HBD Sunil Shetty
' From Action Hero to Expressive Performer'
It is quite interesting to follow the Bollywood journey of Sunil Shetty. He entered Bollywood quite late when he was in his early thirties. Being a Black Belt in Kick Boxing the natural choice of the producers was to allot action packed roles for him. His first film was 'Balwan ' (1992 ) which had a moderate success. However his next film ' Mohra' became superhit and in the same year with the success of 'Dilwale' and 'Anth' he established himself as a leading 'Action Hero'. Thereafter he did pretty well in that slot by slamming about 20 stereotyped action films.
Introspection and flopping of some of his action films prompted him to shift his image from a Clashing Hero. 'Border' and 'Hera Pheri' can be considered as two landmarks for his transition from an action hero to a versatile actor. His role of Army Officer in Border was critically acclaimed in which he could portray the uprightness of the character with a fierce sense of duty. In 'Hera Pheri' he proved that he is not only a fighting hero but can also play a light hearted comedy with equal ease.
His journey towards becoming a complete actor culminated when he received two filmfare awards not for the best action oriented roles (from where he began) but for the roles as best villain ! He received one for his villanish role in ' Dhadkan' and the another one for the role in ' Main Hoon Na '.....
Sunil Shetty has also tried himself in Production by producing the films like ' Rakht' and 'Bhagam Bhag'. He is also engaged in hotel businesses....being a 'Shetty' no wonder that he owns and runs a chain of Udupi Restaurants !
We wish him good luck and a successful coming year.....
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