Suniel Shetty Debut Movie Wiki Height Age Wife Family Biography Net Worth 2023

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Suniel Shetty is an Indian film actor, producer, and entrepreneur. He was born on August 11, 1961 in Mulki, Mangalore, Karnataka, India. He began his acting career in the early 1990s and has since appeared in over 110 films in Hindi, Malayalam, and other languages. Some of his most notable films include “Hera Pheri,” “Dhadkan,” and “Mohra.” He has also produced several films under his production company, Popcorn Motion Pictures. In addition to acting, Shetty is also an entrepreneur and owns several businesses, including a chain of fitness centers called “Fitness One.”

Suniel Shetty began his acting career with the film “Balwan” in 1992. He then went on to establish himself as one of the leading actors in Bollywood with hit films such as “Hera Pheri,” “Dhadkan,” “Mohra,” and “Main Hoon Na.” He received critical acclaim for his performances in films such as “Border” and “Dilwale.” Shetty is known for his versatility and has played a wide range of roles throughout his career, from action heroes to comedic characters.

In addition to acting, Suniel Shetty is also an entrepreneur. He owns several businesses, including a chain of fitness centers called “Fitness One,” a clothing line called “Mischief,” and a production company Popcorn Motion Pictures. He has produced several films under this company, including “Khel – No Ordinary Game” and “Bhai: Vyakti Kee Valli”

Shetty has also been actively involved in various philanthropic activities and is a strong advocate for children’s rights and education. He was appointed as the goodwill ambassador for the Mission Education campaign of the Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s Art of Living foundation.

Suniel Shetty has received numerous awards and honors throughout his career, including the Filmfare Award for Best Villain for his performance in “Dhadkan” and the Lifetime Achievement award at the Kalakar Awards. He continues to be one of the most respected and loved actors in the Indian film industry.

Suniel Shetty is an Indian actor, producer, and entrepreneur. He has worked in many Bollywood, Malayalam, and Tamil films. Let’s find out some interesting facts about Suniel Shetty.

Suniel Shetty Biography Wiki

Suniel Shetty was born on 11 August 1961 (age 61 years; as of 2022) in Mulki, Mangalore, Karnataka, India. His full name is Suniel Veerappa Shetty. After completing his schooling, he went to H.R. College of Commerce and Economics, Mumbai to get a degree in Hotel Management. Suniel has received training in Karate and is a black belt in Kick Boxing. When Shetty was a child, his father worked as a waiter at a restaurant in Worli, Mumbai, and used to clean the plates. His father’s boss called him to manage his new business and by 1943, his father had bought the whole building. Suniel is an ardent devotee of Lord Shiva.

Suniel Shetty Debut Movie Wiki Height Age Wife Family Biography Net Worth 2023

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Suniel Shetty Biography
Name	Suniel Shetty (सुनील शेट्टी)
Full Name	Sunil Veerappa Shetty
Birth Name	Sunil Shetty
Nickname	Anna
Profession	Indian film actor, producer and entrepreneur.
Years Active	1992-Present
Date of Birth	August 11, 1961
Age (In 2023)	62 Years
Birth Place	Mulki, Mangalore, Karnataka, India
Residence	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Nationality	Indian
Religion	Hinduism
Ethnicity	South Indian
Caste	Bunt/Nadava
Mother Tongue	Tulu
Zodiac	Leo

Physical Stats
Height	in centimeters- 178 cm in meters- 1.78 m in Feet Inches- 5ft 10in
Eye Colour	Dark Brown
Hair Colour	Black

Body Measurements (approx.): Chest 42”, Waist 34”, Biceps 16”

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Family, Caste & Wife

Suniel Shetty was born into a Tulu speaking Bunt Hindu Family. His father is Late Veerapa Shetty.

Not much is known about his mother. Suniel has an elder sister named Sujata Shetty.

In 1991, he married Mana Shetty, who is a creative director and runs an NGO for underprivileged kids. The couple has a daughter, Athiya Shetty, who is an actress and a son, Ahan Shetty, who is a budding actor.

Career

Suniel made his debut in 1992 with the film, “Balwan.” The film was a commercial success and established him as an actor. Subsequently, he played the protagonist in movies like Waqt Hamara Hai (1993), Anth (1994), Mohra (1994), and Dilwale (1994). It was a golden phase of his life as all his movies were a hit at the box office.

