Father of director Hriday Shetty (Plan) and Producer Uday Shetty. They are from his first wife Vinodini.
Shetty's first wife Vinodini and children do not acknowledge Shetty's second marriage to Ratna . They do not acknowledge Rohit Shetty .
In his final days he was in depression and turned to alcoholism.The reason was during shooting of the film Bombay 405 miles 1980 one of his stuntman lost his life and Shetty blamed himself for his death due to wrong timing.
Was a body double for Prem Nath and Pradeep Kumar. Was spotted by Pran who gave him a break as a independent fight choreographer in Munimji.
His first wife's name is Vinodini . He had two boys with her. Uday Shetty (Producer) and Hriday Shetty (Producer and Director).