Dayanand Shetty is one of the most loved Television actors. The actor became a household name by his serial CID. His is well known for his character senior Inspector Daya' Dayanand Shetty. Dayanand Shetty was born on 11 December 1969 in Karnataka. On his birthday have a look on his interesting journey.

Daya’s real name is also Dayanand was the champion discus throw. In the year 1996, he became the discus throw champion of Maharashtra. Dayanand Shetty was born on 11 December 1969 in Karnataka. He was a great sportsman before coming to the world of acting, but due to a serious injury, Dayanand Shetty had to say goodbye to sports. He then decided to turn to acting. He started his career with Ajay Devgan's film Diljale. In this film, he played the role of a gunman.

He got recognition form the show his real identity from Sony Channel's serial CID. This serial started in the year 1998. This was Dayanand Shetty's first TV show. He worked continuously for a long time for this serial. He is famous for door-breaking in the show. The show runs for several years.

On the career front, Dayanand Shetty was also seen in the film Singham Returns. He has also worked in many other serials like Gutur Gu, Kusum, Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa, Khatron Ke Khiladi etc. He has been seen in a total of four films so far. Dayanand Shetty was seen in the 2007 film Johnny Gaddar after the film Diljale. After this, he played the role of a police inspector in the film Runway in the year 2009.

This south actor most popular star in IMDb rating, 6 out of 10 are south actors

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