For over a decade, Anushka Shetty has embodied women who are larger than life, yet grounded in emotional truth.
From Arundathi’s divine ferocity to Devasena’s dignity in Baahubali, she has carried roles that demanded both intensity and presence. But with Ghaati, Anushka takes an uncompromising leap into the unvarnished.
Sheelavathi, her character set against the raw landscapes of the Eastern Ghats, is not about myth or royalty. She is the product of survival, molded by grit, weathered by hardship.
The trailer made it abundantly clear that this isn’t merely a performance, but it’s transformation.
Anushka, with the chilling visual of carrying a severed head, subverts glamour and embraces a terrifying authenticity few leading actors in Indian cinema dare.
The trailer reinforced this direction. Eyes flaring with defiance, Sheelavathi is presented as elemental.
Whether it’s dragging heavy loads, scaling hills with an unbroken stride, or charging forward on a motorcycle, the physicality resonates with something primal.
As Ghaati gears up for release on September 5, it represents more than just Anushka Shetty’s return to center stage.
It marks the unveiling of Sheelavathi, an avatar of feral strength and fury, an ode to unfiltered womanhood, a reminder that cinema’s leading women can be raw forces of nature.
