Anushka Sharma

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Anushka Sharma

Anushka Sharma at GQ Men Of The Year Awards 2011
Born 1 May 1988 (1988-05-01) (age 23)[1]
Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Nationality Indian
Occupation Model, Actress
Years active 2008–present

Anushka Sharma (Hindi: अनुष्का शर्मा pronounced [əˈnʊʂkaː ˈʃərmaː]; born 1 May 1988)[1] is an Indian actress and former model who appears in Hindi films. In 2008, she was signed by Aditya Chopra for a three-film contract with Yash Raj Films and made her screen debut in Chopra's Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi. She later received acclaim for her role as Shruti Kakkar in Band Baaja Baaraat (2010).[2] Both films fetched her a Best Actress nomination at the Filmfare Awards ceremony.[3]

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Early life and background

Sharma was born in Bangalore, but her parents are from Garhwal, Uttarakhand. Her father, Col. Ajay Kumar Sharma, is an army officer and her mother Ashima Sharma is a housewife. She has an elder brother named Karnesh,[4] who was a state-level cricketer and now, is in the Merchant Navy. She studied in Army School and graduated with specialization in arts from Mount Carmel College, Bangalore.[5] She later moved to Mumbai to further pursue her modelling career, where she currently resides.

Career

Sharma walking the ramp at Blenders Pride Fashion Tour 2011 show

Sharma says she originally wished to make it big in the modeling world but had no strong aspirations for films.[5] She began her modeling career at the Lakme Fashion Week as a model for Wendell Rodricks's Les Vamps Show and was picked to be Rodricks's finale model at the Spring Summer '07 Collection. Since then she has done campaigns for Silk & Shine, Whisper, Nathella Jewelry and Fiat Palio.

Her first acting role was in Aditya Chopra's Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (2008) opposite Shahrukh Khan. Her performance was appreciated with film critic Taran Adarsh stating, "Anushka looks the character and surprises you with a confident performance. It's no small achievement to share screen space with an actor of the caliber of SRK and Anushka manages it very well from start to end."[6] The film received positive reviews and was declared a blockbuster, and had been concluded as the second-highest grossing film of all-time to that point by the end of the year.[7] Her second film, Badmaash Company, also under Yash Raj Films, was released on May 7, 2010. While Taran Adarsh added, "Anushka is a revelation. She looks stunning, her performance is livewire and the chemistry with Shahid is electrifying."[8]

"I was very young when I was in RNBDJ and that journey had enabled me as an actor. I am not very confident of my growth as an actor but I am very confident of my growth as a person."

—Sharma talking about her journey from Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi to Band Baaja Baaraat.[9]
Anushka Sharma at press event of Band Baaja Baaraat

In 2010, Sharma completed her three-film contract with Yash Raj Films, starring in Band Baaja Baaraat, a romantic comedy directed by Maneesh Sharma and co-starring debutant Ranveer Singh.[10] She played a middle-class Delhi-Punjabi girl who goes on to launch her own independent business of wedding planning and later falls for her partner. In preparation for the part, Sharma was required to master the dialect of a young Punjabi woman from Delhi. She cited it as the toughest part of her role, describing the way the lead characters in the film interact as "crude but cute", and calling for her to "talk fast, sometimes mix words and even omit words completely".[11] Prior to its release, she referred to it as her "best film till date".[12] Some pundits, however, had expressed doubts about the film's prospects to leave a mark, citing the middling response to Yash Raj Films' last few productions, the lack of a male star, and claiming that by then Sharma was an "almost-forgotten" actress.[13]

Band Baaja Baaraat was released on December 10, 2010 to positive reviews and went on to become a sleeper hit. Box Office India website reported that the film grossed approximately INR 21.44 crore after five weeks, making it a moderate box office success.[14] Sharma's performance was praised by critics, many of whom called it her best work up to that point.[15] Taran Adarsh described her as "truly wonderful," noting that it is "the first time in her 3-film career, a film rests mainly on Anushka's shoulders, and she handles the responsibility so well."[16] For her work in the film, Sharma received her second nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actress and earned several awards and nominations at different award ceremonies.[17]

In December 2009, she began shooting for Patiala House, her first venture outside of Yash Raj with Nikhil Advani and Akshay Kumar. Patiala House was released on February 11, 2011.[18] Despite the film's lukewarm performance at the box office, Sharma received positive reviews. Nikhat Kazmi of The Times Of India wrote, "Anushka Sharma’s vivacity may have an after taste of her bubbling Band Baaja Baraat act but her passage from Janakpuri’s dhinchak girl to Southall’s siren is sweet and smooth. Watch out for the girl; she’s truly on a roll."[19]

In December 2011, she re-united with her Band Baaja Baarat team of Ranveer Singh and Maneesh Sharma for Yashraj Films's Ladies vs Ricky Bahl. Upon release, the film under-performed at the box office.[20]

Filmography

Year Title Role Other notes
2008 Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi Tani Sahni Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress
2010 Badmaash Company Bulbul Singh
2010 Band Baaja Baaraat Shruti Kakkar Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress
2011 Patiala House Simran
2011 Ladies VS Ricky Bahl Ishika Desai
2012 Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola Bijlee Filming
2012 Yash Chopra's Untitled project Filming[21]

