Shamita Shetty Biography : Hot Bollywood actress Shamita Shetty was born on born February 2, 1979. She is the younger sister of the famous Indian actress and 'Celebrity Big Brother' winner Shilpa Shetty. Shamita was born to Surendra and Sunanda Shetty in the Southern Indian state of Karnataka. Shamita dropped out from Sydenham College in Mumbai in the 11th standard to pursue a diploma course in Fashion designing.
Shamita Shetty always admired her famous sister Shilpa and wanted to follow in her footsteps. She got a break in a big budget Bollywood film 'Mohabbatein'. Her co-star in the movie was Uday Chopra whom she later dated for a short period of time. The movie was produced by one of the greatest Indian producers, Yash Chopra. The film was based on the love stories of six youths who find their guide in the form of Shah Rukh Khan. The film also starred Amitabh Bachchan, who played a sort of non-believer of love. The film was a super hit and soon Shamita Shetty became famous and lot of new movie offers came her way. Shamita later became very famous for the item song in the movie 'Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai'. She is regarded as one fo the hot young actresses in Indian Cinema and often referred to as the 'Item Girl'.
The term 'item girl' has been tagged with Shamita after her famous super hit item songs "Sharara" in Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai (2001) and "Chori Pe Chori" in Saathiya (2002). Soon after her popularity rose following the super success of her item songs and soon she began to get roles which would showcase her acting ability, such as Wajahh and Bewafaa in which she played negative roles. Her best performance till date has been in the 2005 hit Zeher, further enhancing her career in Bollywood. She also went on to star in the film Fareb with her sister, which was an avergae grosser at the box-office.
Ever since she stepped into Bollywood, controversies have been a part of Shamita's career. Her most famous controversy till date came in the year 2007. Soon after her older sister Shilpa Shetty won the British realty show 'Celebrity Big Brother', Shamita Shetty was dragged into the spotlight after a photographer captured pictures of her appearing without panties at a huge Bollywood event. This incident caused quite a stir in the film industry and many people felt Shamita was trying to imitate famous pop star Britney Spears, who around the same time was seen partying without panties at Hollywood parties. The incident gained international popularity as she was being projected as the younger sister of the 'Celebrity Big Brother' realty show winner. |
Filmography
Year |
Title |
Role |
Other notes |
2000 |
Mohabbatein |
Ishika |
2002 |
Saathiya |
Cameo ("Chori Pe Chori") song |
Raajiyam |
Pooja Karthikeyan |
Tamil |
Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai |
Cameo ("Sharara Sharara") song |
2003 |
Piliste Palakutha |
Student |
2004 |
Wajahh: A Reason to Kill |
Ishita |
Agni Pankh |
Anjana |
2005 |
Fareb |
Ria |
Zeher |
Sonia Mehra |
Bewafaa |
Pallavi |
2006 |
Mohabbat Ho Gayi Tumse |
2007 |
Cash |
Shania |
Heyy Babyy |
Special Appearance in a song |
Leelai |
Tamil Simultaneously made in Telugu as Adi Oka Idhi Le |
Cast: Ajay Devgan, Ritesh Deshmukh, Zayed Khan, Esha Deol ,Shamita Shetty, Diya Mirza ,nil Shetty Director: Anubhav Sinha
Release Date: TBA |
Cast: Mahima Chaudhry, Sanjay Dutt , Zayed Khan , Om Puri, Shamita Shetty , Sunil Shetty Director: Mahesh Manjrekar
Release Date: TBA |
Cast: Shilpa Shetty, Manoj Bajpai, Shamita Shetty, Parmeet Sethi, Milind Gunaji Director: Deepak Tijori
Release Date: 2005 |
Cast: Emraan Hashmi ,Shamita Shetty,Udita Goswami Director: Mohit Suri
Release Date: 2005 |
Cast: Anil Kapoor,Akshay Kumar,Kareena Kapoor,Sushmita Sen,Shamita Shetty,Manoj Bajpai,Nafisa Ali, Kabir Bedi Director: Dharmesh Darshan
Release Date: 25 February 2005 |
Cast: Sanjay Dutt, Chandrachur Singh, Shamita Shetty, Anju Mahendru Director: Rishi Talwar
Release Date: 2005 |
Cast: Arbaaz Khan, Gracy Singh, Shamita Shetty , Zulfi Sayed,Sudesh Berry Director: Gautam Adhikari
Release Date: 2004 |
Cast: Jimmy Shergill, Sameer Dharmadhikari, Rahul Dev, Shamita Shetty, Richa Pallod Director: Sanjeev Puri
Release Date: 2004 |
Cast: Chander Vijay, Shamita Shetty, Subramaniam Dharmavarapu Director: Kodi Ramakrishna
Release Date: (2003) |
Cast: Rani Mukerji,Vivek Oberoi,Tanuja,Satish Shah,Sandhya Mridul,Shamita Shetty Director: Shaad Ali
Release Date: December 20, 2002 |
Cast: Uday Chopra,Tulip Joshi,Jimmy Shergill, Bipasha Basu,Shamita Shetty Director: Sanjay Gadhvi
Release Date: November 12, 2004 |
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan,Shahrukh Khan,Uday Chopra,Shamita Shetty Director: Aditya Chopra
Release Date: October 27, 2000 |
MIND BLOWING MAHIYA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJSy3K2co_4&feature=relat ed
BARAS JA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIufWhQvPG4
SHARARA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SEXvAT_mcY
Sahera
more i will add soon. |
comment:
p_commentcount