He started his career with the Tulu cinema Kudla Cafe.

Shine left his college studies to work as a local TV anchor and later received formal acting training in Mumbai.

In 2014, he joined the singing reality show Star Singer.

Shine ventured into films starting with Kudla Cafe[2] in 2016, followed by Asthitva[3] (2016) and Gvana Yajna (2018).

He won Bigg Boss Kannada season 7 in 2020.