Suniel Shetty

Suniel Shetty holds a black belt in full-contact kickboxing.

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His favourite character is Dev, a role he also played in the film Dhadkan (2000).

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Suniel Shetty formed a popular team with Akshay Kumar and Paresh Rawal.

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He changed his name to Suniel Shetty.

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His friends and co-stars mostly call him "Anna".

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Suniel Shetty is regarded as a major action star in Indian cinema, and his action abilities were the reason for his success.

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After a major problem with Sawan Kumar Tak, Sawan signed Sunil for a film and then decided to shelve it. Two years later he returned to Sunil and asked him to make the film; Sunil refused.

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Suniel Shetty generally likes to play patriotic roles such as those in Border (1997), Qayamat: City Under Threat (2003) and Mohra (1994).

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His favourite Bollywood actor is Amitabh Bachchan.

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Suniel Shetty was signed for Vinod Khanna's role in Eena Meena Deeka but chose to withdraw.

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Suniel Shetty has an elder sister named Sujata. She settled in America and recently joined her brother in a business venture.

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Before marriage, his wife's name was Mana Qadri. She is the daughter of architect IM Qadri and Vipula Qadri. Mana has a sister named Isha and a brother named Rahul.

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Suniel Shetty was to star with Sridevi in an ''Untitled Project''. The film, inspired by Hollywood's The Bodyguard, was scheduled to begin shooting in 1994 but was postponed. It was to be directed by Sanjay Gupta.

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In 1991 Suniel Shetty was signed for Mukesh Duggal's Teer Kaman. It was later made as Gopi Kishen.

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His father's name is Veerapa Shetty.

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Suniel Shetty owns a film production company called "Popkorn Entertainment".

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In 2000 he released a children's nursery rhyme album titled "Jantar Mantar". The rhymes were in Hindi and English. Sunil Shetty sang on the album and recited rhymes along with Sudesh Bhonsale, Rahul De Mello and others. The songs were a combination of Hip Hop, Reggae and Rock n Roll. The music was composed by Anand Raaj Anand. The album premiered on Times Music.

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In 1998, after Gupt, Rajiv Rai was in London shooting his English-language film starring Sunil Shetty. The film's other actors were British. The film was shelved due to technical difficulties with the British government's rules on the use of London studio facilities. The film may be the dream project based on Shaheed Udham Singh that Rajiv later tried to make in 2006.

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Suniel Shetty starred in Tigmanshu Dhulia's shelved film "Good Night" (2008). The film also starred Neil Mukesh, but it stalled when Mukesh demanded the full script at the last minute and withdrew; he later refused to return his signing amount.

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In the 1990s, Shetty rescued several underage Nepali girls from being forced into prostitution and ensured they returned home safely. Manisha Koirala, an award-winning actress of Nepali origin who was a vocal advocate of the case, publicly thanked Shetty for his efforts.

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His wife's name is Mana (Monisha), and they have two children, Athiya and Aahan.

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He appeared in the shelved film "Geherai" (1994), which starred Naseeruddin Shah, Sunil Shetty, Anupam Kher, Raveena Tandon, Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Alok Nath, Raza Murad and Mohnish Bahl.

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He appeared in the shelved Shanketan Films LTD film "Karmveer" (1995). Its cast included Vinod Khanna, Sunil Shetty, Emraan Khan (replacing Jay Mehta), Ashwini Bhave, Vaishnavi, Goga Kapoor and Gulshan Grover; the music was by Bappi Lahiri and the director was Akash Mehra. Reels: 13.

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He appeared in Anees Bazmee's shelved Amit Arts film "Radheshyam Sitaram". The cast included Sunil Shetty and Aishwarya Rai (both in double roles), Raj Babbar, Sheeba, Farida Jalal, Reema Lagoo, Sharad Kapoor, Guddi Maharuti, Deepak Qazir, Paresh Rawal, Prem Chopra, Mushtaq Khan, Shyama Deshpande, Dinesh Hingoo, Sadashiv Amrapurkar and Smita Jayakar; the music was by Dilip Sen and Sameer Sen, the producer was Shabnam Kapoor and the director was Anees Bazmee. The film was based on a comedy of errors, and this was in 2001.

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He appeared in an untitled shelved film produced by Nitin Manmohan and Ram Gopal Varma. It starred Manisha Koirala and was directed by Tamara Nedungadi. This was in 2001.

