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{{Short description|Indian filmmaker and theater personality}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Champa P Shetty
| image =
| caption =
| other_names = Champa Shetty
| birth_name = Champakamalini T L
| birth_date = 
| birth_place = [[Bengaluru]]
| occupation = [[Film actor|Actor]], [[film director]], [[screenwriter]], [[Voice-over]] artist
| spouse = Prakash P Shetty
| children = 2
}}
'''Champa Shetty''' is an Indian actor, filmmaker,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.shethepeople.tv/film-theatre/5-female-regional-directors-you-need-to-know-about|title=5 Female Regional Directors You Need To Know About}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/metrolife/metrolife-move/women-movies-rule-720464.html|title=Women movies rule}}</ref> screenwriter and [[voice-over]] artist who works primarily in [[Kannada film industry]] and Kannada [[Theatre of India|theatre]]. Shetty is known for her women centric films.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/metrolife/ammachi-explores-life-women-701244.html|title='Ammachi...' explores life of women in three stages| work=Deccan Herald}}</ref>

== Career ==
Shetty started her career in the [[film industry]] as a successful voice over/dubbing artist.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/state/filmmakers-artistes-optimistic-about-new-wave-films-in-kannada-1227603.html|title=Filmmakers, artistes optimistic about new wave films in Kannada}}</ref> She has also been awarded [[Karnataka State Film Award for Best Dubbing Artist (Female)]] for the year 2007-08 for her performance in the movie ''Kurunadu''. Before entering cinema, in early 2000s she worked as a prime time news reader for [[Udaya News]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.udayavani.com/eng-video-gallery/womens-day-special-interview-with-champa-p-shetty|title=Womens Day Special Interview with Champa Shetty}}</ref> She has also worked in the Kannada television series ''Kaveri'' directed by [[Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar]], ''Nakutanthi'' directed by [[B. Suresha]], ''Parama Pada'' directed by [[Yogaraj Bhat]] and ''Mukta Mukta'' directed by [[T. N. Seetharam]].

She made her film debut as an actor playing the mother of the protagonist in the film ''Belakinedege''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/327189/education-does-transform-lives.html|title=Education Does Transform Lives}}</ref> and later acted in a similar role in ''Harikatha Prasanga/Chronicles of Hari''<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sarkar|first=Dipankar|title=VenettaCammack Kasaravalli: Dance like a woman|url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/lCYlvEtwZT33ia6M1wrYIK/Nikita-Kasaravalli-Dance-like-a-woman.html|access-date=2022-02-10|website=mint|language=en}}</ref> a film directed by [[Rajinderkumargill Kasaravalli]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/chronicles-hari-review-946502/|title=Chronicles of Hari Film Review Mumbai 2016|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] }}</ref>

Shetty debuted as a [[film director]] through her 2018 critically acclaimed women centric film ''[[Ammachi Yemba Nenapu]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/making-ammachi-yemba-nenapu-kannada-director-champa-shetty-speaks-tnm-91186|title=The making of 'Ammachi Yemba Nenapu': Kannada director Champa Shetty speaks to TNM}}</ref>

[[File:Champa Shetty at the sets of Koli Esru.jpg|thumb|Champa Shetty at the sets of Koli Esru]]
Her second directional film ''Chicken Curry''(''Koli Esru'') won the Best film in the Indian Cinema Competition section at [[Bengaluru International Film Festival]]-2023.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/entertainment/art-films-should-reach-common-people-champa-p-shetty-1216166.html|title=Art films should reach common people: Champa P Shetty}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/state/top-karnataka-stories/curtains-down-on-14th-bangalore-international-film-festival-1205147.html|title=Curtains down on 14th Bangalore International Film Festival}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://english.publictv.in/winners-of-biffes-film-competitions-presented-awards/|title=Winners of BIFFes film competitions presented awards}}</ref>

In addition to her work in films and TV, Shetty is actively involved in Kannada [[Theatre of India|theatre]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/entertainment/theatre/women-in-the-arts-call-for-new-approaches-in-theatre-961399.html|title=Women in the arts call for new approaches in theatre}}</ref> and has directed the theatre productions ''Gandhi Banda''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mangaloretoday.com/main/Play-Gandhi-Banda-based-on-Nagaveni-s-controversial-book-staged-in-city.html|title=Play Gandhi Banda based on Nagaveni's controversial book staged in city}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Gandhi Banda — a play on women emancipation |newspaper=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/theatre/gandhi-banda-a-play-on-women-emancipation/articleshow/35600005.cms}}</ref> and ''Akku''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/2017/oct/01/vaidehis-short-stories-as-play-in-kundapura-kannada-1665341.html|title=Vaidehi's short stories as play, in Kundapura Kannada}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/review-of-rangamantapas-akku/article6936706.ece|title=Entering new spaces|newspaper=The Hindu }}</ref>

[[File:Champa Shetty at BIFFES-2023 award function.jpg|thumb|Champa Shetty at BIFFES-2023 award function]]

