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Veteran actress Anushka Shetty, who has ruled millions of hearts with her powerful performance, regal personality and incomparable characters in Indian cinema, is celebrating her 45th birthday today on 7th November. Anushka, known as ‘Lady Superstar’ and ‘Sweetie’ in South Indian cinema, has achieved a position in her 21 years long golden career which is an example for any artist. Even after crossing four decades of age, Anushka is not married yet and is living a very dignified and independent life on her own terms. On this special occasion of his birthday, his fans and film personalities from all over the country and the world are sending him good wishes, while many interesting stories related to his personal life, affair news and his career have once again come into the center of discussion.
Anushka Shetty’s real name is Sweety Shetty, born on 7 November 1981 in the coastal city of Mangaluru, Karnataka. Anushka, who belongs to an ordinary Tulu speaking family, started her career not with films but as a yoga instructor. While teaching yoga under the guidance of renowned yoga guru Bharat Thakur, he was noticed by famous Telugu filmmakers. In the year 2005, when she was 24 years old, she started her acting journey with the film ‘Super’ with Telugu cinema superstar Akkineni Nagarjuna. Although in the first few films she was seen only as a commercial heroine, but in 2008, the action-drama film ‘Shauryam’ with actor Gopichand gave her her first big recognition at the box office. After this, she never looked back and kept writing a new story of success with each of her films.
Amidst the heavy dominance of male-oriented films in the South film industry, Anushka Shetty gave a new identity to female-centric cinema. The fantasy thriller film ‘Arundhati’, released in 2009, proved to be the biggest turning point of his career. Her portrayal of the dual and dreaded Jejamma in this film created a stir at the box office and proved that even an actress can garner record-breaking crowds in theaters on her own. After this, she played such powerful characters in films like ‘Vedam’, ‘Billa’, ‘Mirchi’ and ‘Rudramadevi’ which brought her to the forefront of the most reliable and expensive actresses of entire South India.
However, visionary director S.S. took the name of Anushka Shetty beyond the borders of India and immortalized it globally. Rajamouli’s epic action film ‘Baahubali: The Beginning’ (2015) and its sequel ‘Baahubali 2: The Conclusion’ (2017). Anushka’s screen presence in the role of Maharani Devasena in the film, her sword fighting skills and self-respecting dialogue delivery stunned everyone. Her transformation from the chained old Devasena to the young, fearless and archery-skilled princess became a milestone in cinematic history. ‘Bahubali 2’ made a historic earning of over Rs 1800 crore at the worldwide box office and even today it remains the third highest grossing film in the history of Indian cinema. This global success brought Anushka international fame.
After achieving immense success in South cinema, actresses usually turn towards Hindi cinema i.e. Bollywood, but Anushka Shetty’s attitude was always completely different from it. Very few people know that in 2011, when director Rohit Shetty was making the cop-action film ‘Singham’ with actor Ajay Devgan, his first choice for the female lead was Anushka Shetty. The film was originally an official Hindi remake of the Tamil blockbuster film ‘Singam’, starring Anushka in the lead role opposite actor Suriya. The makers had approached Anushka for the Hindi remake, but she politely declined the big offer due to some personal and professional reasons.
After Anushka’s refusal, the role went to actress Kajal Aggarwal and the film created history at the box office in Bollywood by earning more than Rs 100 crore. Even after this, Anushka received tempting offers from many big Hindi production houses, but she never said yes to Bollywood films just to become a glamorous showpiece. Anushka has always preferred projects where her character gets solid screen time, emotional depth and the power to take the story forward. This is the reason why even without working in any Bollywood film, her popularity among the audience of North India and Hindi belt is more than any top Bollywood actress.
There has often been a lot of speculation in the media and social media regarding Anushka Shetty’s personal life and marriage. When she worked with superstar Prabhas in films like ‘Billa’, ‘Mirchi’, ‘Bahubali’ and ‘Bahubali 2’, their on-screen chemistry drove the audience so crazy that the news of their relationship in real life also spread like wildfire. For many years it was claimed that Prabhas and Anushka were dating each other and were going to get married soon. As the country’s favorite on-screen couple, fans used to call them ‘Pranushka’.
However, both the artists have always rejected these reports outright. Anushka Shetty clarified in many interviews that Prabhas has been her best and trusted friend for the last 15-20 years, but there was never any romantic relationship between them. At the same time, Prabhas himself had clearly said in famous filmmaker Karan Johar’s chat show ‘Coffee with Karan’ that if something had happened between them, it would have come out sometime in the last several years, they are just very close friends. Even at the age of 45, Anushka Shetty thought it better to choose her self-respect, personal peace and spiritual lifestyle instead of getting married due to social pressure. She devotes most of her time to yoga, meditation, family and select meaningful cinema. Her independent and dignified life is a great inspiration for today’s women that no age limit can determine the limits of one’s existence or happiness.