Dayanand Shetty

Biography

Dayanand Chandrashekhar Shetty was born on December 11, 1969, to a Tulu-speaking Bunt family in Karnataka, India. A former sportsman who turned to acting due to a leg injury, he won awards for discus throw and was the champion from Maharashtra in 1996. He is best known for his role as Senior Inspector Daya in India's longest-running television police procedural, CID, which led to his induction into the Gold Awards Hall of Fame in 2018.