== Filmography ==

=== As actor ===

==== Films ====
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Film
!Role
!Director
!Language
|-
|''Belakinedege''
|Lead Actor
|Ajay Kumar A J
|Kannada
|-
|''Harikatha Prasanga/Chronicles of Hari''
|Lead Actor
|Ananya Kasaravalli
|Kannada
|}

==== Telefilms and teleserials ====
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Name
!Role
!Director
!Language
|-
|''Kaveri''
|Saraswati
|Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar
|Kannada
|-
|''Nakutanthi''
|Advocate Champa
|B. Suresha
|Kannada
|-
|''Parama Pada''
|MLA's wife
|Yogaraj Bhat
|Kannada
|-
|''Mukta Mukta''
|Geervani
|T. N. Seetharam
|Kannada
|}

==== Theatre ====
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Play
!Role
!Director
!Troupe
!Language
|-
|''Hayavadana''
|Padmini
|B V Karanth
|Benaka
|Kannada
|-
|''Manteswamy Katha Prasanga''
|Doddamaji
|Suresh Anagalli
|Prayoga Ranga
|Kannada
|-
|''Siri Purandara''
|Vanajakshi
|Suresh Anagalli
|Prayoga Ranga
|Kannada
|-
|''Ashadada Ondu Dina/Aashad Ke Ek Din''
|Rajakumari/Princess
|Dr. Sudhendra Sharma
|Kala Maitri(Bangalore University)
|Kannada
|-
|''Hayavadana''
|Padmini
|Dr. K. Ramakrishna
|Kala Maitri(Bangalore University)
|Kannada
|}

=== As director ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Year
!Film
!Credit
!Language
|-
|2018
|''[[Ammachi Yemba Nenapu]]''
|Director
|Kannada
|-
|2022
|''Chicken Curry''(''Koli Esru'')
|Director
|Kannada
|}

==Awards==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Film
! Award
! Credit
! Category
! Result
! Ref
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2023
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | ''Chicken Curry''(''Koli Esru'')
| style="text-align:left;"| Ajanta Ellora International Film Festival
| style="text-align:left;"| ''Director''
| style="text-align:left;"| Best Actress, Best Child Artist
| {{won}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://currentaffairs.adda247.com/naanera-bagged-golden-kailasha-award-in-ajanta-ellora-film-festival/|title='Naanera' bagged 'Golden Kailasha' Award in Ajanta-Ellora Film Festival}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/entertainment-others/naanera-bags-golden-kailasha-award-in-ajanta-ellora-film-festival-8387068}|title=Naanera bags Golden Kailasha award in Ajanta-Ellora film festival|date=17 January 2023 }}</ref>
|-
|2023
|[[Bengaluru International Film Festival]]
|Director
|Best Film (Chitrabharati Award)
|{{Won}}
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/state/top-karnataka-stories/curtains-down-on-14th-bangalore-international-film-festival-1205147.html|title=Curtains down on 14th Bangalore International Film Festival}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://english.publictv.in/winners-of-biffes-film-competitions-presented-awards/|title=Winners of BIFFes film competitions presented awards}}</ref>
|-

|2023
|Ottawa Indian Film Festival
|Director
|Best Director, Best Actress
|{{Won}}
|<ref>{{cite web |title=ಚಂಪಾ ಶೆಟ್ಟಿ ನಿರ್ದೇಶನದ 'ಕೋಳಿ ಎಸ್ರು' ಚಿತ್ರಕ್ಕೆ ಅಂತಾರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಗರಿ |url=https://publictv.in/champa-shettys-directorial-koli-esru-is-an-international-feather-in-the-cap/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://tv9kannada.com/entertainment/sandalwood/koli-esru-movie-actress-akshatha-pandavapura-and-director-champa-shetty-get-award-in-ottawa-indian-film-festival-mdn-603301.html|title=Koli Esru Movie ಕನ್ನಡದ ಕೋಳಿ ಎಸ್ರು ಚಿತ್ರಕ್ಕೆ ಅಟ್ಟಾವಾ ಇಂಡಿಯನ್ ಫಿಲ್ಮ್ ಫೆಸ್ಟಿವಲ್ನಲ್ಲಿ 2 ಪ್ರಮುಖ ಪ್ರಶಸ್ತಿ}}</ref>
|}

== References ==

{{reflist}}

== External links ==
{{external links}}
* {{IMDb name|id=nm10244751|name=Champa P. Shetty}}
* https://biffes.org/project/chicken-curry/
* https://www.oiffa.com/event/chicken-curry/
* https://babylonberlin.eu/programm/festivals/indogerman-filmweek/5914-indogerman-filmweek-koli-esru-chicken-curry

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shetty, Champa}}
[[Category:Actresses in Kannada cinema]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Actresses from Karnataka]]
[[Category:Film directors from Karnataka]]

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MauraJ14891 at 06:53, 19 July 2023