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Hindi Stunt M B Shetty
  • DOB : 1938
  • Date of death: 23-01-1982
  • Lived For : 43 Years
  • Gender : Male
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Muddu (Mudhu) Babu (Balwant) Shetty is an Indian stuntman of the 1970s. He is popularly known as Shetty, Fighter Shetty, Fight Master Shetty, and MB Shetty. He was born in Mangalore (Chief port city of Karnataka), India. When he was nine years old, his father found that he was not much interested in studies at the school. Shetty’s father decided to send him to Mumbai (referred to as Bombay in those times) so that he can learn any skill which can guard him against adversities. So, from Udupi, he came to Mumbai. At Mumbai, Shetty worked as a waiter for a Tata Company canteen at Cotton Green. He detested these ordinary jobs. He hated anything which was deskbound. Shetty was blessed with a good physique and soon started boxing. It was during his boxing practice he came across K N Mendon, a famous gymnast, and he decided to train Shetty professionally. Soon, Shetty became a champion in boxing and won tournaments for eight years.

After this, he joined the film industry as a body double. He also learned sword fighting and horse riding from Azim Bhai Bio coming soon... >> Read More... , the villain, with a bald head and towering physique, in the movies. MB Shetty acted as the body double of famous heroes of the 1950s like Pradeep Kumar Pradeep Kumar was an actor who is well known for h >> Read More... and Premnath. He was spotted by Pran, a famous Bollywood veteran actor, who saw his potential as an actor. Pran convinced the director Subodh Mukherjee to give Shetty a chance to be the fight director in Munimji- a 1955 Bollywood romantic film.

Munimji was Shetty’s first independent break to work as a fight director. Munimji starred Dev Anand Dev Anand would be nostalgically remembered by fil >> Read More... and Nalini Jaywant This actress belongs to the black and white era an >> Read More... . He was also the fight instructor of 1956 released Heer movie about a Punjabi legendary love story. Afterward, he worked as an action coordinator, fight composer, stunts coordinator, and stunt master in various upcoming films. Some of these films are Ujala of 1959, Tel Malish Boot Polish of 1961, Jab Pyar Kisise Hota Hai of 1961, Kashmir Ki Kali of 1964, Teesri Manzil Teesri Manzil is a Pakistani Urdu TV serial. It ha >> Read More... of 1966, An Evening In Paris of 1967, Seeta Aur Geeta Seeta aur Geeta is an Indian Television drama seri >> Read More... of 1972, Don, The Great Gambler, Bombay 405 Miles, and Deewar. Shetty did over 700 films as an action director.

Not only has Shetty been the Action Director of movies, but he has also acted in some Kannada and Bollywood movies. His performances as villain were seen in the movies such as C.I.D 909, Sapera, China Town, Gunahon Ke Raaste, Aag Aur Daag, Yaadon Ki Baarat, Victoria No. 203, Anthony, Don, Shalimar, Jail Yatra, and Aaj Ke Sholey. Shetty was mainly fond of street fights sequences that involved soda bottles, hockey sticks, and belts.

He was an action director who performed the stunts and as well as acted in the movies too. His walls at home were filled with the photos of Yul Brynner- a Russian-born actor. Since the time of shooting for An Evening in Paris and Night in London, Shetty shaved his head every other day. He got well admired in the sixties and was doing almost three shifts in a day. He was quite aware that in the cinema industry, money is the king. The respect and friendships in this line were due to his income only. He would often advise his children to get educated and be on their own rather joining the big screen industry. He was not much educated and knew the fact that he won’t be able to converse with the intellectual people of the film industry. But, to be in social circles with them, he used to throw lavish parties. He lived in a house with four SUVs. He was very kind at heart and always extended help to the needy as he knew what scarcity was.

On the sets of Bombay 405 Miles, he was in charge of an action scene where one junior artist, doubling for the actor Shatrughan Sinha Shatrughan sinha is a well known name of the Hindi >> Read More... , died in an accident. The petrol bomb went off before the artist, Mansoor, backed off. It is said that during the filming of this scene, Shetty was under the influence of alcohol. After this fateful incident, he took to alcohol in a big way. His next and last project was the movie Jail Yatra in 1981. After that, his first wife Vinodini took care of the family affairs by giving dance classes. On 23 January 1982, a fall at home proved fatal, and Shetty died.

Shetty was formerly married to Vinodini and has two sons from the marriage- Hriday and Uday Shetty Uday Shetty is an Indian film producer. He lives i >> Read More... . Vinodini was a trained Kathak dancer. Later, he got married to actress Ratna Shetty. Ratna was a junior artist in the film industry and met Shetty on the movie sets. After the demise of Shetty, Ratna, and his family were affected to a large extent. Ratna started working as a junior artist again to support her family. Ratna and Mudhu Shetty have one son and four daughters- Rohit, Chanda, Chaya, and Mahek. Rohit Shetty Rohit Shetty is a famous Director in Bollywood who >> Read More... is now a leading director in the Bollywood industry.

 

The Shettys’ Family Tree (Infographic Family Tree)

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