Aishani Shetty

Aishani Shetty is an Indian film actress and director, who has worked predominantly in Kannada movie industry. Though her acting career started with the film Jyothi Raj alias Kothi Raja, she became famous after starring in the film Vaastu Prakaara.

Born : 15 April 1995 (age 25) Mangalore, Karnataka, India
Alma mater : St Joseph's College, Bangalore
Occupation : Actress/Director
Years active : 2014–present

Early life and education

Aishani was born in Mangalore and then brought up in Bangalore. She completed her schooling in Bishop Cotton Girls' School and pursued her under graduation in Jyoti Nivas College, Bangalore. Aishani has a master's degree in Mass Communication and Journalism from St Joseph's College, Bangalore

Career

Aishani made her break in the Kannada Film Industry with the film Vaastu Prakaara in the year 2015. She was nominated for Best Actress in a leading role IIFA Utsavam for the same. She went on to act in Rocket (film) opposite Sathish Ninasam which was released in November 2015. Rocket (film) marked her debut as singer, where she rendered the female voice opposite Puneeth Rajkumar for the song 'Thannage Idvi'. Aishani took a short break from films while pursuing her master's degree. During this period she acted in Kannada romantic drama Naduve Antaravirali

Along with her acting career Aishani made her debut as a director with the short film 'Kaaji'. Her directorial debut was officially screened at several international film festivals 2018, including Best of India Short Film Festival, Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival, Bangalore International Shorts Film Festival, Bangalore Shorts Film Festival, Pink City International Film Festival, Mumbai Shorts Film Festival etc. Kaaji won several awards including Best Film award at SIIMA and Best Debutant Director award Pink City International Film Festival