Anushka Shetty

Anushka Shetty was born on 7 November 1981 at Mangalore as Sweety Shetty. is an ethnic Bunt hailing from the landed Bellipady Uramalu Guthu family . Her parents are Prafulla and A.N. Vittal Shetty . She has two brothers Gunaranjan Shetty and Sai Ramesh Shetty who is a cosmetic surgeon. She did her Bachelor of Computer Applications at Mount Carmel College, Bangalore  . She was also a Yoga Instructor and has trained under yoga guru Bharat Thakur. She 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).After starring in a series of high-budget productions alongside leading Telugu and Tamil actors, she went on to became one of South India's most leading actresses in the successive years,while receiving high critical acclaim for her portrayal of the titular character in Arundhati, and as Saroja in Vedam, which fetched her two Filmfare, one Nandi and two Cine MAA Awards


The successes of her Tamil films led to Anushka growing in popularity in Tamil cinema.Vaanam became her first 2011 release, which received critical acclaimed reviews as well. Her next release Deiva Thirumagal with Vikram became a critical and commercial success, fetching her laurels for her portrayal as Anuradha, a lawyer. The successes of her Tamil films led to Anushka growing in popularity in Tamil cinema. She was subsequently offered several high-profile productions, including A. R. Murugadoss' new project starring Vijay and the Gautham Menon-directorial Neethane En Ponvasantham featuring Jeeva.with Sify calling her the "most wanted heroine in Kollywood".She confirmed that she had signed two Tamil films, Selvaraghavan's Irandam Ulagam opposite Arya and an action-masala film to be directed by Suraj, co-starring Karthi.She agree to be part of another Tamil production, Thaandavam, in November 2011. She is shooting for two Telugu projects as well, the fantasy film Damarukam alongside Akkineni Nagarjuna and the period drama Rampachodavaram. She is also acting in Koratala Siva's Vaaradhi opposite Prabhas.