Meet Anushka Shetty first Indian actress to give Rs 1000 crore film
Meet Anushka Shetty first Indian actress to give Rs 1000 crore film
The 1000-crore club is no longer exclusive in Indian cinema. Last year alone, four films grossed over Rs 1000 crore worldwide and two more are on their way to join the elite club as of now.
While Deepika Padukone, Nayanthara, and Srinidhi Shetty headlined films that breached this mark, for the first time a leading lady who featured in a film that founded this club was a name not many are able to guess. She is none other than Anushka Shetty.
Notedly, the 1000-crore club in Indian cinema was established in May 2017 when SS Rajamouli’s Baahubali: The Conclusion breached the mark in just its first week at the box office.
The film went on to earn over Rs 1700 crore worldwide and was, for a brief time, the highest-grossing Indian film ever. Dangal broke the record later that year which saw a belated release in China.
But courtesy its feat till then, Baahubali 2 etched its name in the history books as the ‘founder’ of the 1000-crore club. And at the forefront of it, alongside Prabhas and Rana Daggubati was the film’s female lead Anushka Shetty.
Over the last-decade and half, Anushka Shetty has been one of the leading actresses in the Telugu film industry.
She embarked on her film journey in 2005 and has went on to establish herself as a bankable star.
In fact, Anushka is one of the very few Indian actresses to lead two women-led films that ended up as big hits- Arundhati and Rudhramadevi. She has also worked in several other big hits in both Telugu and Tamil Vikramarkudu, Souryam, Singam, as well as the two Baahubali films.
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