Later, he appeared in films like Border (1997), Bhai (1997), Hera Pheri (2000), Dhadkan (2000), Main Hoon Na (2004), Welcome (2007), and Red Alert: The War Within (2010). He has also been a part of the TV reality show, “Biggest Loser Jeetega (2007)”.

As a producer, he has produced films like Khel- No Ordinary Game, Rakht, and Bhagam Bhag under the production banner of his company Popcorn Entertainment.

Apart from acting, he is a successful entrepreneur. He owns Suzie Wong and Club H20 in Mumbai. He is also the co-owner of the Mischief Dining Bar.

Controversies

• Suniel was caught into trouble at the Los Angeles airport post the 9/11 attacks in the USA. It so happened that the officials thought him as a suspect due to the long beard that he had grown for his movie, Kaante (2002).

• Suniel Shetty got into a fight with director Mukesh Chhabra while working with him. Mukesh earlier used to work at Suniel’s office in Versova (Mumbai), but later shifted to producer Vashu Bhagnani’s building in Juhu, Mumbai suburbs.

Awards

• 2001: Filmfare Award for Best Villain for Dhadkan.
• 2001: Zee Cine Award for Best Supporting Actor for Dhadkan.
• 2005: GIFA Award for Best Villain for Main Hoon Na
• 2011: Stardust Award for Best Actor (Critics) for Red Alert: The War Within.
• Rajiv Gandhi Award along with Kareena Kapoor and Sachin Tendulkar (2005)
  

  Suniel Shetty received the Rajiv Gandhi Award

• Stardust Search Light Award for Best Actor for Red Alert: The War Within (2011)

• On 7 November 2020, he was conferred with the prestigious ‘Bharat Ratna Dr Ambedkar Award’ by the governor of Maharashtra for his COVID-19 relief efforts. Suniel Shetty provided financial help to the Dabbawalas of Mumbai during the coronavirus-induced lockdown.

Car Collection

Suniel owns many swanky cars including Hummer H3, Mercedes-Benz SUV, and Land Rover Defender 110 (worth Rs 1.20 crore).

 

Favourites

• Food: Kulfi, Fish Curry, and Thai Cuisine.

• Movies: Sharaabi, Hera Pheri

• Cricketer: Sachin Tendulkar

• Colours: Blue, White, Black

• Directors: J P Dutta, Gulzar, Rajiv Rai, Priyadarshan

• Book: Sunny Days by Sunil Gavaskar

Suniel Shetty Debut Movie | Suniel Shetty First Movie

Balwaan (1992)

