Anushka Shetty
Acting
Biography
Anushka Shetty is an Indian film actress who works mainly in the Telugu and Tamil film industries. She debuted in the 2005 Telugu film Super and rose to fame following her performance in Vikramarkudu (2006). After starring in a series of high-budget productions alongside leading Telugu actors, she went on to became one of Telugu cinema's leading actresses in the successive years, while receiving high critical acclaim for her portrayal of the titular character in Arundhati, and as Saroja in Vedam, which fetched her two Filmfare, one Nandi and two CineMAA Awards.
Born: November 7, 1981
Place of Birth: Mangalore, Karnataka, India
Known For
Bāhubali: The Beginning
The young Shivudu is left as a foundling in a small village by his mother. By the time he’s grown up, it has become apparent that he possesses exceptional gifts. He meets the beautiful warrior princess Avanthika and learns that her queen has been held captive for the last 25 years. Shividu sets off to rescue her, discovering his own origins in the process.
Bāhubali 2: The Conclusion
When Mahendra, the son of Bāhubali, learns about his heritage, he begins to look for answers. His story is juxtaposed with past events that unfolded in the Mahishmati Kingdom.
Deiva Thirumagal
An intellectually disabled man fights for custody of his 7-year-old daughter, and in the process teaches his opponent lawyer the value of love and family.
Vedam
Five people from varied strata of society – a slum dweller who works as a cable operator, a runaway prostitute, a desperate woman drowning in debt, a rising musician, and a grief-stricken Muslim man – end up together in the same hospital, at a time when it is attacked by terrorists.
Khaleja
A village is hounded by an unknown disease, decimating its population. The village priest prophesies that God's avatar will save them. Siddha goes in search of this supernatural potential and finds it in Seetarama Raju, a cab driver.
Oopiri
A true story of two men who should never have met – a quadriplegic aristocrat who was injured in a paragliding accident and a young man from the projects.
Yennai Arindhaal
Sathyadev, who is on a career break, is forced to put on his cop shoes ones again to save Thenmozhi, a young woman who is the target of a criminal organ harvesting group, led by a ghost from his past.
Singam
The story, set in the backdrop of Nallore, a small town in Thoothukudi District, revolves around Sub-Inspector Durai Singam, a brave and just policeman who serves in his hometown primarily to fulfill his father’s wish. Durai Singam settles every dispute in his town patiently with his words of wisdom and resorts to force only when the situation demands it. Kavya, a city girl who comes on vacation to Nallore, falls in love with Durai Singam. Erimalai, Durai Singam's bumbling colleague and friend, often accompanies him.
Arundhati
Arundhati belongs to Gadwal samsthanam in 1920’s. She is known for her bravery in saving the Samstanam by killing Pasupathi an evildoer. But the spirit of Pasupathi haunts that place. Another girl is born in the same lineage after 3 generations and she is named as Arundhati. The spirit of Pasupati is after Arundhati to take the revenge.
Vikramarkudu
A thief's life changes after he discovers a little girl who claims he is her father, and what follows is violence after a gang hunting for his lookalike closes in on him.
Filmography
as Devasena
as Anvitha Ravali Shetty
as Sakshi
as Rani Lakshmibai (uncredited)
as B. Saroja Devi
as Chanchala/Bhaagamathie
as Devasena
as Krishnamma
as Kavya
as Nandini (Cameo)
as Krishna Kumari (cameo)
as Sweety
as Princess Rudrama Devi / Prince Rudradeva Maharaja
as Devasena
as Thenmozhi
as Lakshmi
as Ramya / Varna
as Kavya Durai Singam
as Vennela
as Radhakrishnan
as Maheswari
as Meenakshi
as Anuradha Raghunathan
as Saroja
as Sirisha
as Chandramukhi alias Nagavalli (past)
as Subhashini
as Saroja
as Kavya Mahalingam
as Sweety
as Susheela
as Maya
as Arundhati "Aru" / Arundhati "Jejamma"
as special appearance
as Sunita
as Bhanumathi
as Swetha
as Shailu
as Priya Mathur
as Indu
as Item song appr
as Jothy
as Neeraja
as Anusha
as Nandini
as Sasha
as Nila