This South beauty was born on 7th November, 1981 in Mangalore. Her real name is Sweety Shetty. She has two brothers. She did her graduation in Computer Application from Mount Carmel College, Bengaluru. Before pursuing her career in movies, she worked as a yoga instructor under trainer Bharat Thakur. Apparently, the trainer encouraged her to join movies.
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In the year 2005 she made her debut with Telugu film ‘Super’ opposite Akkineni Nagarjuna. Then in the same year, SS Rajamouli cast her in his movie ‘Vikramarkudu’. Ravi Teja was her co-star in the movie.
In 2015, she gave Telugu blockbuster hit ‘Rudhramadevi’, for which she received many accolades.The movie had other star cast like Rana Daggubati, Allu Arjun and Prakash Raj
Prabhas and Anushka appeared in many movies before Baahubali. ‘Billa’ and ‘Mirchi’ were one of them.
For the movie ‘Size Zero’, Anushka gained 20 kgs. For her role in Baahubali, she had to follow different diets for two different roles. For her role of mother she had to put on weight and for the second installment, she went through strict diet regime and fitness. To get the slim look for her role in Bahubali 2, dry fruits, salads, sprouts, fresh fruit juice, soups and veggies were instructed to eat by her nutritionist. She even went to the U.S for a special weight loss programme.
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