Sunil Shetty

In 1991 he was signed for a film titled "Arzoo" opposite Nagma. This was to be produced by Pahlaj Nihalani. Starring Shatrughan Sinha,Sunil Shetty, Nagma,Raj Babbar. Music by Anand Milind. It was shelved due to a argument he had with Pahlaj. Pahlaj claims the film was suppose to be start to finish film. He signed Deepak Shivdasani because he liked Baaghi. Pahlaj knew Shetty would be good in action films. But after seeing the rushes of the film,Pahlaj was shocked. Deepak Shivdsani casted Sunil Shetty as a musician with no action in the film. Fearing the film would bomb,Pahlaj decided it was best to shelve the film. Pahlaj knew that shelving the film would hurt Sunil Shetty. So he decided to announce 2 more films with Sunil so the industry would not back off and sign Sunil for other films. But then the rumours started that Sunil Shetty was financing his own films and Pahlaj was only a front person .

Sunil Shetty made his debut in 1992 with Balwaan (1992), which was not a major hit. Yet his great acting skills got noticed.

Starred in Mukesh Duggal's shelved film "Kala Pani" (1993). Staring Ajay Devgan, Karishma Kapoor (Replaced Divya Bharti), Sunil Shetty. Directed by Mahesh Bhatt (Later Anees Bazmee was signed for the film).

For two years success eluded him until action thriller Mohra (1994) came along in 1994.

Then followed his success streak with a comical film Gopi Kishan (1994) in which he played a dual role. The movie became a blockbuster hit and Shetty began to surface and went on to deliver blockbuster hits through his stunning performances.

Starred in the shelved film, Shanketan Films LTD "Karmveer" (1995) Starring Vinod Khanna, Sunil Shetty, Emraan Khan (Replaced Jay Mehta),,Ashwini Bhave, Vaishnavi,Goga Kapoor, Gulshan Grover, Music by Bappi Lahiri,Directed by Akash Mehra. Reels:13.

His intense acting abilities in patriotic movies like Border (1997), Refugee (2000), Qayamat - City Under Threat (2003) and LOC: Kargil (2003) were critically applauded. Throughout his career that spanned fifteen long years, he had acted in over eighty movies - most of them being action oriented movies. Shetty also proved his acting abilities by donning various characters from villainous ones to innocent to serious and comical ones.

Starred in Ravi Dewan's shelved film opposite Juhi Chawla in 1999.

Hera Pheri (2000), Awara Paagal Deewana (2002) and Phir Hera Pheri (2006) testify to his acting talents in comedy genre and Dhadkan (2000) proved that he can pretty well play a villain too.

Starred in Anees Bazmee's shelved film Amit Arts " Radheshyam Sitaram" Starring Sunil Shetty, Aishwarya Rai (Both of them were playing 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,Smita Jayakar.Music by Dilip Sen. Sameer Sen,Produced by Shabnam Kapoor, Directed by Anees Bazmee. The film was based on the comedy of error's. This was in 2001.

Starred in Vinay Sinha's shelved film in 2002. Starring Sunil Shetty, Raveena Tandon, Apoorva Agnihotri. Directed by Kalpana Lajmi.

Starred in Yusuf Khan's shelved film "Confusion" (2007) Starring Sunil Shetty, Pakistani actor Omar Sharif.The film is about three couples from Mumbai who fly to London and the confusion that ensues".

Starred in the shelved movie Shreya Creations "Chai Garam" (2011) Starring Govinda,Suniel Shetty,Celina Jaitly,Esha Deol,Urvashi Sharma,Jaaved Jaaferi,Rajpal Yadav,Ravi Kishan,Anupam Kher,Music by Anand Raj Anand,Shamir Tandon,Sanjay Pathak. Directed by Aditya Datt.

Starred in the shelved movie "Afra Tafree" (2012) Starring Govinda,Suniel Shetty,Mugdha Godse,Aarya Babbar,Uvika Chaudhary,Vimala Raman,Ashwini Kalsekar,Gulshan Grover,Mukul Dev, Music by Amjad Bagadba,Nadeem Khan,Dabboo Malik, Produced by Krishan Chaudhery,Vipin Jain, Directed by Haadi Abrar.