 Manchanda was also a participant in the reality television series "Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa" and the winner of .Anushka Manchanda stepped into playback singing in the Tamil film industry by singing the song "O Mahire" from the 2004 film "Manmadhan" under the direction of noted music composer Yuvan Shankar Raja.She later worked several times with him to create popular songs like "Thee Pidikka" ("Arinthum Ariyamalum"), "Kudakooli" ("Kalvanin Kadhali"), "Money Money" ("Thimiru") and "Oh..Oh..Ennanamo" ("Chennai 600028").