Sanam Shetty

Sanam Shetty
Born Sanam Prasad
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Occupation Film actress, model
Years active 2012–present

Sanam Shetty is an Indian film actress and model. She is a qualified software engineer, who worked for TCS in Chennai, before she stepped into the film industry.[1]

Career

Sanam is from Bengaluru. Her father is from Karnataka and mother is from Andhra Pradesh and she is fluent in both Kannada and Telugu.[2] She was working with a software firm until 2011.[2] She used to work for TCS in Chennai and had done a bit of modelling during her college days.[3] She was also modelling as she was working.[2] While in the UK, she received offers to act in films, but did not pursue it. But she took a break from her job, and landed in Chennai to test acting.[3]

Sanam's first film was Ambuli, an experimental film, which was also the first stereoscopic Tamil film, with actor-director R Parthiepan, after which she did Cinema Company in Malayalam.[2] She decided to stay in films and quit her job in the UK.[3] Sanam was to make her debut in Telugu films with K Raghavendra Rao's Intinta Anamayya. Her role in the film was that of an NRI rock star with a very modern outlook.[1] Intinta Anamayya was never released.[4] Her next releases were the Tamil film Maayai by J R Kannan,[5] and the Malayalam films Ravu directed by Ajith Ravi Pegasus,[6] and Daivathinte Swantham Cleetus in which she was paired opposite Mammootty.[7]

She went on to sign several Tamil projects, including Kalaivendhan, directed by Parasuram, in which she was said to play a dual role,[7] a heroine-oriented action film by Aabavanan, in which Sanam was to play a Black Belt Kung Fu expert,[8] Katham Katham, directed by Babu Thooyavan, and Vilasam.[9] The latter was her only release in 2014 and she had a "de-glam" role as a college girl in it.[10] She has further more signed the Tamil films, Sawaari [11] and Vellaya Irukkaravan Poi Solla Maataan, which would feature her as an NRI wife,[12] and the Telugu film Srimanthudu, her biggest project till date.[4] She has also been filming for a Kannada project starring Prajwal Devaraj.[12]

Filmography

Year Film Role Language Notes
2012 Ambuli Poongavanam Tamil
2012 Cinema Company Deepika Malayalam
2013 Maayai Jenny Tamil
2013 Ravu Sanjana Malayalam
2013 Daivathinte Swantham Cleetus Anna Malayalam
2014 Vilasam Abhi Tamil
2015 Katham Katham Madhu Tamil [13]
2015 Singam 123 Chandini Telugu
2015 Srimanthudu Anand's daughter Telugu Cameo appearance
2015 Kalai Vendhan Tamil
2015 Vellaiya Irukiravan Poi Solla Maatan Tamil
2016 Sawaari Tamil
2016 Premikudu Telugu Filming
2016 Intintaa AnnamayyaRekhaTelugu Filming

References

  1. 1 2 "The Telugu connect - The Hindu". Retrieved 11 Jan 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Sanam Shetty, the new girl in Tollywood - Times Of India". Retrieved 11 Jan 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 "Programming her film career". Deccan Chronicle. 2013-06-20. Retrieved 2014-02-09.
  4. 1 2 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/Sanam-Shetty-bags-a-role-opposite-Mahesh-Babu/articleshow/47251534.cms
  5. ↑ http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/of-unrequited-love/article4614033.ece
  6. ↑ "Sanam Prasad A Humble Damsel – Unique Times Magazine". Retrieved 11 Jan 2014.
  7. 1 2 "Sanam's dual act in her next - The Times of India". Retrieved 11 Jan 2014.
  8. ↑ "Action-packed - The Hindu". Retrieved 11 Jan 2014.
  9. ↑ http://www.deccanchronicle.com/140706/entertainment-kollywood/article/i-don%E2%80%99t-mind-being-glamorous-if-story-demands-it-sanam-shetty
  10. ↑ http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/%E2%80%98I-Used-Make-Up-Only-for-One-Song%E2%80%99/2014/06/17/article2284119.ece1
  11. ↑ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/Sanams-ready-for-a-sawari/articleshow/29444807.cms
  12. 1 2 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/Sanam-is-on-a-roll/articleshow/47499916.cms
  13. ↑ http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/on-the-road-to-fame/article6092730.ece

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