But Anushka was always a huge Shah Rukh fan.

"My dad is in the army and when they would've these functions in the mess, I'd dance to Shah Rukh's 'Kitabe bahut si padhi hogi' from 'Baazigar'. I must've been three years old at that time. I'm not just Shah Rukh's fan, I'm his true blue admirer. I always loved the way he conducted himself. Now after having worked with him I love him even more. 'Rab Ne...' was like my school where Shah Rukh and Adi were my teachers."

Anushka didn't have to make a strenuous effort to act.

"Even modelling is a kind of performance. On the ramp you are representing a concept. In a film you're projecting an individual. But the transition wasn't hard for me. Because in real life I'm as simple as the girl I play in 'Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi'. Yes, I do like to dress up and walk the ramp. But that isn't the real me," she said.

Anushka grew up in Bangalore and says she was lucky to spend her formative years there.

"Otherwise, army officers who give their lives for the country (and I'm proud to be born to a soldier) could be posted anywhere in the back of the beyond. That gets really tough on their kids. Me and my brother (who used to be a state-level cricketer) got the best of education in Bangalore," she said.

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