Sunil Shetty all movie list

Actor

Year	Film	Role	Note
1992	Balwaan	Arjun Singh
1993	Waqt Hamara Hai	Sunil Chaudhary
	Pehchaan	Kunal Verma
1994	Dilwale	Vikram Singh	Nominated Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor
	Anth	Vijay Saxena
	Mohra	Vishal Agnihotri
	Gopi Kishan	Gopi Nath Chaudhary / Kishan Nath Chaudhary	Double Role
	Hum Hain Bemisaal	Michael Dsouza
1995	Surakshaa	Raja
	Raghuveer	Raghuveer Verma
	Gaddaar	Sunny Gujral
	Takkar	Ravi Malhotra
1996	Ek Tha Raja	Jay Dogra
	Vishwasghaat	Avinash Saxena / Sunil Verma
	Krishna	Krishna / Sunil
	Shastra	Vijay Khanna
	Sapoot	Raj Singhania
	Rakshak	Raj Sinha
1997	Border	Bhairav Singh Rathod	Nominated Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor
	Prithvi	Prithvi
	Judge Mujrim	Sunil / Dhaga	Double Role
	Bhai	Kundan
	Dhaal	Suraj
	Qahar	Amar Kapoor
1998	Vinashak – Destroyer	Arjun Singh
	Aakrosh	Dev Malhotra
	Humse Badhkar Kaun	Bhola / Suraj
	Sar Utha Ke Jiyo	Himself	Special appearance
1999	Hu Tu Tu	Aditya Patel
	Bade Dilwala	Ram Prasad
	Kaala Samrajya	Arjun
2000	Krodh	Karan
	Hera Pheri	Shyam Tripathi / Ghanshyam
	Refugee	Mohammad Ashraf	Nominated Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor
	Jungle	Shivraj Mittal
	Dhadkan	Dev Chopra	Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role
	Aaghaaz	Govind Narang
2001	Kuch Khatti Kuch Meethi	Sameer
	Officer	Sagar Chauhan
	Ek Rishtaa	Himself	Special appearance
	Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat	Yash Sabharwal
	Ittefaq	Shiv / Shiva Kumar
	Yeh Teraa Ghar Yeh Meraa Ghar	Dayashankar Manoharilal Pandey
	Ehsaas: The Feeling	Ravi Naik
2002	Awara Paagal Deewana	Anna Yeda
	Jaani Dushman: Ek Anokhi Kahani	Vijay
	Annarth	Jimmy / Jai
	Karz: The Burden of Truth	Raja Chauhan
	Maseeha	Krishna
	Kaante	Marc Issak
	Chalo Ishq Ladaaye	Himself	Special appearance
2003	Baaz: A Bird in Danger	Harshvardhan Bhatti
	Khanjar: The Knife	Raja Kumar
	Qayamat: City Under Threat	Akram Sheikh
	Ek: Hindustani	Sunil Srivastava
	Khel – No Ordinary Game	Dev Mallya	Producer
	LOC Kargil	Sanjay Kumar
2004	Rudraksh	Bhuria
	Main Hoon Na	Exmajor Raghavan Datta	Nominated Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role
	Lakeer – Forbidden Lines	Sanju / Sanjay Mishra
	Aan: Men at Work	Appa Kadam Naik
	Kyun! Ho Gaya Na…	Ishaan
	Rakht	Mohit	Producer
	Ek Se Badhkar Ek	Rahul Bhargav
	Hulchul	Veru / Veer Chawla
2005	Page 3	Himself	Special appearance
	Padmashree Laloo Prasad Yadav	Laloo / Lalchand Dilachand
	Blackmail	Abhay Singh Rathod
	Tango Charlie	Shezad Khan
	Paheli	Sunderlal	Special appearrance
	Dus	Danish Walia / Dan
	Chocolate: Deep Dark Secrets	Rocker
	Kyon Ki	Karan Kashyap	Special appearrance
	Deewane Huye Paagal	Sanju / Sanjay Malvari
	Home Delivery	Time Man	Special appearance
2006	Fight Club – Members Only	Anna Shetty
	Shaadi Se Pehle	Anna
	Darna Zaroori Hai	Vishwas Talegaonkar
	Chup Chup Ke	Mangal Singh Chauhan
	Phir Hera Pheri	Shyam Tripathi / Ghanshyam
	Aap Ki Khatir	Kunal Shah
	Umrao Jaan	Faiz Ali
	Apna Sapna Money Money	Namdev Mane
2007 |
	Shootout at Lokhandwala	Kaviraj Patil
	Cash	Angad
	Om Shanti Om	Himself	Special appearance
	Dus Kahaniyaan	Atiff Nawab
Welcome	Himself	Special appearance
2008	One Two Three	Laxmi Narayan
	Mr. Black Mr. White	Gopi / Gopal Murli Manohar
	Mission Istaanbul	Owais Hussain	ProducerSpecial Appearance
	Mukhbiir	Rehman
2009	Daddy Cool	Steven
	De Dana Dan	Ram Mishra
2010	Tum Milo Toh Sahi	Amit Nagpal
	Red Alert: The War Within	Narasimha
	Barood (The Fire) A Love Story	Shakti
	No Problem	Marcos
2011	Thank You	Yogi Mathur
	Loot	Builder	Producer
	Chirayu	Himself	Special appearance
2012	Mere Dost Picture Abhi Baki Hai	Amar Joshi
	Delhi Safari	Sultan The Leopard	Voice only Animated film
2013	Enemmy; Law And Disorder	Eklavya Karmarkar / Bhau
2014	Jai Ho	Arjun Kaul	Special appearrance
	Koyelaanchal	Nisheeth Kumar
	Desi Kattey	Suryakant Rathore
	The Shaukeens	Himself	Special appearance
2015	2 Chehare	Ajay / Babu
2017	A Gentleman	Colonel Vijay Kumar Saxena
2018	Welcome to New York	Himself	Special appearance
2019	Khandaani Shafakhana	Himself	Special appearance in the song Shehar Ki Ladki
2021	Mumbai Saga	Anna Sada	Special appearrance
2024	Race 4	Exmajor Vijay Kumar Khanna
2024	Kaala Naag	Amar Rajput
2024	Hawai Adda	Ram Malhotra
2024	Hera Pheri 3	Shyam Tripathi / Ghanshyam	Sequel Of Hera Pheri and Phir Hera Pheri[2]