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He appeared in the shelved film "Juaa", which starred Jackie Shroff and Manisha Koirala. The film was directed by Partho Gosh. This was in 1997.

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In 1999, he appeared alongside Juhi Chawla in Ravi Dewan's shelved film.

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Sunil Shetty's first film was "Ek Aur Faulad", produced by Pahlaj Nihalani and directed by David Dhawan, but creative differences meant the film was never released, and his first released film became "Balwaan", opposite Divya Bharti.

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He appeared in the shelved Monalisa Films film "Hum Panchi Ek Daal Ke" (1997). It starred Sunil Shetty, Aishwarya Rai, Mohan Bhandari, Mukesh Tiwari, Deepak Shirke, Shiva, Vishwajeet Pradhan and Ashutosh Rana; the music was by Vishal Bhardwaj and the director was K. Shashilal Nair. Reels: 5.

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He appeared in the shelved Noorani Film Corporation "Untitled Movie". It starred Sunil Shetty, Mamta Kulkarni, Ashish Vidyarthi, Mohan Joshi and Ranjeet; the music was by Anu Malik and the director was Ravee. Reels: 1.

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He appeared in Shiva Art International's shelved film "Chori Mera Kaam" (1995). It starred Salman Khan, Sunil Shetty, Kajol, Shilpa Shetty, Shakti Kapoor, Mohan Joshi and Kader Khan; the music was by Anu Malik and the director was Aziz Sejawal. Reels: 6.

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He appeared in the shelved M. J. Films film "Lafange" (1997). It starred Sunil Shetty and Mukul Dev; the music was by Jatin-Lalit, the producer was Milan C. Jhaveri and the director was N. Chandra.

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He appeared in the completed but unreleased Prince N Prince International film "Andaz Tera Mastana" (1997). It starred Siddharth Dhawan, Monica Bedi, Sidhant Salaria, Mohan Joshi, Paresh Rawal and Kader Khan, with Sunil Shetty in a special appearance; the music was by Anand-Milind, the producer was Mukesh Duggal and the director was Himanshu Brahmbhatt.

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He appeared in the shelved Kamna Arts film "Kashmakash" (Faraar), which starred Juhi Chawla, Pooja Batra, Mayuri Kango, Om Puri, Alok Nath, Raju Kher, Karminder Kaur and Neeraj Vohra. It was produced by Jimmy Nirula and Maan Singh Deep and directed by Priyadarshan, and 90% of it was completed. Akshay Kumar played a brief role in the film.

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He appeared in the shelved Shreya Creations film "Chai Garam" (2011). The cast included Govinda, Suniel Shetty, Celina Jaitly, Esha Deol, Urvashi Sharma, Jaaved Jaaferi, Rajpal Yadav, Ravi Kishan and Anupam Kher; the music was by Anand Raj Anand, Shamir Tandon and Sanjay Pathak, and the director was Aditya Datt.

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He appeared in the shelved film "Afra Tafree" (2012). The cast included Govinda, Suniel Shetty, Mugdha Godse, Aarya Babbar, Uvika Chaudhary, Vimala Raman, Ashwini Kalsekar, Gulshan Grover and Mukul Dev; the music was by Amjad Bagadba, Nadeem Khan and Dabboo Malik, the producers were Krishan Chaudhery and Vipin Jain, and the director was Haadi Abrar.

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He starred in Yusuf Khan's shelved film "Confusion" (2007). It starred Sunil Shetty and Pakistani actor Omar Sharif, and its story follows three couples flying from Mumbai to London and the confusion that ensues.

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Suniel Shetty appeared in Mahendra Dhariwal's shelved film "Dharti", directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia. The film dealt with illegal immigration to Europe.

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In 2002, Suniel Shetty appeared in Vinay Sinha's shelved film. The cast included Sunil Shetty, Raveena Tandon and Apoorva Agnihotri, with Kalpana Lajmi directing.

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Suniel Shetty played the lead in Shakeel Noorani's shelved Noorani Film Corporation production "Rustom" (1995). The cast included Sunil Shetty, Manisha Koirala, Paresh Rawal and Anupam Kher, with music by Anu Malik and Harry Baweja directing.

