The year was 2005 when this hot kitten got her life’s break by the time she was offered the film, ‘Super’, a Telugu film by Puri Jagannath opposite Akkineni Nagarjuna. Later that year, she fetched another film offer and she did the flick, ‘Mahanandi’. Unfortunately for her, the movie did not do well at the box office.
Following year (2006) was pretty beneficial for Anushka Shetty’s career since she had four releases lined up. The first one to hit the screens was Viktamarkudu, a film by S.S. Rajamouli, in which Shetty essayed the role of Neeraja Goswami. The movie turned out to be mega hit making her the star of worthwhile all at once in the industry. Her name started getting recognized among the film fraternity and in the media. The fan following widened and she became the movie buffs’ hot favorite. Anushka even turned colossally famed in Andhra Pradesh.