From Rakshit to Srinidhi Shetty, several Kannada actors have engineering degrees to their name
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Dattanna
Super-talented actor Dattanna has served the Indian Air Force for close to 20 years in the capacity of an engineer and even held the rank of a wing commander at the time of his retirement. Dattanna, or H.G. Dattatreya, was an exceptional student right from the beginning, and after having secured a tremendous score in his pre-university exams, he would take up electrical engineering at the reputed U.V.C.E in Bengaluru. About a decade and a half later, he obtained a master's degree in electrical communication engineering from the revered Indian Institute of Science.
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Prakash Belawadi
Acclaimed theatre personality, actor, and former journalist Prakash Belawadi also has a degree in Mechanical Engineering as part of his dense repertoire. An alumnus of U.V.C.E, Bengaluru, Prakash Belawadi always had a foot in the door to the world of cinema (son of popular make-up artist Make-up Nani) but he ventured into different fields like journalism and theatre prior to taking up acting full-time.
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Ramesh Aravind
Veteran actor Ramesh Aravind has had a vibrant and multi-faceted career at the movies but the roots of it all grew back at the University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering where he first met his future collaborator Kamal Haasan. The story goes the Ramesh Aravind, a mech. engineering student at UVCE, worked as an emcee at award functions and was able to meet Haasan during the success event for the latter's film 'Sagara Sangamam' (in 1983). What followed was a modest career in television and films before K. Balachander cast him in the role of a "playboy" in the Kannada film 'Sundara Swapnagalu' in 1986. Thus began Ramesh Aravind's illustrious career as he went to become one of the most sought-after actors in the Kannada Film Industry during the following decade.
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Sudeep
The "Badshah" of Sandalwood has a bachelor's in Industrial and Production Engineering to his name, with the popular Dayanand Sagar College of Engineering as his alma mater. Sudeep, despite the degree, chose to venture into show business and took up acting lessons in Mumbai to apparently overcome shyness. Needless to say, things have worked out pretty well for the actor as he boasts of an enviable repertoire today, more than 25 years later.
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Rakshit Shetty
The Udupi boy Rakshit Shetty has an Electronics and Communications degree under his belt from the revered N.M.A.M Institute of Technology, along with a two-year corporate stint post graduation. However, cinema and arts were always his true calling and Rakshit remained an avid practitioner of the two on the side, until he eventually gave up his plush job to take up filmmaking/acting full-time.
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Dhananjaya
Prior to becoming the industry's Daali, Dhananjaya was a bonafide engineer who passed out of the reputed JSS Science and Technology University of Mysore. Despite being recruited by one of the country's biggest IT firms, Dhananjaya somehow trickled towards acting and soon became a well-known theatre actor. It was here, on one of the stages, that he is said to have been spotted by director Guruprasad who would go on to cast him in his 2013 film 'Director's Special'.
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Srinidhi Shetty
The 'K.G.F' girl Srinidhi Shetty, despite already having a foot in the modeling industry, ensured to complete her graduation and secured her bachelor's degree in electrical engineering a few years ago. In fact, she would be recruited by a top IT firm soon after and pursued both modeling and her day job simultaneously, until she was swamped with acting offers. The rest, as they say, is history.
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Nirup Bhandari
Just as with his older brother Anup, Nirup Bhandari too began his professional career as an engineer, after having obtained a degree in Electronics & Communications Engineering from the VVIET college in Mysuru. Nirup would later forego his plus IT job and make his acting debut with 'RangiTaranga', under the guidance of his older brother Anup.
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Vasishta N. Simha
The man with the booming voice, Vasishta N. Simha, has many feathers in his cap and each more vibrant than the other. The 'Mayabazar' actor has an engineering degree to his name and was even part of a reputed firm until his true calling of acting beckoned him with all its might. Vasishta would begin his new career on a modest note but his real talent wouldn't remain hidden for long as he would later land credible opportunities alongside the best names in the industry. Also a talented singer, Vasishta N. Simha first lent his voice to the Neecha Sullu song in 'Kirik Party' before rendering many different tunes in his baritone style.
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