Anushka Shetty reveals how she escaped casting couch in Telugu film industry and became superstar

First Published | Sep 24, 2021, 2:50 PM IST

Baahubali actress Anushka Shetty, who completed 15 years in Tollywood, opens up about the casting couch prevailing in the Telugu film industry and more

Beautiful south actress Anushka Shetty has lately completed 15 years in the film industry. She did many superhits film in her career like Lingaa, Rudhramadevi, Size Zero, Baahubali 1 and 2, Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy etc.
 

Anushka has done many films from different genres, from rom-com to horror to period drama to suspense-thriller to horror film, every time she has shown her acting skills in her performances. Read More: Mrs Rahul Vaidya, aka Disha Parmar gets trolled for wearing bikini on Maldives beach

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In an interview, while she was promoting her upcoming film Nishabdham, Anushka Shetty candidly spoke about the casting couch in the Telugu film industry. 
 

The actress shared how she defended herself from the evil hands of the casting couch. In a report published on Tollywood.net, Anushka said, 'I admit that it exists in Tollywood, but I never had to face it because I was straightforward.'  Read More: Sai Pallavi calls Samantha Ruth Prabhu's husband Naga Chaitanya 'sweetheart'

Anushka said that her open and outspoken nature/attitude had helped anyone to exploit her. "I have always been straightforward and frank. The actress should determine whether they want the easy ways and less fame or harder ways and sustain for a long in the industry", said Anushka.  Read More: When Jaya Bachchan wanted to slap Shah Rukh Khan because of Aishwarya Rai; read details

Currently, Anushka is quite a busy actress with some big-budget films in her kitty. She will soon join filmmaker Gautham Vasudev Menon for a yet-untitled Tamil-Telugu bilingual. Also, Anushka might be playing the title role in the much-awaited 'Chandramuki 2' film directed by P. Vasu.
 

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