Telugu lady superstar Anushka Shetty celebrates her 40th birthday today. She was born on November 7, 1981, in Mangalore, Karnataka. She was born to parents Prafulla and A. N. Vittal Shetty and she has two elder brothers, Gunaranjan Shetty and Sai Ramesh Shetty. Referred to as Sweety by her fans and in the industry, Anushka Shetty has done several films in Telugu and Tamil film industries. The actress has by far acted in over 46 movies.
The actress became a sensation across the country with the blockbuster Pan-India film Baahubali franchise.
Anushka is one such public figure who has kept her personal life away from media light and appears very little on any public event. On her birthday, let’s see some lesser-known facts about the actor.
Anushka Shetty’s original name is Sweety Shetty. Her name was changed by director Puri Jagannath after the Telugu movie ‘Super’ auditions.
The actor belongs to a very educated family of engineers and doctors.
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Coming from an ethnic Tulu family, Anushka Shetty graduated from Bangalore's popular girls’ college, Mount Carmel. She has studied from the same college where Bollywood actor Deepika Padukone has studied. She completed her Bachelor of Computer Applications in Mount Carmel.
Anushka Shetty is fluent in Tulu, Kannada, Telugu, English.
During her college days, Ms Shetty met Bharat Thakur (spiritual teacher) for a meditation workshop called Tapasya' and later became an instructor. Anushka never imagined modelling or acting as a career.
Tollywood senior Director Kodi Ramakrishna, who made Arundhathi with Anushka has been her acting tutor. The actress is known for her stellar performance in films like Nishabdham, Rudramadevi, Bhaagmathie, Baahubali, Billa, Lingaa, Mirchi, Size Zero etc.
She has received several awards for her performance including 3 Cine Maa awards, Nandi awards and 3 Filmfare awards and TN State Film Awards.
She is one of the highest-paid actresses in India.
Anushka Shetty is one of the tallest actresses in Tollywood at 5 feet 9 inches and is known for being straightforward, bubbly and smart in the industry. Her humble nature makes her one of the most respected female actors in the Telugu film industry.
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Many are not aware of the fact that Anushka loves to write poems in English and has a habit of collecting newspapers related to natural calamities for her scrapbook.
For the Telugu movie Size Zero, Anushka gained about 20kg to play the role of a fat woman.
Her 2018 superhit movie Bhaagamathie was the first female-oriented South Indian flick that grossed $1 million at the USA box office. Anushka also had huge solo success with the hit horror film Arundhati.