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Anushka Sharma
Sharma at IPL Godrej Power Play launch
Born (1988-05-01) 1 May 1988 (age 36)[1]
NationalityIndian
Occupation(s)Model, Actress
Years active2008–present

Anushka Sharma (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]

Early life and background

Sharma's father, Col. Ajay Kumar Sharma , is an army officer and her mother Ashima Sharma is a housewife.Her father is from Uttar Pradesh and mother from Garhwal.[4] She has an elder brother named Karnesh,[5] 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.[6] She later moved to Mumbai to further pursue her modelling career, where she currently resides.

Career

Sharma 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.[6] 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."[7] 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.[8]

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."[9]

"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.[10]

anushka Sharma at the press meet 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.[11] 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".[12] Prior to its release, she referred to it as her "best film till date".[13] 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.[14]

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 ₹ 21.44 crore after five weeks, making it a moderate box office success.[15] Sharma's performance was praised by critics, many of whom called it her best work up to that point.[16] 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."[17] 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.[18] It has often been noted that the film has acted as a major career move for the actress, as it brought her much rrecognition.

Sharma's first venture outside the Yash Raj banner was Patiala House directed by Nikhil Advani and co-starring Akshay Kumar. Patiala House was released on February 11, 2011.[19]

anushka sharma promote Ladies vs Ricky Bahl

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."[20]

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. Despite negative media perception, the film was a moderate success at the box office.[21][22]

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 Yash Chopra's Untitled Project Filming (Releasing in November 2012)
2013 Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola Bijlee Filming (Releasing on January 11, 2013)
2013 Anurag Kashyap's Bombay Velvet[23] Pre-production
2013 Rajkumar Hirani's Peekay[24] Pre-production

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. Retrieved 2011-02-20. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  2. ^ "ANUSHKA SHARMA: The 1,000 watt girl". Tehelka Magazine. Vol 8, Issue 14, Dated 09 Apr 2011. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  3. ^ "ANUSHKA SHARMA: Awards". Bollywood Hungama. 27 April 2011. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  4. ^ "Walk The Talk with Anushka Sharma-ndtv".
  5. ^ "Hardly ban-nered, Entertainment - Bollywood". Mumbai Mirror. 2009-03-24. Retrieved 2010-06-24.
  6. ^ a b "The Daily Mail - Daily News from Pakistan - Newspaper from Pakistan". Dailymailnews.com. Retrieved 2010-06-24. [dead link]
  7. ^ Taran Adarsh (12 December 2008). "Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi: Movie Review". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 2011-01-15.
  8. ^ "Box Office 2008". Boxofficeindia.com.
  9. ^ "Badmaash Company -reviews, news, gallery, views". nextbollywood.com. Retrieved 2011-04-27.
  10. ^ "Interview With Anushka Sharma". GlamSham. Retrieved 2011-04-27.
  11. ^ "YRF launches new face with Anushka Sharma". Movies.ndtv.com. Retrieved 2010-06-24.
  12. ^ Shweta Mehta "‘I am not Rajnikanth’", Hindustan Times, October 26, 2010.
  13. ^ PTI "Band Baja Baraat is my best film till date: Anushka", Mid-Day, August 27, 2010.
  14. ^ Nagpaul D'souza, Dipti (2010-11-05). "Missing the mark". The Indian Express. Indian Express Group. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
  15. ^ "Band Baaja Baaraat 5th Week Scores Over Tees Maar Khan 3rd Week". Box Office India. 2011-01-17. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
  16. ^ Kazmi, Nikhat (2010-12-09). "Band Baaja Baaraat: Review". The Times of India. The Times Group. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
  17. ^ "Band Baaja Baaraat Review". Adarsh, Taran. Archived from the original on 21 October 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-10. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  18. ^ "Anushka Sharma Awards". bollywood hungama. Retrieved 2011-04-27.
  19. ^ Entertainment. "Akshay,Anushka's Valentine Date - Bollywood - Entertainment - News - Articles - Hindustan Times". Retrieved 2010-07-28.
  20. ^ "Patiala House Review". Retrieved 2011-04-27.
  21. ^ "Ladies vs Ricky Bahl". TNN. 2011-02-15. Retrieved 2011-04-27.
  22. ^ "Boxofficeindia.com". Boxofficeindia.com. 2011-12-17. Retrieved 2012-07-01. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  23. ^ Posted Tue, Mar 6, 2012 Rate Story (2012-03-06). "Ranbir-Anushka finalised for Bombay Velvet?". Filmfare.com. Retrieved 2012-07-01. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  24. ^ "Anushka Sharma to romance Aamir Khan". Hindustan Times. 2012-06-20. Retrieved 2012-07-01. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  25. ^ "Nominations for 54th Filmfare Awards 2008". Bollywoodhungama.com. 2009-02-15. Retrieved 2010-06-24.
  26. ^ "It's SRK vs Salman at Filmfare". Times of India. 13 January 2011. Retrieved 2011-01-14.
  27. ^ "IIFA Awards 2011: Shah Rukh Khan, Anushka Sharma win best actor awards". The Economic Times. IANS. 2011-06-26. Retrieved 2011-06-26.
  28. ^ Posted in : Bollywood (2010-01-09). "Apsara Awards 2009 winners". Indicine.com. Retrieved 2010-06-24. {{cite web}}: Text "January 9th, 2010" ignored (help)
  29. ^ "Winners of 6th Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Awards". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 2011-01-27.
  30. ^ "Nominations for Zee Cine Awards 2011". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 2011-01-16.
  31. ^ "Men Of The Year 2011 – the winners". GQ India. Retrieved 2012-07-01. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
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