter	Venkoba
2024	Hanu Man	Singarayakonda Gaja	Telugu
	Trishoolam †	Abdullah	Kannada
	EUREKA †	Varadaraju	Telugu

Television

Year	Title	Network	Language
2005	Kadambari	Udaya TV	Kannada
2005–2006	Preethi Illada Mele	ETV Kannada
2006	Nigooda	Star Suvarna
2006–2007	Bandhe Baruthava Kaala	ETV Kannada
2006	Muttina Thene	Udaya TV
2014–2015	Luv Luvike	Zee Kannada
2015–2016	Niharika	Star Suvarna

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Language
2019	Gods of Dharmapuri	Prathap Reddy	Telugu

References

1. "Deepak Shetty". Nettv4u. Archived from the original on 24 May 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
2. "ಹೀರೋ ಲುಕ್, ವಿಲನ್ ಖದರ್: ಸಕಲ ಪಾತ್ರಕ್ಕೂ ಸೈ ಎನ್ನುವ 'ಕಲಾವಿದ'". Filmibeat(in kannada). Archived from the original on 27 June 2019. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
3. "Deepak Shetty". Times of India. Archived from the original on 27 June 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
4. "Raj Dipak Shetty talks about his five favorite villains". Times of India.
5. "EXCLUSIVE: "I became Pratap Reddy," Raj Deepak Shetty Talks About The ZEE5 Original G.O.D". Zee Teulugu. Archived from the original on 22 October 2019. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
6. Udayavani. "'Toby' holds all ingredients for blockbuster, says Raj Deepak Shetty". Udayavani (in Kannada). Archived from the original on 18 August 2023. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
7. "'Toby will help me in changing the trajectory of my career': Raj Deepak Shetty". The Times of India. 12 August 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Archived from the original on 30 August 2023. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
8. "Kannada actor Raj Deepak Shetty postpones his wedding due to coronavirus outbreak". Times of India. Archived from the original on 24 May 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2020.

External links

• Raj Deepak Shetty at IMDb