Suniel Shetty

Biography

Suniel Shetty (born Sunil V. Shetty; 11 August 1961) is an Indian actor, film producer, television personality, and entrepreneur who is predominantly active in Hindi films. In a career spanning almost 30 years, he has acted in over 100 films.

He is the owner of the production house Popcorn Entertainment Private Limited. He has produced a number of films including Khel – No Ordinary Game, Rakht and Bhagam Bhag, under the banner of Popcorn Motion Pictures.

Suniel Shetty was born in a Tulu-speaking Bunt family on 11 August 1961 in Mulki, Mangalore.

In 2019, Shetty invested an undisclosed amount in a Pune-based online health and fitness startup Fitter.

Its founder Jitendra Chouksey launched Fittr in January 2016 as a community on Facebook to address the challenges in the fitness industry, Fittr now claims over 100,000 fitness transformations, and a highly engaged community of 550,000 members.

The platform's mobile app, has been downloaded more than 500,000 times since September 2018.

Shetty has appeared as a host for India's leading fitness reality show Biggest Loser Jeetega on Sahara One. and India's Asli Champion Hai Dam? on &TV.

The actor owns Mischief Dining Bar and Club H2O, in Mumbai. Both the places are running successfully. He co-owns the water adventure park attached to cafe H2O. He closed down Mischief Bar in 2010, and instead opened a new restaurant called Little Italy.

The restaurant was first owned by his father when it was a Udupi restaurant, Suniel then changed the restaurant into a bar, and then back into a restaurant with a different name with his father's blessings.

Since 1991 he is married to Mana Shetty (née Monisha Kadri), a businesswoman, designer, and social activist born to a Gujarati Muslim architect and a Punjabi Hindu social activist. They have two children, a daughter Athiya Shetty, and a son Ahan Shetty.

Both Athiya and Ahan have made their acting debuts respectively, Athiya in the film Hero (2015) and Ahan in Sajid Nadiadwala's film Tadap (2021), the Hindi remake of Telugu film RX 100. Mana runs an NGO for underprivileged kids. Athiya married Indian cricketer KL Rahul on 23 January 2023.

Shetty has a black belt in kickboxing. He owns clothing boutiques as well as restaurants specializing in Udupi cuisine.