Anushka Shetty (Tulu:ಅನುಷ್ಕ ಶೆಟ್ಟಿ) is an actress in the Tollywood and Kollywood industries. She debuted in Nagarjuna's Super, and her debut film in Tamil was Rendu with R. Madhavan. She was turned down the role of the 'Bond Girl', after which she was signed on as the brand ambassador for Fevicol.
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Personal life
Shetty did her schooling and college in Bangalore. She was born in Mangalore, and her mother tongue is Tulu. She is also called as Sweety by her family members and close pals. Anushka finished her graduation in the Bachelor of Computer Application’s from Mount Carmel college of Bangalore University but she was not interested in pursuing a career in software industry and instead wanted to get into the fitness world. She is also a Yoga Instructor whose guru is famous yoga master Bharat Thakur who recently married Bhoomika Chawla.
Her Hobbies
Whenever Anushka is free with her schedule she loves to perform yoga. She is also a good instructor as she teaches many yoga postures to children who come for yoga classes to her. Anushka loves non-vegetarian and is also fond of making Sea food dishes such as prawn curries and fish fry salads. This sexy beauty has a peculiar hobby of collecting news articles of Natural calamities and disasters. Anushka’s favourite actors are Amitabh Bachchan, Aamir Khan, Hrithik Roshan, Prabhas, Mahesh Babu. She even loves Kajol, Julia Roberts, Soundarya, Simran and Jyothika.
Her Tollywood Film Career
Anushka made her debut in telugu film tittled “SUPER” which was opposite to Tollywood’s big hero Nagarjuna. Puri jagannath was the director of this film . Director E. Nivas Of Hindi film “Shool” fame was the person who introduced her to Puri jagannath. She did a guest appearance role with the character name Sasha in this film and was picturised in a glamorous role for this film . It was in the year 2005 that this film hit the silver screens in tollywood theatres.
Then in the same year (2005), she acted in another film which was tittled Mahanandi opposite to hero Sumanth with another famous hero Srihari acting as her elder brother in this film. Anushka’s characters name was Nandhini. She played her character role with an impeccable performance.
Then in the year 2006 Anushka made a guest appearance role in the film Stalin (film) opposite to versatile actor mega star Chiranjeevi.
Anushka in the year 2006 acted in the film called Vikramarkudu in which she was portrayed as a sexy girl named Neeraja Goswami. Anushka with her stunning performance and a lot of skin show won all the hearts of the movie buffers. She also won the critical applause from all her critics by her acting skills. She acted opposite Ravi Teja in this film and it turned to be a super hit film according to box office records.
Asthram was her next film in the year 2006. She was casted opposite to hero Vishnuvardhan babu in this film. Vishnu is the elder son to Mohan babu who is a well known actor and also a doctrate degree holder as well as padma bhushan awardee. she played the character named Anusha in this film . As this film was a remake of the film Hindi film sarfarosh this was an average film according to the box office collections.
In this year 2007 her film lakshyam was released. she was casted opposite to actor gopichand. This was a family entertainer. Anushka played the character of indu in this film and this was also a big hit at the box office .
Anushka acted in the tamil film called Rendu in the year 2006, opposite to Tamil super hero Madhavan. She played the character of jyothi in this film and won the hearts of her male fans by her revealing skin show and also by her dancing skills. This film was an average hit at the box office. Anushka’s coming film projects .
Her Latest Movies
2008 has two hits with Chintakayala Ravi & Souryam in her bag and she started 2009 with mega hit films Arundhati (film) & Billa. Currently Anuska is acting with Ilaya Thalapathy Vijay in Vettaikkaran.
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Language | Notes |
2005 | Super | Sasha | Telugu | |
Mahanandi[1] | Nandini | Telugu | ||
2006 | Vikramarkudu | Neeraja Goswami | Telugu | |
Stalin | Telugu | Special appearance (item Number) | ||
Rendu | Jothy | Tamil | ||
Astram | Anusha | Telugu | ||
2007 | Lakshyam | Indu | Telugu | |
Don | Priya | Telugu | ||
2008 | Okka Magadu | Bhavani | Telugu | |
Swagatham | Shailu | Telugu | ||
Baladoor | Bhanumathi | Telugu | ||
Souryam | Swetha | Telugu | ||
Chintakayala Ravi | Sunitha | Telugu | ||
King | Telugu | Special appearance | ||
2009 | Arundhati | Arundhati, Jejamma | Telugu | super hit |
Billa | Maya | Telugu | ||
Varudu | Telugu | Filming | ||
Siruthai | Tamil | Filming | ||
Singam | Tamil | Filming | ||
Vettaikkaran | Tamil | Filming | ||
Josh | Telugu | Special appearance Filming |