Raghuram Shetty was born in culturally rich village of coastal Karnataka, India to a beautiful lady Umavati and accountant Thimmappa Shetty. Under the guidance of elder brother Dr Narayan, he started acting when he was 8. As 6th grader he performed in one of the most advanced classical dance-drama art "Yakshagana", an all night Theater. In spite of heavy costume and painful knots, he shocked even seasoned actors with series of rigorous dancing and rich impromptu dialogue all night. His passion to win award in each and every activities in school, helped him open new pages in history book. He won "Best Outgoing Student" awards in every school he went and was coronated "champion of all championships" in all 4 years of his Engineering. With state/national level achievements in multitude of diverse activities while helping his mother in farming, he developed natural acting skills. Through deep research and observation, he learnt many rich, vibrant but diverse ancient folk performing arts along with wealth of ancient Indian arts and sciences. He learnt/taught Indian marshal arts "kalari" during college days. Since designing high-tech product for ISRO(NASA of India)in 1987, he excelled as IT Executive in many Blue-chip corporations and continued to retain "rare all-rounder" title! He wrote /directed /showcased and performed in very unique showcases in major cities across India. He bagged several awards for his acting, plays and Standup comedy. After moving to US in 1994, he founded "Yakshaloka" and many performing art organizations. Partnering with various international organizations and charities, he trained thousands of kids and adults in Drama and diverse theatrical arts of India such as Yakshagana, kOla/teyyam, and over 15 more including Bollywood. With his multi-talented 3 sons and wife he staged hundreds of diverse showcases in major theaters across USA. With sons winning international acting awards, he decided to pursue as an actor in Hollywood. Since 2014, he has featured in lead roles in many short films, international commercials, TV/Internet, PSA, Music Videos etc. He continues to stage his own showcases in major Theaters and big parades. On 27 Sept 2014, dressed in heavy costumes, he reached out to 40,000+ Orange County with 6+ hours of continuous roving entertainment where IGV announced him as "World #1 as performer of most diverse and vibrant performing arts" - IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous
