Athiya Shetty is an Indian actress who appears in Hindi films of Bollywood

Athiya Shetty is an Indian actress who appears in Hindi films of Bollywood. Born to actor Sunil Shetty, she wanted to follow her father's step in acting since a very young age after accompanied him to various shooting locations. Athiya Shetty is the daughter of Actor and Producer Suniel Shetty and Mana Shetty. Mana Shettyis the creative director of R House Furnishing Solutions Pvt. Ltd. and director of S2 Realty Developers Pvt. Ltd. Athiya has very supportive parents when it comes to her career choosing. They supported her decision of taking up acting and she was enrolled in a renowned filmmaking institute at New York some years ago. She has made her Bollywood debut with Nikhil Advani's movie Hero. Star kid Athiya Shetty was in New York Film Academy(NYFA) studying 'Filmmaking & Liberal Arts'. Suniel Shetty as a responsible father has no qualms about his daughter wanting to try acting but his only concern is if Athiya will be able to handle the pressing demands of the industry. Athiya Shetty and Sooraj Pancholi made their bollywood debut with the film Hero produced by Salman Khan. The movie has released on September 11, 2015. Athiya Shetty is the daughter of actor Suniel Shetty. She is very close to her father and said, "Papa is not the preachy type who would tell me how to act or how not to act. Salman sir is also not that type of person. They've always told me about life and about the industry, how to conduct myself and how to interact with people.

She also added, "Papa is always the reminder in my life. He has told me, with success there is failure. No matter what, there are both ups and downs in life. And you have to handle yourself with respect, humility and an equal amount of grace." Athiya Shetty is the daughter of actor Suniel Shetty. She is very close to her father and said, "Papa is not the preachy type who would tell me how to act or how not to act. Salman sir is also not that type of person. They've always told me about life and about the industry, how to conduct myself and how to interact with people.

She also added, "Papa is always the reminder in my life. He has told me, with success there is failure. No matter what, there are both ups and downs in life. And you have to handle yourself with respect, humility and an equal amount of grace." Athiya Shetty is still an unknown name in Bollywood as she will be making her debut with Nikhil Advani’s forthcoming movie Hero. She is the daughter of the known actor and producer Suniel Shetty. Considering the fact that she has a strong Bollywood family background, she has a good launch pad for her film career. Both are parents are bigwigs of B Town and for those who do not know her mother Mana Shetty, she is the creative head of R House Furnishing Solutions Pvt. Ltd apart from being one of the directors of S2 Realty Developers Pvt Ltd. After her schooling and college, she expressed her desire to make a career in the acting world. Both her parent accepted her decision and thus sent her to the prestigious Institute of filmmaking based in New York. This Institute is known as one of the best places to learn filmmaking and explore career in liberal arts in the US. Accordingly when she returned she got the chance to make her debut in Salman Khan’s production movie called hero, which is directed by Nikhil Advani. Being a star kid, she went straight to the prestigious filmmaking institute called NYFA (New York Film Acadmey). She is making her debut with another novice called Sooraj Pancholi who is also making his innings in Bollywood with the movie Hero.

Now, talking about Athiya upcoming movie Hero in which she is making her debut, it is the remake of old classic of Subhash Ghai with the same title. The classic had Jackies Shroff and Meenashi Sheshadri in the lead roles. Salman Khan wanted to do a remake of this classic of 1983 with new faces. Hence the two star kids turned out to be his choice. As per reports, she is very much inspired by character of Kareena Kapoor called Geet in the film Jab We Met directed by Imtiyaz Ali.