Shamita made her film debut in 2000 with the Yash Raj Films blockbuster Mohabbatein, which was directed by Aditya Chopra. Her portrayal of Ishika earned her the 2001 IIFA Award for Star Debut of the Year – Female[5]. Soon after she gave the best dance numbers to Bollywood , including “Sharara Sharara”” in Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai (2001) and “”Chori Pe Chori”” in Saathiya (2002) to getting appreciated for her acting in blockbuster hit Zeher (2005) where she was nominated as the Star of the Year – Female at Stardust awards (2006). She worked once with her sister Shilpa Shetty in Fareb. She has also been part of multi-starcast projects like “”Cash”” (2007) , “”Bewafa”” (2005). Alongside her acting career, she decided to focus on other love i.e. Interior designing. She designed Royalty (a club in Mumbai), Chandigarh Iosis spa (Won best interior award at Asia spa awards) and few other properties abroad. She has a registered company called “”Golden Leaf interiors”” [6] Her passion for the entertainment industry kept drawing her back and she returned with a popular reality show Bigg Boss [7]internationally known as Big Brother on Indian television. She opted out of the show for her sister Shilpa Shetty wedding [8]. She was out of the show on 14 November 2009 (day 41) after staying for 6 weeks and the only contestant who wasn’t nominated even once during her stay in Bigg Boss house. .Soon after, she stormed the nation with her graceful dancing and became the most popular face on the Indian version of Dancing with the stars – Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa [9]. Recently she did a web series “”Yo Ke Hua Bro”” [10] streaming on Voot, Viacom 18 digital platform. Directed by Suparn Verma and stars talented bunch of actors like Aparshakti Khurana, Gaurav Pandey and Ridhima Pandit.”
Shamita Shetty
Movies
Saathiya
Running away from home can’t keep a couple together. A signed paper can’t keep a couple together. Love can. While for most Love Stories, marriage is the “goal”, the fact remains that marriage is just the beginning. Saathiya continues on, from where most love stories end. From the infatuation stage…
Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai
Love hits people in all sorts of ways. To Sanjay (Uday Chopra) however, love hit him like a ton of bricks. Sanjay is the dithering Casanova, constantly bungling up his romantic liaisons, till one day the phone rings. Anjali (Sanjana) his childhood friend is getting married. It’s now that the…
Bewafaa
Anjali, living in Canada with her parents, hides her relationship to the musician Raja from her parents. When her sister dies during the birth of twins, she abandons her love, marries the widower Aditya and moves to New Delhi to become the new mother of her sister’s children. Three years…
Heyy Babyy
Arush Mehra lives a fairly wealthy lifestyle in Sydney, Australia along with two room-mates, Tanmay Joglekar, and Ali Hyder. He works for a food chain, while Tanmay entertains children as ‘Eddy Teddy’, and Ali takes care of their apartment. All three are womanizers and usually end up sleeping with around…
Fun Facts
Younger sister of Shilpa Shetty Kundra.
Graduated with a degree in Commerce from Sydenham College in Mumbai; also completed a diploma course in Fashion Design from SNDT.
Sister-in-law of Raj Kundra.
Mother Sunanda produced the film The Desire: A Journey of a Woman . Sunanda is usually mistaken for another producer named.Sunanda R Shetty. That is due to them having the same name.
Changed her name from Sabita Shetty to Shamita Shetty for her acting career.
Father Surendra Shetty had a small role in the film Yaadon Ki Baraat.