Contents
* 1 Early life
* 2 Film career
* 3 Filmography
* 4 References
* 5 External links
Early life
Anushka Shetty was born in a Bunt family of Bellipad in Mangalore. She did her schooling and college in Bangalore. She was also a Yoga Instructor and has trained under yoga guru Bharat Thakur.Film careerShetty 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, of which particularly the former did very well at the box office 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.In 2009, Shetty first starred in the block-buster hit Arundhati. In this heroine-centric film, she essayed two roles for the first tim 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 Vijay which was also successful. 2010 saw her in the Tamil film Singam with Surya followed by the Telugu films Vedam, Panchakshari and Khaleja.In 2009, she gave her voice to an HIV/AIDS education animated software tutorial created by the nonprofit organization TeachAIDS
FilmographYear Film Role Language Notes2005 Super Sasha Telugu Mahanandi Nandini Telugu
2006 Vikramarkudu Neeraja Goswami Telugu Astram Anusha Telugu Rendu Jothy Tamil
Stalin Telugu Special appearance2007 Lakshyam Indu Telugu Don Priya Telugu
2008 Okka Magaadu Bhavani Telugu Swagatham Shailu Telugu Baladoor Bhanumathi Telugu
Souryam Swetha Telugu Chintakayala Ravi Sunitha Telugu King Telugu Special appearance
2009 Arundhati Arundhati,Jejamma Telugu Winner, Filmfare Best Actress Award (Telugu)
Winner, Nandi Special Jury AwardWinner, CineMAA Award for Best ActressBilla Maya Telugu
Vettaikkaran Susheela Tamil Winner, Vijay Award for Favourite Heroine2010 Kedi Telugu Special appearanceSingam Kavya Mahalingam Tamil Vedam Saroja Telugu Panchakshari Panchakshari,Honey Telugu Thakita Thakita Telugu Special appearanceKhaleja Subbalakshmi Telugu Nagavalli Chandramukhi Telugu Ragada Shirisha Telugu 2011 Vaanam Saroja Tamil Post-productionDeiva Magan Tamil FilmingDamarukam Telugu Pre-productionRebel
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