Roopesh Shetty is an Indian radio jockey, video jockey, actor, singer, model and songwriter. He has appeared in films in different languages including Tulu, Konkani and Kannada. In December 2022, he won the reality TV show “Bigg Boss Kannada”.
Wiki/Biography
Roopesh Shetty was born on Wednesday, August 14, 1991 (age 31; as of 2022) in Uppala, Kasargod, Kerala. His zodiac sign is Leo. He studied at Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara College of Business Management in Mangaluru, Karnataka.
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′8″
Hair color: black
Eye color: brown
family
Roopesh Shetty belongs to the Bunt community.
Parents and siblings
He has two sisters named Roopa Yog Shetty and Harshitha Shetty.
Profession
Roopesh started his career as RJ at 92.7 Big FM in Mangalore.
Later, he worked as a video presenter on the television channel Namma TV. He also serves as the host of the television dance reality show “Dancing Mummy Dance.” When he was hosting a TV show, he met a film director who was invited as a guest on the show. The film director offered him the lead role in the Kannada film Danger Zone (2016).
He later acted in several Kannada films, including Nishabda 2 (2017), Anushka (2019) and Govinda Govinda (2021).
In 2017, he made his Konkani debut with a starring role in the film Ashem Zalem Kashem.
In the same year, he made his Tulu debut with the Tulu short film Porlu (2016). Some of his other Tulu films include Rang Rangda Dibbana (2017), Ammer Polisa (2018), Girgit (2019) and Gamjaal (2021).
In 2018, he sang the Kannada song “Ee Sala Cup Namde” for Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL. Roopesh participated in the 2022 Kannada reality show “Bigg Boss Kannada OTT”. He ended up being the winner of the show.
Facts/Trivia
- Roopesh started his eponymous YouTube channel in 2014 and uploaded several Tulu songs on his channel.
- He has played in various seasons of the Celebrity Cricket League ‘MPL’ and ‘CPL’.
- In 2015, he participated in the Save Netravati River campaign. This movement was started to divert the source of the Gondia River.
- He has received several awards for his performances.
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