Mangaluru: Renowned Tulu cinema director Raghu Shetty succumbed to heart attack at the age of 42, on Saturday April 17 evening. Shetty, who had taken ill, was admitted into a private hospital in the city.
Shetty had been appreciated for the directorial skills he exhibited in Tulu movie, ‘Arjun weds Amrita’.
Born in a Bunt family in Moodbidri on September 1, 1979, Raghu Shetty was raised in Hubballi where his father was a businessman. After his schooling there, he pursued education at Mahaveer College in Moodbidri.
Passionate about movies from a young age, he developed his directoral skills in Bengaluru.