Awards and nominations

Filmfare Awards

Nominated

Star Screen Awards

Nominated

IIFA Awards

Winner

Apsara Film and Television Producers Guild Awards

Winner

Zee Cine Awards

Nominated

Other awards

References

  1. ^ a b "Wish Anushka Sharma a very Happy Birthday". Times of India. 29 April 2010. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/star-of-the-week/anushka-sharma/message-board/Wish-Anushka-Sharma-a-very-Happy-Birthday/articleshow/5871962.cms. Retrieved 2011-02-20. 
  2. ^ "ANUSHKA SHARMA: The 1,000 watt girl". Tehelka Magazine. Vol 8, Issue 14, Dated 09 Apr 2011. http://www.tehelka.com/story_main49.asp?filename=hub090411ANUSHKA_SHARMA.asp. 
  3. ^ "ANUSHKA SHARMA: Awards". Bollywood Hungama. 27 April 2011. http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/celebrities/awards/19669/index.html. 
  4. ^ "Hardly ban-nered, Entertainment - Bollywood". Mumbai Mirror. 2009-03-24. http://www.mumbaimirror.com/article/30/2009032420090324023048451bdff03aa/Hardly-bannered.html. Retrieved 2010-06-24. 
  5. ^ a b "The Daily Mail - Daily News from Pakistan - Newspaper from Pakistan". Dailymailnews.com. http://dailymailnews.com/200902/04/news/dmshowbizpage02.html. Retrieved 2010-06-24. [dead link]
  6. ^ Taran Adarsh (12 December 2008). "Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi: Movie Review". Bollywood Hungama. http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/review/13824/index.html. Retrieved 2011-01-15. 
  7. ^ "Box Office 2008". Boxofficeindia.com. http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=215&catName=MjAwOA==. 
  8. ^ "Badmaash Company -reviews, news, gallery, views". nextbollywood.com. http://www.nextbollywood.com/2010/05/badmash-company-movie-review-by-taran.html. Retrieved 2011-04-27. 
  9. ^ "Interview With Anushka Sharma". GlamSham. http://www.glamsham.com/movies/interviews/09-anushka-sharma-interview-121013.asp. Retrieved 2011-04-27. 
  10. ^ "YRF launches new face with Anushka Sharma". Movies.ndtv.com. http://movies.ndtv.com/movie_story.aspx?Section=Movies&ID=ENTEN20100129215&subcatg=MOVIESINDIA&keyword=bollywood. Retrieved 2010-06-24. 
  11. ^ Shweta Mehta "‘I am not Rajnikanth’", Hindustan Times, October 26, 2010.
  12. ^ PTI "Band Baja Baraat is my best film till date: Anushka", Mid-Day, August 27, 2010.
  13. ^ Nagpaul D'souza, Dipti (2010-11-05). "Missing the mark". The Indian Express. Indian Express Group. http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Missing-the-mark/707404/. Retrieved 2011-10-07. 
  14. ^ "Band Baaja Baaraat 5th Week Scores Over Tees Maar Khan 3rd Week". Box Office India. 2011-01-17. http://www.boxofficeindia.com/boxnewsdetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=2440&nCat=box_office_news. Retrieved 2011-10-07. 
  15. ^ Kazmi, Nikhat (2010-12-09). "Band Baaja Baaraat: Review". The Times of India (The Times Group). http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/movie-reviews/hindi/Band-Baaja-Baaraat/moviereview/7059509.cms. Retrieved 2011-10-07. 
  16. ^ "Band Baaja Baaraat Review". Adarsh, Taran. http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/review/14262/index.html. Retrieved 2010-10-10. 
  17. ^ "Anushka Sharma Awards". bollywood hungama. http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/celebrities/awards/19669/index.html. Retrieved 2011-04-27. 
  18. ^ Entertainment. "Akshay,Anushka's Valentine Date - Bollywood - Entertainment - News - Articles - Hindustan Times". http://www.hindustantimes.com/rssfeed/bollywood/Akshay-Anushka-s-Valentine-date/Article1-576966.aspx. Retrieved 2010-07-28. 
  19. ^ "Patiala House Review". http://www.naachgaana.com/2011/02/12/nikhat-kazmi-review-of-patiala-house/. Retrieved 2011-04-27. 
  20. ^ "Ladies vs Ricky Bahl". TNN. 2011-02-15. http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-02-15/first-look/28547950_1_ladies-conman-rom. Retrieved 2011-04-27. 
  21. ^ "Shah Rukh-Katrina-Anushka starrer on the roll". IndiaGlitz. http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/hindi/article/76438.html. Retrieved 9 January 2012. 
  22. ^ "Nominations for 54th Filmfare Awards 2008". Bollywoodhungama.com. 2009-02-15. http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/features/2009/02/15/4851/index.html. Retrieved 2010-06-24. 
  23. ^ "It's SRK vs Salman at Filmfare". Times of India. 13 January 2011. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Nominations-for-56th-Filmfare-Awards-2011/articleshow/7276967.cms. Retrieved 2011-01-14. 
  24. ^ "IIFA Awards 2011: Shah Rukh Khan, Anushka Sharma win best actor awards". The Economic Times. IANS. 2011-06-26. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/media/entertainment-/entertainment/iifa-awards-2011-shah-rukh-khan-anushka-sharma-win-best-actor-awards/articleshow/9001476.cms. Retrieved 2011-06-26. 
  25. ^ Posted in : Bollywood (2010-01-09). "Apsara Awards 2009 winners". Indicine.com. http://www.indicine.com/movies/bollywood/apsara-awards-2009-winners/. Retrieved 2010-06-24. 
  26. ^ "Winners of 6th Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Awards". Bollywood Hungama. http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/features/2011/01/11/7008/index.html. Retrieved 2011-01-27. 
  27. ^ "Nominations for Zee Cine Awards 2011". Bollywood Hungama. http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/features/2011/01/01/6977/index.html. Retrieved 2011-01-16. 
  28. ^ http://www.gqindia.com/content/men-year-2011-%E2%80%93-winners-0

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