Anushka Shetty: Hot Photo/Picture/Wallpaper/Biography/Filmography

Anushka Shetty

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 Tamil and Telugu actors, she went on to became one of Tamil and 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.

Shetty made her acting debut in Puri Jagannath's 2005 Telugu film Super alongside Akkineni Nagarjuna. The same year, she acted in another film Mahanandi, which was an unsuccessful venture.

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.

Her first release in 2007 was Lakshyam, after which she starred in Raghava Lawrence's Don opposite Nagarjuna again.

The former, in particular, succeeded at the box office.[10] In 2008 she had appeared in six films.

Okka Magaadu was the first release, in which she played one of three female leads. Her subsequent releases Swagatam alongside Jagapati Babu and Bhumika Chawla and Baladur opposite Ravi Teja garnered poor reviews and box office returns.

She next appeared in the film Souryam with Gopichand which became a box office hit.In 2009, Shetty first starred in the blockbuster hit Arundhati. In this heroine-centric film, she essayed two roles for the first time.

It was a critical as well as commercial success. Critics heaped praise on Anushka for her performance.Vaanam became her first 2011 release, which received critical acclaimed reviews as well. Her next release Deiva Thirumagal with Vikram became a critical and commercial success, fetching her laurels for her portrayal as Anuradha, a lawyer.

The successes of her Tamil films led to Anushka growing in popularity in Tamil cinema. She was subsequently offered several high-profile productions, including A. R. Murugadoss' new project starring Vijay and the Gautham Menon-directorial Neethane En Ponvasantham featuring Jeeva ,with Sify calling her the "most wanted heroine in Kollywood".

She confirmed that she had signed two Tamil films, Selvaraghavan's Irandam Ulagam opposite Arya and an action-masala film to be directed by Suraj, co-starring Karthi.

She agree to be part of another Tamil production, Thaandavam, in November 2011.[20] She is shooting for two Telugu projects as well, the fantasy film Damarukam alongside Akkineni Nagarjuna and the period drama Rampachodavaram.

She is also acting in Koratala Siva's Vaaradhi opposite Prabhas.

 Filmography:

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
2005	Super	Sasha	Telugu	Nominated - Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Telugu
2005	Maha Nandi	Nandini	Telugu
2006	Vikramarkudu	Neeraja Goswami	Telugu
2006	Astram	Anusha	Telugu
2006	Rendu	Jothy	Tamil
2006	Stalin		Telugu	Special appearance
2007	Lakshyam	Indu	Telugu
2007	Don	Priya	Telugu

 

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
2008	Okka Magaadu	Bhavani	Telugu
2008	Swagatham	Shailu	Telugu
2008	Baladoor	Bhanumathi	Telugu
2008	Souryam	Swetha	Telugu
2008	Chintakayala Ravi	Sunitha	Telugu
2008	King		Telugu	Special appearance
2009	Arundhati	Arundhati / Jejamma	Telugu	Filmfare Award for Best Actress - Telugu Nandi Special Jury Award
2009	Billa	Maya	Telugu
2009	Vettaikkaran	Susheela	Tamil

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
2010	Kedi		Telugu	Special appearance
2010	Singam	Kavya Mahalingam	Tamil
2010	Vedam	Saroja	Telugu	Filmfare Award for Best Actress - Telugu
2010	Panchakshari	Panchakshari / Honey	Telugu
2010	Thakita Thakita	Herself	Telugu	Special appearance
2010	Khaleja	Subbalakshmi/subbu/ bangaram
2010	Nagavalli	Chandramukhi	Telugu	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress - Telugu
2010	Ragada	Shirisha	Telugu
2011	Vaanam	Saroja	Tamil
2011	Deiva Thirumagal	Anuradha Ragunathan	Tamil	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress - Tamil

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
2012	Saguni	Anushka	Tamil	Special appearance
2012	Thaandavam	Meenakshi	Tamil
2012	Dhamarukam	Maheshwari	Telugu	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress - Telugu
2013	Alex Pandian	Divya	Tamil
2013	Mirchi	Vennela	Telugu
2013	Singam II	Kavya Mahalingam	Tamil
2013	Irandaam Ulagam	Ramya/Varna	Tamil	Produced by Prasad V. Potluri.
2014	Nalupu Rani	Amaya(transformed)	Telugu
2014	Rudhramadevi	Rudrama Devi	Telugu	Filming
2014			Tamil	Filming
2014	Baahubali	Devasena	Telugu	Filming
2014			Tamil	Filming

Awards and nominations

Year	Category	Award	Film	Result
2005	Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Telugu	Filmfare Awards South	Super	Nominated
2009	Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu	Filmfare Awards South	Arundhati	Won
	Nandi Special Jury Award	Nandi Awards		Won
	CineMAA Award for Best Actress (Jury)	CineMAA Awards		Won
	Ugadi Award for Best Actress	Gemini Ugadi Awards		Won
	Santosham Best Actress Award	Santosham Film Awards		Won
	South Scope Cine Award for Best Actress	South Scope Cine Awards		Won
	Vamsee film Award for Best Actress	Vamsee Film Awards		Won
	Vijay Award for Favourite Heroine	Vijay Awards	Vettaikaran	Won

Year	Category	Award	Film	Result
2010	Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu	Filmfare Awards South	Vedham	Won
	CineMAA Award for Best Actress (Jury)	CineMAA Awards		Won
	Santosham Best Actress Award	Santosham Film Awards		Won
	Vamsee Film Award for Best Actress	Vamsee Film Awards		Won
	Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu	Filmfare Awards South	Nagavalli	Nominated
	Vijay Award for Favourite Heroine	Vijay Awards	Singam	Nominated
2011	Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil	Filmfare Awards South	Deivathirumagal	Nominated
	SIIMA Award for Best Actress – Tamil	South Indian International Movie Awards		Nominated
	Vijay Award for Favourite Heroine	Vijay Awards		Won
	Vijay Award for Best Actress	Vijay Awards		Nominated
	Jaya Award for Best Actress	Jaya Awards		Won
	ITFA Best Actress Award	International Tamil Film Awards	Vaanam	Nominated
	Edison Award for Best Actress	Edison Awards		Nominated
2012	Edison Awards for Best Actress	Edison Awards	Thaandavam	Nominated
	Best Heroine Award	T. Subbarami Reddy's Lalitha Kala Parishath -Tv9 Awards	Dhamarukam	Won
	Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu	Filmfare Awards South		Nominated
	Best Actor - Female	Hyderabad Times Film Awards		Nominated

Other Awards and Honours

This section does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (November 2013)

• 2011: Kalaimamani Award by Tamil Nadu State Government
• 2011: TSR Lalitha Kala Parishath Award
• 2012:Ranked 3# Bangalore Times Most Desirable Women 2012-Kannada
• 2012:Ranked 3# Hyderabad Times Most Desirable Woman 2012.-Telugu
• 2012:Ranked 5# Chennai Times Most Desirable Women 2012 - Tamil
• 2012 :Ranked 45# India's top 50 most desired women of 2012.