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The Mangalorean beauty is at her peak in Tollywood, as her latest film, 'Arundhati', has become a rage in Andhra Pradesh. Anushka has had a dream debut in 'Super' (2005) as the leading lady of Akkineni Nagarjuna. Though she did not have a great 2008, her hands are full with big projects, including Vijay's 'Vettaikkaran'.
The leggy siren is fast racing to the top in both Tollywood and Kollywood. Bollywood is not a faraway castle!
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| Her favourite actresses are Madhuri Dixit, Kajol, Rani Mukherjee, Sushmita Sen in Bollywood; Soundarya, Simran, Jyothika in south India. |
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| Her favourite Bolly actors are Hritik Roshan and Abhishek Bachchan. It's Mahesh Babu, Gopichand and NTR, in Tollywood. |
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| She has a rather curious hobby of collecting paper cuttings on natural disasters. |
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| Anushka enjoys reading, music, loves nature and travelling. She is very fond of children and pets. |
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| For the Tulu speaking Shetty girl, learning Telugu was not very difficult. Her knowledge of Kannada helped her a lot. |
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| Says Anushka: "I can be loud and vivacious and yet be demure. In fact, when people meet me for the first time they think I am arrogant. ." |
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| She learnt yoga from the famous guru Bharat Thakur in Mumbai. |
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| Her parents are in the hospitality industry; one of her brothers is a dentist and the other, an engineer. |
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| In 2008, she had four releases in Telugu; 'Baladur', 'Souryam', 'Chintakaala Ravi' and 'King'. Of these, the last mentioned was the only hit, in which Anushka appeared in an item number. |
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| In Chiranjeevi-starrer 'Stalin' (2006), Anushka performed an item dance. |
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| Her third film, 'Vikramarkudu' (2006), opposite Ravi Teja was a huge hit. |
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| She met Puri Jagannath through a common friend, who was looking for a heroine for 'Super'. Her first salary was Rs 20 lakh. |
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| After graduating in Computer Applications (BCA), Anushka wanted to get into the fitness world and thus became a yoga instructor. |