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Suniel Shetty appeared in Mukesh Duggal's shelved film "Kala Pani" (1993). The cast included Ajay Devgan, Karishma Kapoor (replacing Divya Bharti) and Sunil Shetty, with Mahesh Bhatt directing (Anees Bazmee later signed on for the film).

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Suniel Shetty appeared in the shelved Shetty Films Associates production "Do Kadam Aage" (1992). The cast included Sunil Shetty, Divya Bharti, Rohit Bhatia, Raza Murad and Kiran Kumar, with music by Nadeem Shravan and K. V. Raju directing.

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Suniel Shetty appeared in the shelved S. P. Creations film "Shola" (1995). The cast included Sunil Shetty, Raveena Tandon, Lalita Pawar's grandson Manoj Pawar (later replaced by Ayub Khan) and Paresh Rawal, with story by Honey Irani, cinematography by Damodar Naidu, and Paramjeet Baweja producing and Harry Baweja directing.

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In 1991, Suniel Shetty signed for a film titled "Arzoo" with Nagma, to be produced by Pahlaj Nihalani. The cast included Shatrughan Sinha, Sunil Shetty, Nagma and Raj Babbar, with music by Anand Milind. It was shelved because of a dispute with Pahlaj, who insisted the film had to be a complete film. Having liked Baaghi, Pahlaj signed Deepak Shivdasani, knowing Shetty would be good in action films, but was shocked after seeing the film's rush; Deepak Shivdasani cast Sunil Shetty as a musician with no action at all in the film. Fearing the film would bomb, Pahlaj decided it was best to shelve it, and knowing that shelving it would hurt Suniel Shetty, he decided to announce two more films with Sunil so the industry would not back off and would keep signing him for other films. Rumours later began that Sunil Shetty was financing his own films and that Pahlaj was only a front.

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Suniel Shetty's sisters are named Sujata R Hedge and Sunita Tarun Pratap.

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Suniel Shetty appeared in the shelved film "Sikander Sadak Ka" (1994). The film starred Sunil Shetty and Somy Ali, with Sawan Kumar Tak directing.

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In July 2001, Suniel Shetty went on a world tour concert with Akshay Kumar. They visited cities in Canada, America and England.

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Suniel Shetty has a younger sister named Sumita.

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Suniel Shetty signed to play a triple role in the film Main Khuda Nahin (1993). The film was shelved.

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Suniel Shetty appeared in Prince & Prince International's shelved film "Chor Sipahee" (1996). The cast included Sunil Shetty, Paresh Rawal, Shakti Kapoor and Saeed Jaffrey, with music by Anu Malik, Mukesh Duggal producing and Anees Bazmee directing.

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Suniel Shetty appeared in the shelved film "Ayudh" (1993). The cast included Suniel Shetty, Aditya Pancholi, Rahul Roy, Vinay Sapru, Neelam, Anu Agarwal, Sonali Bendre and Deepti Bhatnagar, with music by Jatin Lalit, Firoz Nadiadwala producing and Bharat Rungachary directing.

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Suniel Shetty appeared in Shree Jagdamba Movies Combine's shelved film "Kashmir Hamara Hain" (previously titled Mere Apne) (1998). The cast included Mukul Dev (replacing Sunny Deol), Mayuri Kango, Rahul Dev (replacing Sunil Shetty), Milind Gunaji, Deepak Tijori, Suhas Joshi, Vikram Gokhale and Shama Gesawat, with music by Anand Raaj Anand and Ratan Irani producing and directing.

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In 1994, Suniel Shetty appeared in the Adhikari Brothers' shelved film. The cast included Dharmendra, Sunil Shetty, Mamik, Mamta Kulkarni and Mohan Joshi, with music by Anu Malik, Markand Adhikari producing and Gautam Adhikari directing.

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After Yalgaar, Feroz was working on various ideas for his next film. He wanted to remake Dharmatma as "Agnikund", with Anil Kapoor playing the father and Akshay Kumar and Sunil Shetty playing his sons. Anil Kapoor turned down "Agnikund" in 1994 because he did not want to play the father of Akshay Kumar and Sunil Shetty. Feroz Khan had sold the audio, overseas video and theatre rights to Venus for 2.4 million. When the casting did not work out, Feroz Khan shelved the idea once again. The story of Agnikund leaked and the film Sapoot was made in 1996. Feroz later launched Prem Aggan in 1995 with Akshaye Khanna and Mamta Kulkarni. Feroz decided to put Prem Aggan on hold and launched Janasheen with Akshaye Khanna and Mamta Kulkarni. When Fardeen returned to India, he told his father he wanted to act in films. Feroz shelved Janasheen and revived Prem Aggan with Fardeen and Meghna Kothari.

