Indion Zone: Anushka Shetty

Anushka Shetty
Shetty at TeachAIDS launch event in 2010
Born	Sweety Shetty^[1] November 7, 1981 (age 29)^[2] Mangalore, Karnataka, India
Other names	Sweety, Tommulu
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2005—present

Anushka Shetty (Tulu: ಅನುಷ್ಕ ಶೆಟ್ಟಿ; born on 7 November 1981 as Sweety Shetty) is an Indian film actress who works mainly in the Telugu and Tamil film industries. She debuted in the 2005 Telugu film Super and rose to fame following her performance in Vikramarkudu (2006).^[3] After starring in a series of high-budget productions alongside leading Telugu actors, she went on to became one of Telugu cinema's leading actresses in the successive years,^[4] while receiving high critical acclaim for her portrayal of the titular character in Arundhati,^[5] and as Saroja in Vedam,^[6] which fetched her two Filmfare, oneNandi and two CineMAA Awards.

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Early life

Anushka Shetty was born on 07 November 1981^[2] in a Bunt family of Bellipady^[7] in Mangalore. She did her schooling and college in Bangalore. She was also a Yoga Instructor and has trained underyoga guru Bharat Thakur.

Film career

Shetty made her acting debut in Puri Jagannath's 2005 Telugu film Super alongside Akkineni Nagarjuna. The same year, she acted in another film Mahanandi, which was an unsuccessful venture. In 2006, she had four releases, the first being S. S. Rajamouli's Vikramarkudu opposite Raviteja, in which she portrayed the character Neeraja Goswami. The film went on to become very successful and got her much recognition, that eventually made her very popular in Andhra Pradesh.^[3]^[8] She next had starred in the film Astram, a remake of the 1999 Hindi film Sarfarosh, following which she debuted in the Tamil film industry, acting in the Sundar C.-directed action flick Rendu, sharing screen space withR. Madhavan. Later that year, she made a special appearance in A. R. Murugadoss' directorial debut in Telugu, Stalin.

Her first release in 2007 was Lakshyam, after which she starred in Raghava Lawrence's Don opposite Nagarjuna again, of which particularly the former did very well at the box office.^[9] In 2008 she had appeared in six films. Okka Magaadu was the first release, in which she played one of three female leads. Her subsequent releases Swagatam alongside Jagapati Babu and Bhumika Chawla and Baladuropposite Ravi Teja garnered poor reviews and box office returns. She next appeared in the filmSouryam with Gopichand which became a box office hit.

In 2009, Shetty first starred in the blockbuster hit Arundhati. In this heroine-centric film, she essayed two roles for the first time.^[4] It was a critical as well as commercial success. Her performance, as Jejamma in particular, was critically acclaimed and fetched her her first Nandi Award and the Filmfare Best Actress Award. Her next film, the action flick Billa, a remake of the 2007 Tamil namesake, itself a remake of the 1978 Hindi film Don, featured Shetty in a role contrary to that in Arundati. Her final release in 2009 was her second Tamil feature film, Vettaikkaran with leading Tamil actor Vijay. She had an array of releases in 2010, with her Tamil release Singam co-starring Surya emerging her highest-grosser of the year, while most her Telugu films performed poorly. She, however, won accolades for her performances, in particular for her portrayal of a prostitute in Krish's critically acclaimed Vedam,^[10] following which she was selected to reprise the character in its Tamil remake,Vaanam as well. Her other 2010 releases were Panchakshari, Khaleja, Nagavalli and Ragada.

Vaanam became her first 2011 release, which received critical acclaimed reviews as well. Her next release Deiva Thirumagal with Vikram became a huge success both commercially and critically fetching her laurels for her portrayal as Anuradha, a lawyer. Her upcoming films include Damarukamalongside Akkineni Nagarjuna and Selvaraghavan's Irandam Ulagam opposite Arya.

Katrina Kaif to perform the role of Anushka in the Hindi remake of Arundhati ^[11]

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
2005	Super	Sasha	Telugu
2005	Mahanandi	Nandini	Telugu
2006	Vikramarkudu	Neeraja Goswami	Telugu
2006	Astram	Anusha	Telugu
2006	Rendu	Jothy	Tamil
2006	Stalin		Telugu	Special appearance
2007	Lakshyam	Indu	Telugu
2007	Don	Priya	Telugu
2008	Okka Magaadu	Bhavani	Telugu
2008	Swagatham	Shailu	Telugu
2008	Baladoor	Bhanumathi	Telugu
2008	Souryam	Swetha	Telugu
2008	Chintakayala Ravi	Sunitha	Telugu
2008	King		Telugu	Special appearance
2009	Arundhati	Arundhati, Jejamma	Telugu	Filmfare Award for Best Actress - Telugu Nandi Special Jury Award Santosham Best Actress Award CineMAA Award for Best Actress
2009	Billa	Maya	Telugu
2009	Vettaikkaran	Susheela	Tamil	Vijay Award for Favourite Heroine
2010	Kedi		Telugu	Special appearance
2010	Singam	Kavya Mahalingam	Tamil	Nominated—Vijay Award for Favourite Heroine
2010	Vedam	Saroja	Telugu	Filmfare Award for Best Actress - Telugu Santosham Best Actress Award CineMAA Award for Best Actress (Jury)
2010	Panchakshari	Panchakshari, Honey	Telugu
2010	Thakita Thakita		Telugu	Special appearance
2010	Khaleja	Subbalakshmi	Telugu
2010	Nagavalli	Chandramukhi	Telugu	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress - Telugu
2010	Ragada	Shirisha	Telugu
2011	Vaanam	Saroja	Tamil
2011	Deiva Thirumagal	Anuradha Ragunathan	Tamil
2011	Damarukam		Telugu	Filming
2011	Rampachodavaram		Telugu	Pre-production
2012	Irandam Ulagam		Tamil	Filming