I whanau a Anushka Sharma i te 1 o Mei 1988 i Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh. Ko tana papa, a Colonel Ajay Kumar Sharma, he rangatira ope taua, a ko tana whaea, a Ashima Sharma, he wahine kaainga. I whanau tana papa ki Uttar Pradesh, a ko tana whaea he Garhwali. Ko tana tuakana ko te kaihanga kiriata a Karnesh Sharma, i mahi i mua i te Navy Merchant. Kua kii a Sharma ko te mea he hoia hoia hoia i whai waahi nui ki te hanga i a ia hei tangata me te awhina ki tona ora. I roto i tetahi uiui ki te Times of India i te tau 2012, i kii ia, "E whakapehapeha ana ahau ki te kii he tamahine ahau no te hoia, nui atu i te kaiwhakaari. "I whakatipuhia a Sharma i Bangalore. I whakaakona ia i te Kura Toi o te Army, ka whiwhi i tetahi tohu mahi mai i te Karere Karere mai i te Karere Karere mai i te Mount Carmel. I whanau ia ki te whai i tetahi tauira i Uttar Pradesh, i te mea ko tana whaea
Ko Karnesh Sharma