Anushka Shetty is an actress who predominantly works in Telugu and Tamil industries. She is known for ruling over the South Industry's heart with her beautiful smile and incredible performances.
She is paving the way for female-centric movies and breaking gender norms. Shetty has had a 16-year career playing different genres like action, comedy, drama, horror, and many more. You think you might know her but let's take a closer look at her personal and professional life.
She was not initially interested in being an actor and wanted to become a health coach. However, as destiny would have it, Director Puri Jagannadh noticed her for unique looks and convinced her to be an actor. Her first two films ended up failing at the box office, and heartbroken, she returned home.
As luck would have it, Anushka found her way back into the industry, and she got cast alongside Ravi Teja for Vikramarkudu. As they say, the rest is history, and her career trajectory went up.
In many ways, she is one of those natural actors that was always meant for the camera.
Anushka is known for her incredible acting and dancing skills. What's completely surprising to most people is that she never learned dancing and acting professionally.
While working on the movie Arundhati, director Kodi Ramakrishna taught her how to face the camera. She surprised the audience with a magnetic performance as a princess and brought fierceness to it.
Anushka Shetty is often called one of the most hardworking and dedicated actresses in the industry. Did you know that Anushka fears climbing on an elephant? She learned to overcome it for the Jejamma song sequence.
Being a superstar comes with a lot of praise and appreciation, but it also comes with a lot of baggage. Actress lives get constantly intruded upon, and the media has somewhere to fuel it.
In 2017, a leaked bathroom MMS of Anushka Shetty started doing rounds on social media.
The clip went viral in no time. However, it never got substantiated. Even Anushka chose to remain silent on the matter. Many still speculate about it to this day.
The actress was miffed when her make-up man was asked to leave the sets, according to the reports. This incident occurred due to the Tamil Film workers union members protesting to bring make-up artists from a different state.
The actress was so furious by the incident that she didn't even give any of her crew members anything this time, which was a common practice for her.
Anushka Shetty's marriage has been something that is constantly under the media's radar. She has been constantly linked up with her co-stars in her long 16 years of career. Still, the buzz has been lit up about the marriage with Baahubali co-star Prabhas. They became the favorite couple after the Rajamouli Magnum opus received tremendous response from the box office.
She was also linked up with a Ranji Trophy cricketer with whom she was about to tie the knot. In 2020, it was rumored that she would have wedding bliss with a Dubai-based business person.
The famous Pandit Jagannath Guruji is known to make a lot of predictions on the lives of celebrities. He has come up with the latest predictions for Anushka will probably tie the knot in 2022. It is predicted that this lucky man will not be from the glamour industry for the first few months of 2023.
She is one of the boldest actresses in the industry, known for taking huge risks. In an industry obsessed with looks and losing weight, she put on 20 kgs for a role in Size Zero. Everyone and the critics praised the boldness of her transformation. When it comes to being committed to her role, she walks alongside the male actors.
Our very own sweetheart, 'Sweety,' as fondly called by her friends and family, is considered one of the industry's most humble and caring people. She goes out of the way to help people. The gorgeous and talented actress enjoys a total and infinite amount of love from her fans. Such a fan fever is not just her brilliant performances in reel life but also her simplicity in real life.
