Anushka Shetty is very humble and lives a simple life. She’s quite a meek woman in spite of all she’s achieved. The beautiful actress never let success get to her head. She is pretty, bubbly and smart. Due to her humble attitude, she has become one of the most respected actresses in Telugu film industry.
- Hailing from an ethnic Tulu family, Anushka didn’t dream of becoming an actor before she was selected in an audition conducted by the noted director Puri Jagannadh.
- She graduated from Mount Carmel College, Bangalore wherein stars like Deepika Padukone, Anushka Sharma, and Mamtha Mohandas have studied.
- During her college days, she met Bharat Thakur for a meditation workshop called ‘Tapasya’. Though she was not interested in doing the workshop, she attended the session for the sake of her father AN Vittal Shetty.
- After her graduation, she used to teach third standard kids.
- She used to conduct yoga sessions in Mumbai. She feels that this was the most memorable phase in her life when she took the decision to teach yoga.
- Director Meher Ramesh saw her and suggested to Puri Jagannadh for his upcoming flick ‘Super’ (2005) starred Akkineni Nagarjuna. She was one of the two leading ladies in the film and nominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress - Telugu.
- After ‘Vikramarkudu’ was released, she never looked back and starred in several hit films such as ‘Lakshyam’, ‘Don’, 'Swagatam’, ‘Souryam’, and ‘Chintakayala Ravi’.She has enjoyed a bigger solo success with the milestone film ‘Arundhati’.
- At 5 feet 9 inches, Anushka Shetty is the tallest actress in Tollywood. The gorgeous yoga teacher and actress has featured in over 32 films so far.
- Anushka Shetty’s real name is Sweety. She felt embarrassing whenever everyone was calling her Sweety in the sets of her debut film ‘Super’. After referring a lot of books and novels, she named herself Anushka Shetty just by fluke.
- Her mother tongue is Tulu. She speaks with her mother in Tulu and in English with her dad and brothers.
- Anushka has the habit of collecting newspapers related to natural calamities for her scrapbook and likes to write poems in English as her mother tongue Tulu has no script.
- She is the only one actress in Tollywood with the highest number of awards in her kitty.