Anushka Shetty

Real Name : Sweety Shetty
Screen Name : Anushka Shetty
Born : 1981
Birth Place : Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Mother Tongue : Tulu
Native Place : Mangalore
Nationality : Indian
Profession : Actresss


Brothers: Dr. Sai Ramesh (postgraduate in Dentistry) & Gunaranjan (Businessman)
Education : Graduation: Bachelors or Computer Applications (BCA)
(Mount Carmel College (MCC))
Hobbies : Collecting newspaper articles of natural calamities. Collecting quotes and poems
Likes : Nature,Traveling , kids and animals
Favorites : Actor: Hritik Roshan and Abhishek in Bollywood. Mahesh Babu, Gopichand and NTR in Tollywood
Actress: Madhuri Dixit, Kajol, Rani Mukherjee, Sushmita Sen, Soundarya, Simran and Jyothika
Destination: U.K
Strengths : Patience, ability to work hard, self belief and ability to work along with the people.
Most memorable moment in her life according to Anushka : The moment I took the decision to teach Yoga. I come from a family of doctors and engineers. It was a brave decision to go for Yoga. It got me so far in life.
Favorite quotation : Live and let live
Debut Film : Super (2005) (Telugu), Rendu (Tamil)
* She has a Bachelor Degree in computer applications (B.C.A) from Bangalore University.
* She learned Yoga from famous Yoga Guru Bharat Thakur.
* Her mother tongue is Tulu.
* She has two brothers Dr. Sai Ramesh, a postgraduate in Dentistry and Gunaranjan, a businessman.

* She belongs to the famous family in Mangalore called the bellipady family.
* She is a Pure Vegetarian, but can make amazing prawn dishes
* She collects news articles of all natural disasters.
* Like other Successful Bangalore Heroines , She is also From The Famous Mount Carmel College (MCC) , Bangalore.
Anushka did her schooling and college in Bangalore. After completing graduation in Computer Applications, she learned yoga. Then she became a yoga instructer.
Puri Jagannadh happened to see Anushka through another director and she got selected for “Super”. Her acting in Vikramarkudu got the appreciation of critics.

Anushka Filmography


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.[4][5] 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.[6] 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.
In 2009, Shetty first starred in the blockbuster hit Arundhati. In this heroine-centric film, she essayed two roles for the first time.[7] 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.[8]





Anushka Filmography


Year Film Role Language Notes
2005 Super Sasha Telugu
Mahanandi Nandini Telugu
2006 Vikramarkudu Neeraja Goswami Telugu
Astram Anusha Telugu
Rendu Jothy Tamil
Stalin Telugu Special appearance
2007 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 Award
Winner, CineMAA Award for Best Actress
Billa Maya Telugu
Vettaikkaran Susheela Tamil Winner, Vijay Award for Favourite Heroine
2010 Kedi Telugu Special appearance
Singam Kavya Mahalingam Tamil
Vedam Saroja Telugu
Panchakshari Panchakshari,
Honey Telugu
Thakita Thakita Telugu Special appearance
Khaleja Subbalakshmi Telugu
Nagavalli Chandramukhi Telugu
Ragada Shirisha Telugu
2011 Vaanam Saroja Tamil Post-production
Deiva Magan Tamil Filming
Rani Rudrama Devi Telugu Pre-production
Damarukam Telugu Pre-production
Rebel Telugu Pre-production