Shamita Shetty

Shamita Shetty (born 2 February 1979) is an Indian Bollywood actress and interior designer. She made her debut with the blockbuster Mohabbatein in 2000. Her portrayal of Ishika earned her the IIFA Award for Star Debut of the year. She was a contestant in the reality show, Bigg Boss, in 2009.[ She later participated in Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa (2015) and Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi in 2019, and became one of the finalists.

Early life

Shamita Shetty was born in a Tulu Bunt family, in Mangalore. Her father Surendra and her mother, Sunanda are both manufacturers of tamper-proof water caps in the pharmaceutical industry. She is the sister of actress Shilpa Shetty.

After completing her degree in Commerce from Sydenham college, Shamita did a fashion designing diploma from SNDT college Mumbai. After this, she started her internship with ace fashion designer Manish Malhotra, but Manish saw a spark in her and suggested to prep her for her acting career. In 2011, Shamita decided to follow her passion in Interior design and did her first solo project by designing Royalty, a club in Mumbai. Later, her love for interior design pushed her to do a diploma from Central Saint Martins and Inchbald School of Design in London.

Career

She made her film debut in 2000 with the Yash Raj Films movie Mohabbatein, which was directed by Aditya Chopra. Her portrayal of Ishika earned her the 2001 IIFA Award for Star Debut of the Year – Female. Soon after, she gave the best dance numbers to Bollywood, including "Sharara Sharara" in Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai (2001) and "Chori Pe Chori" in Saathiya (2002), to getting appreciated for her acting in the film Zeher (2005), where she was nominated as the Star of the Year - Female at Stardust awards (2006). She worked once with her sister Shilpa Shetty in Fareb. She has also been part of multi-star-cast projects like Cash (2007) and Bewafa (2005). Alongside her acting career, she decided to focus on her other love, i.e. Interior designing. She designed Royalty (a club in Mumbai), Chandigarh Iosis spa (Won best interior award at Asia spa awards) and few other properties abroad. She has a registered company called "Golden Leaf interiors"

Her passion for the entertainment industry kept drawing her back and she returned with a reality show Bigg Boss, internationally known as Big Brother on Indian television. She opted out of the show for her sister Shilpa Shetty's wedding. She was out of the show on 14 November 2009 (day 41) after staying for 6 weeks and was the only contestant who wasn't nominated even once during her stay in the Bigg Boss house. Soon after, she appeared on the Indian version of Dancing with the stars – Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa. Recently she did the web series Yo Ke Hua Bro, streaming on Voot on Viacom 18 digital platform. It is directed by Suparn Verma, and also stars a talented bunch of actors like Aparshakti Khurana, Gaurav Pandey and Ridhima Pandit.

Filmography

Year Film Role Other notes

2000 Mohabbatein Ishika Dhanrajgir IIFA Award for Star Debut of the Year – Female

2002 Saathiya Special appearance in song "Chori Pe Chori"

2002 Raajjiyam Pooja Karthikeyan Tamil film

2002 Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai Special appearance in song "Sharara Sharara"

2003 Pilisthe Palukutha Shanti Telugu film

2004 Agnipankh Anjana

2004 Wajahh: A Reason to Kill

2005 Fareb Ria A. Singhania

2005 Zeher Sonia Mehra

2005 Bewafaa Pallavi Arora

2006 Mohabbat Ho Gayi Hai Tumse Megha

2007 Cash Shanaya Rao

2007 Heyy Babyy Special appearance in song "Heyy Babyy"

2008 Hari Puttar: A Comedy of Terrors Special Appearance

— Naan Aval Adhu Geetha Tamil film

Unreleased

2017 Yo Ke Hua Bro Suman Rao Web Series ( 6 Episodes)

2020 The Tenant Meera

2020 Black Widows TBA Zee5

Television

Year Name Role Notes Ref

2009 Bigg Boss 3 Contestant Entered Day 1, Withdrew Day 34

2015 Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 8 2nd Runner Up

2019 Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 9 Finalist

Awards and nominations

Year Film Award Category Result

2001 Mohabbatein Filmfare Award Best Female Debut Nominated

Mohabbatein Screen Awards Best Female Debut Nominated

Mohabbatein International Indian Film Academy Awards Star Debut of the Year (Female) Won

Mohabbatein Zee Cine Awards Best Female Debut Nominated

2006 Zeher Stardust Awards Star of the Year - Female Nominated

Source:Wikipedia