Anushka Shetty is an Indian film actress and model who was born 7 November 1981to Prafulla and A.N. Vittal Shetty among 3 children, including her 2 brothers Gunaranjan Shetty and Sai Ramesh Shetty, in Mangalore, Karnataka. She chiefly works in the Telugu and Tamil film industries. The gorgeous actress did her schooling from Bangalore. She did her graduation degree with Bachelor of Computer Applications at the Mount Carmel College, Bangalore. She started her acting career with the 2005 Telugu film “Super”, and grabbed the Filmfare Best Supporting Actress – Telugu nomination. But she got widespread popularity with the role of Princess Devasena in the Baahubali series (2015–17). In the 2015 epic historical fiction Rudramadevi she was the Queen. The movie gave her the third Filmfare Award for Best Actress- Telugu.
Here’s everything you want to know about queen of Telugu films Anushka Shetty. Have a look at lesser known facts about the actor.
15 Unknown Facts About Anushka Shetty
- Although we all know her as Anushka Shetty, but No No No!!! that’s not her real name. Her real name is Sweety Shetty. So Sweet!!
- Like any other common girl, Anushka didn’t dream of becoming an actor. It was an audition conducted by the director Puri Jagannadh where she was selected and noticed.
- She was a teacher also. She used to teach third standard kids after her graduation.
- With a handsome fees of Rs 5 crore per film, Anushka Shetty is one of the highest paid actresses of Tamil Industry.
- To give a realistic feel to her character Anushka Shetty had gained about 20 kilos for her movie Size Zero.
- No wonder Anushka Shetty is so graceful with her movements and postures. N Why not??? She was a yoga instructor before entering movies. The actress took her training under ace yoga instructor Bharat Thakur who happens to be the husband of actress Bhumika Chawla.
- Do you know?? Anushka Shetty is the tallest actress in Tollywood with 5 feet 9 inches height.
- Anushka has won numerous awards which include 3 CineMAA Awards and 3 Filmfare Awards South.
- Anushka Shetty is the most beautiful and leading actress in Telugu and Tamil films. The actress is a part of 46 films in the south film industry.
- Anushka shares an enviable bond of work with her Baahubali co-star Prabhas. Both have shared the screen many times and have an excellent chemistry.
- ‘Bhaagamathie’ her recent flick is the first female-oriented South Indian movie to gross $ 1 million at the USA box office.
- Interestingly!!! Anushka is fond of collecting newspapers for her scrapbook. She collects articles related to natural calamities. The actress also likes to write poems in English as her mother tongue Tulu has no script.
- No doubt with such a bright career Anushka Shetty is the only one actress in Tollywood with the highest number of awards in her kitty.
- With immense popularity Anushka Shetty is often referred as Lady Superstar of South Indian cinema.
- Things were not same in the starting and Anushka had even packed all her things and was ready to go to her hometown after ‘Super’ and ‘Mahanandi’, films which did not run well at the box office.
- Astonishingly!!! In an interview she revealed being in the relationship with someone and is trying to end it in marriage.
