THE BEAUTY QUEEN OF SOUTH FILM INDUSTRY

Anushka Shetty
Born	Sweety Shetty[1] November 7, 1981(age 28)[2] Mangalore, Karnataka,India
Othername(s)	Sweety, Tommulu
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2005-present

Anushka Shetty (Tulu: ಅನುಷ್ಕ ಶೆಟ್ಟಿ, Kannada: ಅನುಷ್ಕ ಶೆಟ್ಟಿ, Tamil:அனுஷ்கா செட்டி, Telugu: అనుష్కా శెట్టి; born on 7 November 1981 as Sweety Shetty) is an Indian film actress, working in theTelugu and Tamil film industries.

Early life
Anushka Shetty was born in a Tulu speaking family in Mangalore. She did her schooling and college in Bangalore. She was also a Yoga Instructor and has trained under yoga guru Bharat Thakur. She also speaks Telugu, Hindi and Tamil as well.

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][4] 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.^[5] 2008 she had appeared in six films overall; 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 again, garnered poor reviews and box office returns. She next appeared in the film Souryam pairing with Gopichand again, which became a box office hit.

Anushka Shetty in a different getup,as a male, in the movie Vettaikkaran

In 2009, Shetty first starred in the film Arundati. The film, a heroine-centric film, in which she essayed two roles for the first time,^[6] was a critical as well as commercial success. Her performance, as Jejamma in particular, was highly critically acclaimed and fetched her her first Nandi 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 an entirely contrary role to her role in Arundati. Her final release in 2009 was her second Tamil feature film, Vettaikkaran, in which she was paired with lead actor Vijay and which she was also successful. She is currently acting in another Tamil film Singam, whilst in Telugu her upcoming released include Vedam, Panchakshari and Kaleja, all scheduled to release in 2010.

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, Nandi Special Jury Award
	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
	Takita Takita		Telugu	Special appearance Filming
	Kaleja		Telugu	Filming
2011	Nagavalli		Telugu	Filming
	Kanchana		Telugu	Filming
	Vada Chennai		Tamil	Pre-production