Naveen Polishetty

Some Lesser Known Facts About Naveen Polishetty

• Does Naveen Polishetty drink alcohol?: Yes

• Naveen hails from a middle-class family of Engineers and IITians.

• While growing up, he wanted to be employed in the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

• Though he was always into stage performances in his school, he got inclined towards acting ever since he played the role of a ‘bartender’ in a school play.

• He was the winner of the RJ hunt contest conducted by Hyderabad Radio City 91.1.

• He also won Madhur Bhandarkar‘s web initiative – AbMeriBaari.com, an acting hunt to find talented individuals looking for a break in the Indian entertainment industry.

• While doing his engineering in Bhopal, he developed an interest in cultural activities, did a lot of plays, and got enrolled in a drama club.

• After completing his degree, he joined a software company in Pune, but his acting bug took him to Mumbai, where he found it really difficult to get an acting opportunity. Hence, he joined a Telecom company in England, where he started working as a software engineer. After some time, he realized that he is not made for such kind of jobs, after which, he quit his job and came back to India. ^[3]Elle

• After his return to India, he started doing acting rehearsals in Bengaluru. Interestingly, his parents were initially unaware of the fact that he had quit his job in London; as Naveen used to tell them that he is on a vacation to hide about his acting aspirations.

• In 2014, he shifted to Mumbai to fulfil his acting aspirations. During his struggle days, he used to host live events, did a few sales jobs. After getting a good response as a comedian, he decided to try his hand at stand-up comedy and joined ‘AIB’ (All India Bakchod). 

• He was one of the 3 main lead actors in Chetan Bhagat‘s play ‘Five Point Someone’, after which, he started doing plays and toured worldwide.

• There was a time when he was so desperate to get noticed that once when he was sitting at a restaurant, he started staring at people; so that they might recognise him.

• His work with AIB got noticed by the team of ’24’ and offered him the main character of Kush Sawant in the crime thriller TV series alongside Anil Kapoor. 

  

• He played the role of Mahesh Babu‘s friend in the Telugu film ‘1 – Nenokkadine’ (2014).

• He was first recognized when he acted as the lead in the web series ‘Chinese Bhasad’ (2016), produced by Viacom18 on Voot.

  

• He became an internet sensation with his monologue on the AIB web series – ‘Honest Engineering Campus Placements’ (2017).

• In 2018, he made his solo lead debut with the Telegu film ‘Agent Sai Srinivasa Athreya’ alongside Shruti Sharma.

  

• In March 2024, he met with a bike accident in the neighbourhood of Dallas, United States, injuring his arm.

• Here’s an interesting video about Naveen Polishetty’s biography: