Daya was born on 11th December, 1969, in a Tulu speaking
Bunt family in Katapadi village of Udupi state of Karnataka state in India to
Chandra Prakash Shetty and Uma Shetty. He has two sisters. Daya did his B.com
from Rizvi College, Bandra. He's married to Smita and has a daughter named
Viva.
#He won the "Best
looking guy" award conducted by Indian television in 2002.
Daya was basically a
sportsman, a short put and discus thrower and won many prizes in those. He was
the champion of discus throw from Maharashtra in 1994. He left sports due to
leg injury.
Later he got into
acting as a theatre artist and worked in plays like Secret and Kaalchakra.
He got the best actor award for one among them. One day he went for
the auditions held for a cop in the show CID and that was something which made
all the difference. There were seven popular faces standing at the spot and
Daya had to speak a dialogue," Apna kaam kaaj jari rakhiye". That was the first
time he faced the camera as an actor and CID's producer BP Singh showed him a
thumbs up from behind the camera. Daya originally joined the team as a
sub-inspector and currently he's Senior Inspector Daya. He earned fame as Daya
of CID and has also essayed the role of Harpreet Singh in Sab Tv's Gutur Gu. He
has made guest appearances in shows like Jassi Jaisi Koi Nahi and Kkkusum. He was invited as a
celebrity guest in Deal Ya No Deal
and
appeared as Shivaji Satam's friend inJeena Isi Ka Naam Hai.
Apart from this, he
has shared screen space with actors like Dharmendra in movies Johnny
Gaddar and played a police officer in Runaway.
Daya was a contestant of
Jhalak Dikhla Jaa season 4. His fans had a treat watching their dearest super
cop dance on the stage. He got "Performer of the day" on his first ever
dance performance.
Daya is a very integral part of the CID team. Apart from using
his amazing investigative skills, he uses his muscle power to subdue criminals. No criminal can ever get away from his custody. He shares a
great bond with his team members, especially with Abhijeet. He has appeared in
a lot of shows as a guest and his presence is something which makes every event
memorable.
Apart from this, he
has made his appearance in various advertisements some among which are Castrol,
Chyavanprash, Hero Honda, life, Seequre and many more clothing brands.
Edited by -Shruti - 10 years ago
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