Other language movies

Year	Film	Role	Language	Note
2001	Kakkakuyil	Kunjunni	Malayalam
2001	12B	Rao Aravind	Tamil
2006	Kilukkam Kilukilukkam	Mangal Singh Chauhan	Malayalam	archive footage
2007	Don’t Stop Dreaming	Dave	English
2008	Miras	Arbas	Turkish
2011	Raada Rox	Himself	Marathi	Special appearance
2013	Kalimannu	Himself	Malayalam	Special appearance
2018	Aa Bb Kk	Bappa	Marathi
2019	Pailwaan	Sarkar Kichacha Mentor	Kannada
2020	Darbar	Hariharan / Hari Chopra	Tamil
2021	Mosagallu	ACP Aajit Kumar Singh	Telugu
2021	Marakkar: Lion of the Arabian Sea	Chandroth Panicker	Malayalam
2022	Ghani	Vijender Sinha	Telugu

Producer

Year	Film
2003	Khel – No Ordinary Game
2004	Rakht
2006	Bhagam Bhag
2008	Mission Istaanbul
2008	EMI
2011	Loot

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Platform(s)
2022	Dharavi Bank	Thalaivan	MX Player

 

Sunil Shetty Net Worth

With a net worth of $20 million, Suniel gets paid ₹2-3 crore per film.

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Some Lesser Known Facts About Sunil Shetty

• Suniel Shetty began his career as a model before becoming an actor. He was the runner-up in the Mr. India competition in 1987.

• He is a black belt in karate and has trained in various forms of martial arts. He often performs his own stunts in his films.

• He is a fitness enthusiast and owns several fitness centers under the brand “Fitness One.”

• Shetty is also a successful businessman and owns a production company, Popcorn Motion Pictures, which has produced several films.

• He is also known for his philanthropic efforts and has been actively involved in various charitable causes, including children’s rights and education.

• Suniel Shetty is also an animal lover and has been actively promoting animal welfare and rights.

• He is a big fan of football and supports the football club Manchester United.

• Shetty is also a licensed pilot and has a private pilot license.

• Suniel Shetty is known for his close friendship with fellow Bollywood actors Akshay Kumar, Paresh Rawal, and Aravind Swamy. 

• His family and friends fondly call him Anna.
• Suniel resides at 18-B, Prithvi Apts., Altamount Road, Mumbai.
  

  Suniel Shetty’s residence in Mumbai

• Shetty is a good friend of Sanjay Dutt and Raveena Tandon.
  

  Suniel Shetty with Raveena Tandon
• Suniel is often called the He-Man of Bollywood due to his masculine body.
• During the 1990s, actress Sonali Bendre had a huge crush on Suniel.

• Shetty changed his name from “Sunil” to “Suniel” for numerological reasons.
• Suniel is a huge fan of cricket and has also played for “Mumbai Heroes” in the Celebrity Cricket League.
  

  Suniel Shetty playing cricket

• Shetty is allergic to prawns.

• He has actively participated in various charitable events.

• Suniel earned his first Filmfare Award for the Best Villain for his performance in Dhadkan (2001).

• When Raju Mavani signed him for Balwaan, many actresses denied working with him as Suniel was a newcomer. Later, Divya Bharti agreed to work with him, and the movie became a huge hit.

•  Shetty was often involved in huge fights during his initials days in Bollywood. But he altered his behaviour to set an example for his fans.
• He is politically inclined to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and has done campaigning for the party.
  

  Suniel Shetty With Arun Jaitley
• In November 2021, he talked about his father’s struggle in Mumbai on the sets of the Indian dance reality show India’s Best Dancer 2; the actor said that his father came to Mumbai at the age of nine and worked as a cleaner in Mumbai buildings. He said,
  

  Whenever anyone asks me, who is my hero? I always say it’s my father. I am really proud of my father for the kind of man he was and of the incredible life he led. He came to Mumbai when he was merely 9-years-old and worked as a cleaner.”

• He revealed in December 2022 that 128 women were rescued from sex trafficking from Kamathipura, a neighbourhood in Mumbai, and sent back home to Nepal. The actor is also reported to have booked flights for 128 women to Kathmandu.

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