Aishani Shetty

Aishani Shetty is an Indian actress and director, who works predominantly in the Kannada film industry. She made her debut film with the film Jyothi Alias Kothi Raja in (2014). 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 Mandala Madhyadolage (2022).

Aishani Shetty
Born	Puttur, Karnataka, India
Alma mater	St Joseph's College, Bangalore
Occupations	Actress Director Writer Singer
Years active	2014–present

Early life and education

Aishani Shetty is from Bangalore. She completed her schooling in Bishop Cotton Girls' School^{[citation needed]} 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 debut film with the Jyothi Alias Kothi Raja in the year 2014.^[2] She made her break in the Kannada Film Industry with the film Vaastu Prakaara directed by Yogaraj Bhat in the year 2015.^[3] She was nominated for Best Actress in a leading role IIFA Utsavam for the same.^[4] 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'.^[5] Aishani took a short break from films while pursuing her master's degree. During this period she acted in Kannada romantic drama Naduve Antaravirali.^[6] 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.^[7]

Filmography

Films

Year	Film	Role	Notes	Ref.
2014	Jyothi Alias Kothi Raja	Kamli	Debut Film	[8]
2015	Vaastu Prakaara	Ritu	Nominated- IIFA Utsavam Award for Best actress	[4]
	Plus	Herself	Guest appearance
	Rocket	Dr. Shwetha	Also singer of "Thannage Idvi" song
2018	Naduve Antaravirali	Nithya		[9]
2019	Nam Gani B Com Pass	Amulya		[10]
2022	Dharani Mandala Madhyadolage	Shreya		[11]
2023	Hondisi Bareyiri	Saniha		[12]
	Breathe	Journalist	Debut Telugu film	[13]

As director

Year	Films	Director	Writer	Notes	Ref.
2019	Kaaji	Yes	Yes	Debut as Director; Short Film	[14]

Awards

Year	Film	Award	Result	Notes
2015	Vaastu Prakaara	IIFA Utsavam Award For Best actress	Nominated
2019	Kaaji	Best Film award SIIMA	Won	[15]
		Best Actress award SIIMA	Won	[15]
		Best Debutant Director award 5th Pink City International Film Festival	Won	Short Film[16]
		Best Film award 7th Bangalore Shorts Film Festival	Won	[16]