Actor · Telugu cinema
Anushka Shetty
Anushka Shetty movies: 35 Telugu films on file, 2005–2025. Earliest on file: Super (2005). Latest release: Baahubali: The Epic (31 October 2025).
- Films on file
- 35 (35 as actor)
- Years on file
- 2005–2025
- Born
- 7 November 1982 · November birthdays (Wikidata)
- Selected films on file
- Baahubali: The Beginning, Baahubali 2: The Conclusion, Rudhramadevi
- Record
- Q330970 on Wikidata
Anushka Shetty (born Sweety Shetty) is an Indian actress who works mainly in Telugu and Tamil films. She is known for female-led films such as Arundhati, Rudhramadevi and Bhaagamathie, and for Devasena in the Baahubali films. Her honours include three Filmfare Awards for Best Actress – Telugu, two Nandi Awards and the Kalaimamani from the Government of Tamil Nadu.
She was born on 7 November in Mangalore, Karnataka. Wikipedia gives the year as 1981, while Wikidata gives 1982. Her family is a Tulu-speaking Bunt family from Puttur taluk. Her screen name, Anushka, was chosen while she was making her first film.
Career
She made her debut in Puri Jagannadh’s Super (2005), opposite Nagarjuna, which brought a Filmfare nomination for Best Supporting Actress. S. S. Rajamouli’s Vikramarkudu (2006), opposite Ravi Teja, was a hit. She also appeared in Stalin (2006), and Lakshyam (2007), Souryam and Chintakayala Ravi (2008) were box-office successes.
The dark fantasy Arundhati (2009), in which she played two roles, was a blockbuster. It won her the Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu and a Nandi Special Jury Award. She played a sex worker in Krish’s anthology Vedam (2010) and won a second consecutive Filmfare award. She starred in Billa (2009) and Trivikram’s Khaleja (2010) with Mahesh Babu, and had Tamil hits such as Vettaikaaran, Singam and Deiva Thirumagal. Dhamarukam (2012) and Koratala Siva’s Mirchi (2013), opposite Prabhas, followed.
In 2015 she played the warrior princess Devasena in Baahubali: The Beginning. She also played the title role in Gunasekhar’s 3D historical Rudhramadevi, which won her a third Filmfare Best Actress – Telugu award, and starred in Size Zero. After cameos in Soggade Chinni Nayana and Oopiri (2016), she appeared in Om Namo Venkatesaya (2017) and reprised Devasena in Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (2017).
In Bhaagamathie (2018) she played an IAS officer, Chanchala; The News Minute wrote that “there is no woman actor in the south who has the kind of commanding presence” she has. She played Rani Lakshmi Bai in Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy (2019). After a gap, Miss. Shetty Mr. Polishetty (2023), opposite Naveen Polishetty, was a box-office success. In 2025 she led Krish’s Ghaati. Wikipedia reports that her 50th film, the Malayalam Kathanar – The Wild Sorcerer, is expected in the second half of 2026.
Awards
- Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu for Arundhati, Vedam and Rudhramadevi (Wikipedia winners list; The Times of India).
- Nandi Awards: Special Jury Award for Arundhati (Idlebrain) and Best Actress for Size Zero (list).
- Kalaimamani, 2010, from the Government of Tamil Nadu (The Hindu).
The full record is on Wikipedia’s awards page for Anushka Shetty.
Upcoming films
No upcoming Telugu film is on our records. New films appear on upcoming Telugu movies as they are recorded.
Where to watch her films
- Ghaati: Prime Video, from 26 September 2025 (OTT details)
- Baahubali: The Epic, the combined re-release of both films: JioHotstar and Netflix, according to TMDB’s India watch-provider data (OTT details)
- Miss. Shetty Mr. Polishetty: digital rights with Netflix, per Wikipedia; no streaming date on file (OTT details)
- Vedam, Stalin and Chintakayala Ravi: Aha, from Aha’s listings (Vedam, Stalin, Chintakayala Ravi)
- Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy: digital rights with Prime Video, per Wikipedia (OTT details)
Catalogues change; check the platform before you plan to watch.
Sources: Wikipedia and the references it cites (linked above), Wikidata, and Tollywood Desk’s film, release and OTT records.
Career on file
Anushka Shetty appears in 35 Telugu films on file at Tollywood Desk, dated from 2005 to 2025. The earliest of them is Super (2005), and the most recent release is Baahubali: The Epic (2025). Measured by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them, the best-known titles here are Baahubali: The Beginning (2015), Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (2017) and Rudhramadevi (2015). Other recent releases on file are Ghaati (2025), Miss. Shetty Mr. Polishetty (2023) and Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy (2019).
Brahmanandam is the most frequent co-star, sharing 15 films with Anushka Shetty, followed by Akkineni Nagarjuna (8) and Nassar (7). Among directors, S. S. Rajamouli cast Anushka Shetty most often, in four films; next are V. Samudra (2) and Radhakrishna Jagarlamudi (2). M. M. Keeravani and Mani Sharma each scored seven of them, more than any other music director; next are Devi Sri Prasad (2) and Gopi Sundar (2). Across these films the credits on file name 30 different directors, 21 music directors and 99 other credited actors.
Runtime is on file for 31 of them; they average 156 minutes, and the longest is Baahubali: The Epic at 225 minutes. Ten of them have a streaming (OTT) release noted on the site. By decade the list splits into 2000s (14), 2010s (18) and 2020s (3). 2010 is the busiest single year, with seven films.
Figures come from the films on file at Tollywood Desk and change as records are added.