Suniel Shetty
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Suniel Shetty (born 11 August 1961) is an Indian actor. He was born in Mulki, near Mangalore, Karnataka, India. He was formerly known as Sunil Shetty before changing the spelling of his first name.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Career
Sunil Shetty made his Bollywood debut in 1992 with the film Balwan. The film was a success and started his career. His breakthrough role came with the film Mohra. This was followed by mostly action movies which made him even more popular. He did many films with action star Akshay Kumar, which resulted in hits. He went on to do roles which showed patriotism such as Border (1997), LOC Kargil (2003) and Qayamat (2003).
His performance in Dhadkan was praised as he played a villainous role. He received the Filmfare Best Villain Award for this role. He has tried to do many comic roles with little success, though his role in Hulchul was appreciated. Hera Pheri was another hugely successful comedy film that he did, costarring with Akshay Kumar and Paresh Rawal.
Shetty also has a production company called Popcorn Entertainment. The company has produced films such as Khel (2003) and Rakht: What If You Can See the Future (2004). The company has had little success as all these films flopped at the box office.
Of his recent films he had hits with Dus, Deewane Huye Pagal and Phir Hera Pheri.
[edit] Personal life
He was born in Mangalore on August 11, 1961. Sunil is married to Mana and has two children named Athiya and Ahan. He is a black belt in Full Contact Kick boxing. He also is a successful businessman owning a hotel chain and also owns the MISCHIEF garment outlet.
[edit] Filmography
- International Hera Pheri (2007) ... (announced)
- Tere Pyaar Ki Kasam (2007) ... (announced)
- Fool and Final (2006) ... (pre-production)
- Mazhab: The Religion (2006) ... (post-production)
- Don't Stop Dreaming (2006) ... Dave (post-production)
- Apna Sapna Money Money (2006)
- Umrao Jaan (2006) ... Faiz Ali
- Aap Ki Khatir (2006) ... Kunal
- Phir Hera Pheri (2006) ... Ghanshyam
- Chup Chup Ke (2006) ... Mangal Singh Chauhan
- Shaadi Se Pehle (2006) ... Anna
- Darna Zaroori Hai (2006) ...
- Fight Club (2006) ... Anna
- Home Delivery: Aapko... Ghar Tak (2005)
- Deewane Huye Pagal (2005) ... Sanju
- Kyon Ki? (2005)
- Chocolate: Deep Dark Secrets (2005) ... Rocker
- Amar Joshi Shahid Ho Gaya (2005) ... Director
- Dus (2005) ... Dan (Danish)
- Paheli (2005) ... Sunderlal
- Tango Charlie (2005) ... Flight Lieutenant Shezad Khan
- Blackmail (2005) ... ACP Abhay Rathod
- Padmashree Laloo Prasad Yadav (2005) ... Lalchand Dilachand (Laloo)
- Hulchul (2004) ... Veer
- Rakht: What If You Can See the Future (2004) ... Mohit
- Ek Se Badhkar Ek (2004) ... Rahul Bhargav
- Kyun...! Ho Gaya Na (2004) ... Ishaan (Special Appearance)
- Aan: Men at Work (2004) ... Sub. Insp. Appa Kadam Naik
- Main Hoon Na (2004) ... Raghavan Datta
- Rudraksh (2004) ... Bhuria
- Lakeer - Forbidden Lines (2004) ... Sanju
- LOC Kargil (2003) ... Sepoy Sanjay Kumar
- Khel (2003) ... Dev Mallya
- Qayamat: City Under Threat (2003) ... Akram Sheikh (CBI officer)
- Khanjar: The Knife (2003) ... Raja
- Baaz: A Bird in Danger (2003) ... Harshvardan
- Ek Hindustani (2003) ... Sunil Shrivastava
- Kaante (2002) ... Marc Issak
- Karz: The Burden of Truth (2002) ... Raja
- Maseeha (2002) ... Krishna "Dushman"
- Annarth (2002) ... Jimmy/Jai
- Jaani Dushman: Ek Anokhi Kahani (2002) ... Vijay
- Awara Paagal Deewana (2002) ... Yeda Anna
- Ehsaas: The Feeling (2001) ... Ravi Naik
- Yeh Teraa Ghar Yeh Meraa Ghar (2001) ... Daya Shanker Pandey
- Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat (2001) ... Yash Sabharwal
- Kakkakuyil (2001) ... Special Appearance
- Kuch Khatti Kuch Meethi (2001) ... Sameer
- 12B (2001) ... Jo's Uncle
- Ittefaq (2001) ... Shiva
- Aaghaaz (2000) ... Govind Narang
- Dhadkan (2000) ... Dev
- Jungle (2000) ... Commander Shivraj
- Refugee (2000) ... Mohammad Ashraf
- Hera Pheri (2000) ... Ghanshyam (Shyam)
- Krodh (2000) ... Karan
- Officer (2000) ... Sagar Chauhan
- Bade Dilwala (1999) ... Ram
- Hu Tu Tu (1999) ... Aditya
- Kaala Samrajya (1999) .... Arjun
- Sar Utha Ke Jiyo (1998) ... Special Appearance
- Humse Badhkar Kaun (1998) ... Bhola/Suraj
- Aakrosh: Cyclone of Anger (1998) ... Officer Dev Malhotra
- Vinashak - Destroyer (1998) ... Inspector Arjun Singh
- Qahar (1997) ... Amar Kapoor (PC Kapoor's son)
- Prithvi (1997) ... Prithvi
- Bhai (1997) ... Kundan
- Border (1997) ... Captain Bhairav Singh (Raja)
- Dhaal: The Battle of Law Against Law (1997) ... Suraj
- Judge Mujrim (1997) ... Sunil/Dhaga
- Sapoot (1996) ... Raj
- Krishna (1996)
- Ek Tha Raja (1996) ... Inspector Jay Singh/Jay Dogra
- Rakshak (1996) ... ASP Raj Sinha
- Shastra (1996) ... Vijay
- Vishwasghaat (1996)
- Takkar (1995) ... Ravi Malhotra
- Gaddaar (1995) ... Sunil 'Sunny' Gujral
- Raghuveer (1995) ... Raghuveer Verma
- Surakshaa (1995) ... Raja
- Hum Hain Bemisaal (1994) ... Michael
- Mohra (1994) ... Vishal Agnihotri
- Dilwale (1994) ... Inspector Vikram
- Gopi Kishan (1994) ... Gopinath/Kishan
- Waqt Hamara Hai (1993) ... Sunil Choudhary/Shahenshah
- Anth (1993) ... Vijay Saxena
- Pehchaan (1993) ... Kunal Verma
- Balwaan (1992) ... Arjun Singh
