Shilpa Shetty filmography

Shilpa Shetty is an Indian actress who is primarily known for her work in Hindi films, in addition to a few Telugu, Kannada and Tamil films. Shetty made her acting debut opposite Shah Rukh Khan in the 1993 thriller Baazigar.^[1] Shetty's performance earned her two Filmfare Awards nominations for Lux New Face of the Year and Best Supporting Actress.^[2] She subsequently earned recognition with dual roles in the 1994 action-comedy Main Khiladi Tu Anari.^[3][4] After initial success, Shetty's films fared poorly at the box office for the next five years.^[5] Films Shetty starred in including action drama Aag, romantic drama Aao Pyaar Karen, comedy Haathkadi and Chhote Sarkar proved to be financially unsuccessful.^[6]

Shetty in 2018

The 2000 romantic drama Dhadkan marked a turning point in her career, earning her several nominations in the Best Actress category at various award ceremonies.^[7] Shetty played the lead female in films such as family drama Apne, police drama Garv: Pride and Honour and musical drama Life in a... Metro. Her comic performance as an eccentric fisherwoman in 2002 action-drama release Rishtey earned her a nomination for the Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award.^[8][9] Shetty became a global figure after winning the 2007 British reality television series Celebrity Big Brother, after comments made by other contestants about Shetty fell afoul of Ofcom rules and caused an international controversy over racism.^[10][11][12]

Shetty made her debut in South Indian cinema in the Tamil-language musical action film Mr. Romeo (1996).^[13] Shetty subsequently played lead roles in the Telugu films such as action drama Sahasa Veerudu Sagara Kanya (1996), comedy drama Veedevadandi Babu (1996) with Mohan Babu, and the action drama Azad (2000).^[14] She had a successful career in Kannada cinema with releases such as Preethsod Thappa, Ondagona Baa and Auto Shankar.^[15] Shetty has served as a talent judge for reality shows Zara Nachke Dikha, Nach Baliye, and Super Dancer.^[16][17][18]

Films

Key

†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

List of Shilpa Shetty film credits

Year	Title	Role(s)	Language	Notes	Ref.
1993	Baazigar	Seema Chopra	Hindi	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Lux New Face of the Year Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress	[19][20][21]
1994	Aag	Bijli/Barkha Sharma			[22]
	Main Khiladi Tu Anari	Mona/Basanti			[23]
	Aao Pyaar Karen	Chhaya			[24]
1995	The Gambler	Ritu/Radha			[25]
	Hathkadi	Neha			[26]
1996	Mr. Romeo	Shilpa	Tamil		[27]
	Chhote Sarkar	Inspector Seema	Hindi		[28]
	Himmat	Nisha		Special appearance	[29]
	Sahasa Veerudu Sagara Kanya	Bangaru	Telugu	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu	[14]
1997	Prithvi	Neha/Rashmi	Hindi		[30]
	Insaaf	Divya			[31]
	Zameer: The Awakening of a Soul	Roma Khurana			[32]
	Auzaar	Prathna Thakur			[33]
	Veedevadandi Babu	Shilpa	Telugu		[34]
1998	Pardesi Babu	Chini Malhotra	Hindi		[35][36]
	Aakrosh	Komal			[37]
	Preethsod Thappa	Chandana (Chandu)	Kannada		[38]
1999	Jaanwar	Mamta	Hindi		[39]
	Shool	Herself		Special appearance in the song "UP Bihar Lootne"	[40][41][42]
	Lal Baadshah	Parvati			[43]
2000	Azad	Kanaka Mahalakshmi	Telugu		[citation needed]
	Dhadkan	Anjali Chauhan Verma	Hindi		[44]
	Tarkieb	Lt. Captain Preeti Sharma			[45]
	Kushi	Herself	Tamil	Guest appearance	[46]
	Jung	Tara	Hindi		[47]
2001	Indian	Anjali			[48]
	Bhalevadivi Basu	Swetha	Telugu		[49]
2002	Karz	Sapna	Hindi		[50]
	Badhaai Ho Badhaai	Radha/Banto
	Darna Mana Hai	Gayatri		Story segment: Apples
	Rishtey	Vyjayanthi		Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress	[51][52]
	Hathyar	Gauri Shivalkar			[53]
	Chor Machaaye Shor	Kajal Singh			[54]
2003	Ondagona Baa	Belli	Kannada
2004	Garv: Pride & Honour	Jannat	Hindi		[55]
	Phir Milenge	Tamanna Sahani		Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress	[56]
2005	Dus	Aditi			[57]
	Fareb	Neha Malhotra			[58]
	Khamoshh... Khauff Ki Raat	Sonia			[59]
	Auto Shankar	Maya	Kannada	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress—Kannada	[60]
2006	Shaadi Karke Phas Gaya Yaar	Ahana Kapoor	Hindi		[61]
2007	Life in a... Metro	Shikha			[62]
	Apne	Simran Singh			[63]
	Om Shanti Om	Herself		Special appearance in the song "Deewangi Deewangi"	[64][65]
2008	Dostana	Herself		Special appearance in the song "Shut Up & Bounce"	[66][67]
2014	Dishkiyaoon	Herself		Special appearance in the song "Tu Mere Type Ka Nahi Hai"; Also producer	[68][69]
2021	Hungama 2	Anjali			[70]
2022	Nikamma	Avni			[71]
2023	Sukhee	Sukhee			[72]
2025	KD - The Devil †	Satyavathi Agnihotri	Kannada	Post-production	[73][74]

Television

List of Shilpa Shetty television credits

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2006	Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa	Judge	season 1	[75]
2007	Celebrity Big Brother 5	Contestant	Winner	[76]
	Bigg Boss 2	Host		[77]
2010	Zara Nachke Dikha	Judge	season 2	[77]
2012–2014	Nach Baliye		season 5–6	[78]
2016–2021	Super Dancer			[79]
2018	Hear Me Love Me			[80][81]
2022	India's Got Talent 9			[82]
2023	India's Got Talent 10
2024	Indian Police Force	Tara Shetty		[83]

Music videos

List of Shilpa Shetty music video credits

Year	Title	Singer(s)	Label	Ref.
2013	"Betiyaan" (Save the Girl Child)	Shankar Mahadevan, Sunidhi Chauhan, Sonu Nigam	Worldwide Records	[84]
2015	"Wedding Da Season Hai"	Neha Kakkar, Mika Singh	T-Series	[85]

Notes

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External links

• Shilpa Shetty filmography at IMDb