Anushka
Shetty was born on 7 November 1981 as Sweety Shetty.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). She received
high critical acclaim for her portrayal of the titular character in Arundhati and
as Saroja in Vedam[5] which fetched her twoFilmfare, one Nandi and two CineMAA
Awards. After starring in blockbuster Singam (2010), her biggest commercial
success, she became one of South India's most leading actresses.
Early
life
Anushka
Shetty was born as Sweety Shetty on 7 November 1981 in Mangalore. 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 attended her schooling in
Bangalore. 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.
Film
career
Early
career (2005-2008)
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.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 with R. 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. The former, in particular, succeeded
at the box office. 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 Baladur
opposite Ravi Teja garnered poor reviews and box office returns. She next
appeared in the film Souryam with Gopichand which became a box office hit.
