Aishani Shetty

Aishani Shetty is an Indian actress and director, who works predominantly in the Kannada film industry. She made her break through the film Vaastu Prakaara in (2015) for she was nominated for IIFA Utsavam Award for Best actress. She also acted in Rocket (2015), Naduve Antaravirali (2018) and Dharani Madala Madhyadolage (2022).

Aishani Shetty
Born
Puttur, Karnataka, India
Alma materSt Joseph's College, Bangalore
Occupations
  • Actress
  • Director
  • Writer
  • Singer
Years active2014–present

Early life and education

Aishani is from Bangalore. She completed her schooling in Bishop Cotton Girls' School and pursued her Under- Graduation in Jyoti Nivas College, Bangalore. Aishani has a Master's degree in Mass Communication and Journalism from St Joseph's College, Bangalore.[1]

Career

Actress

Aishani made her break in the Kannada Film Industry with the film Vaastu Prakaara directed by Yogaraj Bhat in the year 2015.[2] She was nominated for Best Actress in a leading role IIFA Utsavam for the same.[3] She went on to act in Rocket (film) opposite Sathish Ninasam which was released in November 2015. Rocket (film) marked her debut as singer, where she rendered the female voice opposite Puneeth Rajkumar for the song 'Thannage Idvi'.[4] Aishani took a short break from films while pursuing her master's degree. During this period she acted in Kannada romantic drama Naduve Antaravirali.[5] In 2022, she appeared in the film Dharani Mandala Madhyadolage.

Director

Along with her acting career Aishani made her debut as a director with the short film 'Kaaji'. Her directorial debut was officially screened at several international film festivals in 2017 including Bangalore Shorts Film Festival, Pink City International Film Festival. Kaaji won several awards including Best Film award at SIIMA and Best Debutant Director award Pink City International Film Festival.[6]

Filmography

Films
YearFilmRole NotesRef.
2015 Vaastu Prakaara Ritu Nominated- IIFA Utsavam Award for Best actress [3]
Plus Herself Guest appearance
Rocket Dr. Shwetha Also singer of "Thannage Idvi" song
2018 Naduve Antaravirali Nithya [7]
2019 Nam Gani B Com Pass Amulya [8]
2022 Dharani Mandala Madhyadolage Shreya [9]
2023 Hondisi Bareyiri Saniha [10]

As director
YearFilms Director WriterNotes Ref.
2019Kaaji Yes YesDebut as Director; Short Film [11]

Awards
Year Film Award Result Notes
2015 Vaastu Prakaara IIFA Utsavam Award For Best actress Nominated
2019 Kaaji Best Film award SIIMA Won [12]
Best Actress award SIIMA Won [12]
Best Debutant Director award 5th Pink City International Film Festival Won Short Film[13]
Best Film award 7th Bangalore Shorts Film Festival Won [13]

References
  1. "SJC's versatile 'Sheroes' make it big". www.sjc.ac.in. 7 March 2020.
  2. "Aishani Shetty talks about Vaastu Prakaara". www.sjc.ac.in. 7 March 2020.
  3. "IIFA Utsavam 2015 Nominees - Kannada". iifautsavam.com. 7 March 2020.
  4. "Rocket was meant to be my film: Aishani". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 22 November 2015.
  5. "Playing Nithya in Naduve Antaravirali was beyond me: Aishani Shetty". newindianexpress. 4 October 2018.
  6. "Sathish: It is our duty to the society". bangaloremirror. 14 May 2019.
  7. "Playing Nithya in Naduve Antaravirali was beyond me: Aishani Shetty". The Times Of India.
  8. "Aishani Shetty goes back to school for Nam Gani, B.Com Pass". Cinema Express.
  9. "Teaser of Naveen Shankar, Aishani Shetty-Starrer Dharani Mandala Madhyadolage Out". News18. 17 June 2022. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  10. "Trailer Talk: Multistarrer 'Hondisi Bareyiri' promises a breezy, soothing tale of nostalgia and friendships - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  11. "Aishani Shetty's short film wows audience - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  12. "Siima 2018 cutrain raiser". idlebrain. 8 March 2020.
  13. "Aishani Shetty's short film wows audience". timesofindia. 15 May 2019.
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