Nitya Shetty

Nitya Shetty is an Indian actress appearing in Telugu and Tamil films.^[1] She won two Nandi Awards.^[2]

Nitya Shetty
Born	Nithya Shetty Hyderabad, India
Occupation(s)	Actress, Model, software engineer, Entrepreneur
Years active	1999-present

Career

Nitya Shetty worked as a child actress in Telugu films during the early 2000s appearing in films including Devullu (2000), while winning the Nandi Award for Best Child Actress for her roles in Chinni Chinni Aasha (1998) and Little Hearts (2000). After about 20 films as a child artiste, she took a break from films to complete her education. She graduated in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Institute of Aeronautical Engineering, Dundigal later campus placed and joined Infosys as a software engineer.^[3]

However she wanted to continue work as an actress and successfully auditioned to be a part of the Telugu film, Padesave, before working on the family drama, Dagudumootha Dandakor (2015).^[4][5]

She has consequently featured in low budget Tamil films including Jayaprakash's Aivarattam (2015) and Kadhal Kaalam (2016).^[6] She recently worked in the Telugu film Nuvvu Thopu Raa (2019) and Tamil film "Aghavan"(2019).

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
1999	Chinni Chinni Aasa		Telugu	Nandi Award for Best Child Actress
2000	Devullu	Bhavani	Telugu
	Little Hearts		Telugu	Nandi Award for Best Child Actress
2001	Maya	Maya	Hindi
2002	Mounamelanoyi		Telugu
2003	Harivillu	Gowri	Telugu
2004	Anji	Nithya	Telugu
2015	Aivarattam	Rathna	Tamil
	Dagudumootha Dandakor	Madhu	Telugu
2016	Padesave	Niharika	Telugu
2017	Kaadhal Kaalam		Tamil
2019	Aghavan		Tamil
2019	Nuvvu Thopu Raa	Ramya	Telugu
2020	O Pitta Katha	Venkatalakshmi	Telugu
2021	Thalaivii	Trainee doctor	Tamil Hindi
2022	Wanted Pandugod	Rathi	Telugu

Web series :

• 2022 : Hello World : ZEE5 : Pravalika Jaladhanki

References

1. "From being a child artist to an actress - Telugu News". IndiaGlitz.com. 15 February 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
2. "నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008)" [A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008)] (PDF). Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh. Retrieved 21 August 2020.(in Telugu)
3. SURESH KAVIRAYANI (5 February 2015). "From child artiste to lead actress". Deccan Chronicle.
4. kavirayani, suresh (16 February 2016). "Nithya Shetty into the big league". Deccan Chronicle.
5. INDIA, THE HANS (1 February 2016). "Nithya Shetty comes of age". www.thehansindia.com. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
6. Subramanian, Anupama (4 June 2015). "Nithya Shetty bags yet another meaty role". Deccan Chronicle.

External links

• Nitya Shetty at IMDb