Shivadhwaj Shetty is an actor, director and producer active in Kannada film industry

Shivadhwaj Shetty is an actor, director and producer active in Kannada film industry, one of the Indian languages, for last 23 years. He has acted in over 1,300 episodes of television serials as lead actor, He has also acted in over 40 movies in five different south Indian languages, under the guidance of acclaimed directors like T S Nagabharana, I V Shashi, Kodlu Ramakrishna and others. He has written and directed five feature films in three different languages including the Best Regional film National Award winning “Gaggara” (2008) in Tulu. His other directorial ventures are “Neene Neene (2007) in Kannada and “e-mannu” (2020) in Kannada. “Naa Puttina Mannu” has won him the Karnataka State Award.