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Sunil Shetty used to attend many film parties at Rajiv Rai's house. Sunil always talked to Rajiv about the film industry and whether he should join it. Rajiv did not think the film industry was a good place for Sunil. Sunil Shetty later began receiving offers. Pravesh Sippy signed him for a film. Kalpana Lamji would later offer Sunil a film. That project did not work out. His friend Shabbir then took him to J. P. Singhal's house. He met Pahlaj Nihalani there. Pahlaj signed Sunil for two films, Aarzoo and Ek Aur Faulad. Both films were eventually shelved.

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Suniel Shetty appeared in the shelved Vijay Productions film "Hum Hain Aag" (Lo Hum Aa Gaye) (1993). The cast included Dharmendra, Sunil Shetty, Jay Mehta, Shilpa Shirodkar, Somy Ali, Indrani Bannerjee, Mukesh Khanna and Rami Reddy, with Pranlal Mehta and Vijay Mehta producing, music by Bappi Lahiri and Deepak Bahry directing. Completed reels: 8.

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After Lawrence Dsouza's film Jai Devaa (starring Mithun and Sanjay Dutt) was shelved in 1994, Sudhakar Bokade revived the project under the same title. The film starred Jackie Shroff, Sunil Shetty, Karishma Kapoor, Raj Babbar, Moushumi Chatterji, Kiran Kumar, Avtar Gill and Mohan Joshi. The music was by Annu Malik and the director was Dayal Nihalani.

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Sunil Shetty starred in the shelved Neha Arts and MAD Film's Combines production Commissioner (1996), a remake of the Malayalam film Commissioner. The Hindi version, also starring Shilpa Shetty, Javed Jaffery, Navneet Nishan, Mohnish Behl, Tinnu Anand and Deepak Shirke, had music by Viju Sha and was directed by Deepak Shivdasani. The same dates were later used to make Prithvi.

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In 1996, Vikas Desai signed Sunil Shetty and Madhuri Dixit for a film that was ultimately shelved.

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Sunil Shetty produced the shelved Brihanmumbai Mahanagarpalika film and Popcorn Motion Pictures Pvt Ltd's Mumbai Chaka Chak (2008). The film starred Rahul Bose, Ayesha Dharker, Vinay Pathak, Cyrus Broacha, Mandira Bedi and Suresh Menon, with Sunil Shetty as producer and Sanjay Jha as director.

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Sunil Shetty starred in G Motion Picture's shelved film Kashmakash (1994). The lead roles were played by Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty, Deepti Bhatnagar and Anu Aggarwal. It was to be a remake of Tango And Cash, directed by Raj N. Sippy, and should not be confused with the other shelved Sunil Shetty film Kashmakash (1997), directed by Priyadarshan.

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In 1992, Sunil Shetty starred in Karishma International's shelved film Kaala Samrajya. The lead roles were played by Mithun Chakraborthy, Reena Roy, Sunil Shetty, Aneeta Ayoob, Sheeba and Danny Denzongpa, with music by Laxmikant Pyarelal, produced by Bubby Kent and directed by Deepak Bahry.

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In 2001, Tinnu Anand was planning a film with Sunil Shetty and Namrata Shirodkar. The film was shelved.

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Sunil Shetty starred in Sanjay Gupta's shelved production Jazbaa, a remake of Four Brothers. The lead roles were to be played by Sanjay Dutt, Sunil Shetty, Fardeen Khan and Aftab Shivdasani. This was in 2007, and the film was to be shot in Chicago.

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During Javed Jaffrey's first appearance in Meri Jung, dancing in front of a crowd of students, a large banner pinned to the wall reads "VOTE FOR SUNIL SHETTY FOR PRESIDENT". The name reference was coincidental and had nothing to do with Sunil Shetty, who was still seven years away from his own debut.

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Sunil Shetty starred in the shelved G R Films production Achanak (1995). The lead roles were played by Dharmendra, Sunil Shetty, Pratibha Sinha, Mohnish Behl, Tinnu Anand and Sadashiv Amrapurkar, with music by Anand - Milind and direction by Narendra Grewal.

