Anushka Shetty is an Indian film actress, working in the Telugu and Tamil film industries. Her original name is Sweety Shetty and her nick name is Anushka.
She was born on 7th November 1981. She was born in Mumbai and she is a member of the famous bellipady family in Mangalore.
Her mother is Uramale Prafulla.V. Shetty and father is K .N. Vittal Shetty. She has got two brothers, Dr. Sai Ramesh- a dentist and Gunaranjan a businessman.
Although she speaks Telugu, English and Kannada, her mother tongue is Tulu. Though she was born in Mumbai, she found herself shifted to Bangalore before she started schooling and it was in Bangalore she completed her schooling and graduation.
Anushka is a Yoga teacher and she teaching Yoga in Bangalore and Mumbai. She is a Pure Vegetarian, but can make amazing prawn dishes
The telugu actress considers her patience, ability work hard, believing in herself and ability to work along with the people to be her greatest asset.
She was a bright student at the school and also was one of the prettiest. After schooling from the Eastwood High School, she joined BCA (Bachelor of Computer Applications) from Mount Carmel Colleg, Banglore. It was then she got hooked with yoga and joined to practice yoga under Bharat Thakur and later she became a yoga instructor.
The 5 ft 9 inches hight, actress neither had filmy background nor any experience in modelling.
Anushka came into contact with director E Nivas during her Yoga classes. It was he who suggested her to Puri Jagan, thus she was selected for Nagarjuna's ‘Super’ movie along with Ayesha Takia..
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.
In 2009, Anushka first starred in the film Arundati. The film, a heroine-centric film, in which she essayed two roles for the first time, 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.
The long legged yoga teacher has been romantically linked to many of her co stars as well as a senior producer as well. She’s been linked with a big time producer and now, with a young hero, all within a short span of a few months! Rumours ran rampant of her driver being fired, as it was suspected he was responsible for the nasty gossip. These rumours come at a time when Anushka can ill afford to be linked to anyone on a permanent basis as Tollywood is shy of ‘engaged’ heroines. Anushka is extremely upset with the media. When journalists approach her these days, she is refusing to comment on it. She is also pleading them not to write anything about her personal life.
Anushka was involved in an MMS scandal some times back when a video of her making love to a man supposed to be Nag’s elder son became popular. The buzz was that Anushka was flirting with the actor’s son to gain some foothold in the film industry.
Later one more sex video of this voluptuous actress came to light which showed Anushka having sex with one of her student she was supposed to teach yoga.
