Ahan Shetty

Shetty was born on 28 December 1995 in Bombay, (now Mumbai), India. He is the son of Bollywood actor Sunil Shetty and Mana Shetty. and younger brother of actress Athiya Shetty. His father is an actor in the Bollywood industry while his mother, whose birth-name is Monisha Kadri, is a businesswoman, designer and social activist born to a Gujarati Muslim architect and a Punjabi Hindu social activist.Shetty began his acting career with Milan Luthria directional romantic action drama film Tadap co-starring Tara Sutaria, a remake of hit Telugu action film RX 100. To prepare for the role, he put on 11 kg and having 11 to 12 meals a day. The principal photography began in April 2019 under the Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment banner with Fox Star Studios as distributor and co-producer. The film released in December 2021 theatrically with mixed reviews from critics, while praise towards performances and action sequences but criticism towards screenplay.

Monika Rawal Kukreja of Hindustan Times wrote, "Shetty and his character arch leaves a long impression, he makes an intense and impressive debut". While Devesh Sharma of Filmfare wrote, "He scores the most in action scenes [and] is at ease in front of the camera overall and makes a confident debut". Tadap grossed ₹34.86 crore at the box office. Shetty won the IIFA Award for Star Debut of the Year – Male for his performance.