Shine Shetty

Shine S Shetty is an Indian film and television actor who works predominantly in Kannada industry. He started his career with the Tulu cinema Kudla Cafe.

Shine Shetty
Born	Kundapura
Nationality	Indian
Education	Bachelor of Business Management
Occupations	Actor Singer Television host
Years active	2014-2025
Known for	Bigg Boss Kannada (season 7)

Biography

Shine left his college studies to work as a local TV anchor and later received formal acting training in Mumbai.^[1] He came in 2014 with the TV show Meera Madhava. In 2014, he joined the singing reality show Star Singer. Shine ventured into films starting with Kudla Cafe^[2] in 2016, followed by Asthitva^[3] (2016) and Gvana Yajna (2018). He won Bigg Boss Kannada season 7 in 2020.^[4]

Filmography

Films

Year	Film	Role	Notes	Ref
2016	Kudla Cafe		Tulu film	[2]
	Asthitva	Vicky		[3]
2017	Ondu Motteya Kathe	English lecturer
2018	Sarkari Hi. Pra. Shaale, Kasaragodu, Koduge: Ramanna Rai	District Collector, Kasaragodu
	Gvana Yajna			[5]
2020	Rudraprayag			[6]
2022	Harikathe Alla Girikathe	Talkative lover
	Prayashaha			[7]
	Vijayanand	Paatil		[8]
	James	Ekanth, IAS officer		[9]
	Kantara	Devendra's father
2023	Hostel Hudugaru Bekagiddare	Senior		[10]
2024	Bachelor Party	Ashok
	Maryade Prashne	Shetty
2025	Nidradevi Next Door	Vikram
	Just Married	Surya		[11]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Ref
2014	Meera Madhava	Madhava
2014	Star Singer	Contestant
2015	Swalpa Adjust Madkolli	Anchor
2015	Lakshmi Baramma	Chandu
2019	Bigg Boss Kannada (season 7)	Winner	[4]
2021	Dance Dance	Anchor	[12]
2023	Bigg Boss Kannada (season 10)	Guest
2024	Ekam	Thomas