Shamili
| Shamili | |
|---|---|
| Born | Shamili 10 July 1987 Thrissur, Kerala, India |
| Other names | Baby Shamili |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1989-2000; 2009 |
Shamili (Malayalam: ശ്യാമിലി; born 10 July 1987), better known as Baby Shamili, is a Indian actress, who has primarily acted as a child actor in Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada and Telugu films. She is probably best known for her critically acclaimed performance as the mentally challenged child Anjali in the 1990 film Anjali that fetched her the National Film Award for Best Child Artist, and as a child trapped inside a bore-well in the 1992 film Malootty that fetched her a Kerala State Film Award for Best Child Artist.
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[edit] Personal life
Shamili hails from Kerala from an acting family, being the younger sister of actor Richard Rishi and actress Shalini who is married to actor Ajith Kumar. The family is a Protestant Christian.[1]
She is doing a course in Singapore and holds a degree in 'Visual Communication' from Women's Christian College.
[edit] Acting career
She started acting at the age of two. In 1990, she acted in Bharathan's Malootty, a film based on Jessica McClure. Her performance won her critical appreciation and the Kerala State Film Award for Best Child Artist. Her breakthrough in Tamil came with Mani Ratnam's 'Anjali', in which she portrayed a mentally challenged child, which earned her the National Film Award for Best Child Artist. She also acted as a teenager in Fazil's Harikrishnans as Mammooty and Mohanlal's sibling. In Kannada, she acted in Dakshayini, Kadambari (1993), Karulina Kudi (1995), Bhairavi (1991) and Chinna Nee Naguthiru (1993).She worked as a model in the Milka-B Biscuit.
She played her first female lead role in Anand Ranga's directorial debut[2] Oy! alongside Siddarth. The movie which released during the summer of 2009 was a box-office dud.
[edit] Filmography
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Shamili at the Internet Movie Database
| Awards | ||
|---|---|---|
| National Film Award | ||
| Preceded by Mrin Moyee Chandrakar for Kalat Nakalat |
Best Child Artist for Anjali (shared with Tarun and Shruthi) 1990 |
Succeeded by Santhosh Reddy for Bhadram Koduko |
