Yagna Shetty

Acting

Yagna Shetty

Born 1987-11-19 · Karnataka, India

A business management graduate with an MBA in finance, Yagna Shetty took to acting in 2007, making her debut in the Kannada movie Ondu Preethiya Kathe. Despite being not very fluent in Kannada, she managed to wow the audience with her performance, with critics calling her a promising debutante. In 2009, she appeared in two movies - Eddelu Manjunatha and Love Guru, both of which won her critical acclaim. Her performance in Eddelu Manjunatha won her a Filmfare Special Award - South while she went on to win a Filmfare Award -Kannada for Best Supporting Actress for Love Guru. Yagna then went on to feature in movies like Sugreeva, Kalla Malla Sulla, and Ulidavaru Kandanthe. Making her television debut, Yagna became a part of the socio-drama Vaarasdaara, which deals with the social issue of female infanticide, in 2016. The same year, she was seen in Killing Veerappan, playing Veerappan's wife, Muthulakshmi, and also played the titular role in Ramabai, which is the story of the social reformer B. R. Ambedkar's first wife. The following year, in 2017, she was cast alongside G Kishore Kumar and Tarun Shatriya in the period action drama Kalathur Gramam. Her 2018 release includes Operation 2019.

Acting credits

Katha Sangama poster
5.3

Anthology of 7 movies blended inside one. 7 directors, 7 DOPs, 7 Musicians and 7 editors have worked in the movie. This is movie is a tribute to legendary Puttanna Kanagal

Katha Sangama

2019

Kalathur Gramam poster
10.0

A devastated youngster awaits a chance to take revenge on his father's murderer, who is seen as a leader in a village.

Kalathur Gramam

2017

Ulidavaru Kandanthe poster
7.7

Malpe, a small fishing town on the Arabian Coast. Located 6 kms to the west of the temple town, Udupi. Malpe's beaches are washed clean everyday by the sea. The waves ensure that nothing gets left behind on the sands. But then, the waves cannot reach everything. It is the time of the year when Udupi and its surroundings are decked up to celebrate Sri Krishna Janmaashtami. Men and children walk the streets dressed up as characters from mythology. Teams painted as tigers are seen dancing to drum beats all around the town. But violence seems to be brewing in Malpe this Krishna Janmaashtami.

Ulidavaru Kandanthe

2014

Killing Veerappan poster
7.3

A master strategist is appointed following Veerappan's unabashed spate of crimes and murders. The official puts in place Operation Cocoon, which involves setting up a network of spies and informers.

Killing Veerappan

2016

Sugreeva poster
NR

Sugreeva is the Action movie. Shivaraj Kumar and Yagna Shetty are in lead roles. The story revolves around a happily married mechanic hijacking a hospital to save his son who is suffering from heart disease.

Sugreeva

2010

Eddelu Manjunatha poster
NR

Manjunatha is a lazy man who does not want to struggle to earn a living. He gets married to a hard working woman who works in a garment factory and decides to change his attitude towards life.

Eddelu Manjunatha

2009

Kalla Malla Sulla poster
NR

Kalla Malla Sulla movie is a remake of  Tamil movie Charlie Chaplin. The story revolves around a newspaper editor Ramesh and his wife Ramya. She always suspects Ramesh

Kalla Malla Sulla

2011

Lakshmi's NTR poster
6.5

The life of iconic politician Nandamuri Taraka Ramarao (NTR) after meeting Lakshmi Parvathi, his second wife.

Lakshmi's NTR

2019

Ondu Preethiya Kathe poster
NR

Dejected over his failed love, Sharath becomes a wanderer. He lands in a revolutionary gang, after which his life changes forever.

Ondu Preethiya Kathe

2007

ACT-1978 poster
4.0

Geetha, a pregnant widow, goes to a government office as part of her long and continuous ordeal to get money from a government scheme that is hers. What seems to be a normal day of bureaucracy and corruption goes awry when she lands up with a bomb strapped to her stomach.

ACT-1978

2020