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Sunil Shetty starred in the shelved Nadiadwala Grandson's film Janam Bhoomi (1994). The lead roles were played by Sunil Shetty and Mamta Kulkarni, with music by Nadeem Shravan, produced by Sajid Nadiadwala and directed by Deepak Anand.

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Sunil Shetty starred in the shelved P. M. Films production Aag Hamare Seene Mein (1996). The lead roles were played by Naseeruddin Shah and Sunil Shetty, with Vinod Avlani as producer. The film was first announced in 1991 with Sanjay Dutt and Salman Khan.

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Sunil Shetty starred in the shelved Shalimar Films production Jaidev (1996). The lead roles were played by Sunil Shetty, Mamta Kulkarni, Om Puri, Aruna Irani, Ashish Vidyarthi, Mohan Joshi and Gulshan Grover, with music by Anand Milind, produced by Vijay Ranglani and directed by Raj N. Sippy.

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Sunil Shetty starred in the shelved Sanmit Films production Bodyguard (1995), sharing the lead with Sridevi. It was written by Ranbir Pushp, with music by Anu Malik, produced by Narrotam V Purohit and directed by Sanjay Gupta.

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Sunil Shetty played the lead in a shelved Base Industries Group film, an untitled project shelved in 1995. The lead roles were played by Naseeruddin Shah, Sunil Shetty and Saif Ali Khan, with music by Jatin Lalit, produced by Firoz Nadiadwala and directed by Bharat Rangachary.

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In 1995, Sunil Shetty starred in a shelved untitled Vivek Arts film. The lead roles were played by Sunil Shetty, Karishma Kapoor, Suresh Oberoi and Mohan Joshi, written by S. M. Ahale, with music by Shyam Surender, produced by Amar Sharma and directed by Bharat Rangachary.

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Sunil Shetty starred in the shelved Ashok Honda Productions film Vikraal (1992). The lead roles were played by Sunil Shetty, Avnee, Paresh Rawal, Alok Nath and Vinay Sapru, with music by Anand Milind, produced by Ashok Honda and directed by Prabhat Khanna.

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Sunil Shetty starred in Continetal International's shelved film Ravan Raaj (1992). The lead roles were played by Sunil Shetty, Mukesh Khanna, Paresh Rawal, Rami Reddy, Johnny Lever and Raza Murad, with music by Annu Malik, produced by Gurnam Kaur and directed by Ajit Dewani.

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Sunil Shetty owns a successful restaurant and bar in Mumbai called Mischief. He also owns several restaurants specialising in local Udupi cuisine.

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Sunil Shetty's daughter Athiya is married to Indian cricketer KL Rahul.

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In 1998, Shekhar Kapur was set to direct a film titled "Maut Se Jo Darte Nahin," starring Shah Rukh Khan, Sunil Shetty and Naseeruddin Shah. The screenplay was written by Tigmanshu Dhulia. The film was shelved.

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The pool scene in Don featuring Amitabh and Zeenat was shot in Sunil Shetty's apartment building. As a teenager, Shetty met Amitabh on the day he was filming in the swimming pool. Amitabh took the time to talk to the young Sunil Shetty and even gave him his home telephone number. The experience left a deep impression on Sunil, and years later he spoke about it on KBC.

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When his daughter Athiya gave birth to a baby girl in 2025, Suniel Shetty became a grandfather on the maternal side.

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Although he is passionate about non-vegetarian food, Shetty has endorsed vegetarianism several times and has cited it as one reason for his consistent exercise regimen, even after turning 50.

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Sunil Shetty starred in the shelved M. M. Enterprises film "Gehrai" (1994). Cast: Naseeruddin Shah, Sunil Shetty, Anupam Kher, Raveena Tandon, Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Alok Nath, Raza Murad, Mohnish Bahl; music by Anand-Milind; director: Gautam Verma. Reels: 4.

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Sunil Shetty starred in the shelved Shalimar Internationals film "Captain Arjun" (Captain Vijay) (1995). The leads were Sunil Shetty, Mamta Kulkarni (replacing Samyukta Singh) and Mohan Joshi; music by Anand-Milind; producers: Vijay Ranglani and Ashok Ranglani; director: Raj. N. Sippy.

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