Shamili

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Shamili
Born
Shamili

(1987-07-10) 10 July 1987 (age 36)[1]
Alma materWomen's Christian College, Chennai
OccupationActress
Years active1989—2000
(child artist)
2009—2018 (Actress)
Parent(s)Babu
Alice
Relatives

Shamili, also known as Baby Shamili, (born 10 July 1987), is an Indian actress who has worked in Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada and Telugu films. Her roles include the mentally challenged child Anjali in the 1990 film Anjali, for which she won the National Film Award for Best Child Artist, and a child trapped inside a bore-well in the film Malootty, which won a Kerala State Film Award for Best Child Artist. She has also won the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Child Actor (Female) for her performance in her Kannada debut Mathe Haditu Kogile.

Early life[edit]

Shamili is from a family of actors, being the younger sister of actor Richard Rishi and actress Shalini. She was born to Babu and Alice. Her father migrated to Madras with an ambition of becoming an actor and the family settled there. Later he fulfilled his ambition through his children.[2]

Career[edit]

Shamili started acting at the age of two in Tamil Cinema. 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.[3][4] 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.[5] She also acted as a teenager in Fazil's Harikrishnans as Mammooty and Mohanlal's sibling. In Kannada she has acted with actors Vishnuvardhan, Ambareesh, Sithara, Shruti, Srinath, Geetha, Meghna, Vinaya Prasad, Sunil, Sathyapriya, Bhavya, Lakshmi and Abhijith. In Kannada, she acted in Dakshayini (1993), Kadambari (1993), Karulina Kudi (1995), Bhairavi (1991), Chinna Nee Naguthiru (1993), Bhuvaneshwari (1994), Mathe Haditu Kogile (1990), Hoovu Hannu (1993) and Jagadeshwari (1998).

She played her first female lead role in Anand Ranga's directorial debut Oye! (2009) alongside Siddarth, though the film's mixed response at the box office prompted her to embark on another sabbatical.[6][7] Between 2010 and 2015, Shamili studied and worked in Singapore, and later returned to Chennai to work on the production of Veera Shivaji alongside Vikram Prabhu in 2016.[8]

Filmography[edit]

As child artist[edit]

Year Movie Role Language Notes
1989 Rajanadai Shamu Tamil
Magadu Telugu
1990 Anjali Anjali Tamil Won - National Film Award for Best Child Artist
Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Child Artist
Malootty Malootty Malayalam Won - Kerala State Film Award for Best Child Artist
Jagadeka Veerudu Athiloka Sundari Bujji Telugu
Mathe Haditu Kogile Pallavi Kannada Won - Karnataka State Film Award for Best Child Artist
Durga Durga,Mallika Tamil
1991 Thai Poosam Velayutham Tamil
Sendhoora Devi Sindhu,
Nandu
Tamil
Pookkalam Varavayi Geethu Malayalam
Anbu Sangili Geethu Tamil
Killer Sneha Telugu
Keechu Raallu Jyoti Telugu
Bhairavi Kannada
Kilukkampetti Chikkumol Malayalam
Shwetaagni Kannada
Vaasalile Oru Vennila Ammu Tamil
1992 Police Lockup Kannada
Sivasankari Tamil
Devar Veettu Ponnu Sangari,
Savithri
Tamil
Naga Bala Telugu
Nani Telugu
Parvathalu Panakalu Mahalakshmi Telugu
Sukravaram Mahalakshmi Telugu
1993 Joker Apple Telugu
Kadambari Kannada
Chinna Kannamma Saranya Tamil
Sambhavi Kannada
Nippu Ravva Engineer's daughter Telugu
Thanga Pappa Abhirami Tamil
Dakshayini Kannada
Sivarathiri Tamil
1994 Makkala Sakshi Kannada
Hoovu Hannu Triveni Kannada
Chinna Nee Naguthiru Kannada
Bhuvaneshwari Kannada
Doragariki Donga Pellam Baby Vani Telugu
1995 Nirnayam Parukkutty Malayalam
Karulina Kudi Kannada
Anga Rakshakudu Telugu
1996 Sabse Bada Mawali Hindi
Lalanam Ammu Malayalam
1998 Harikrishnans Ammalu Malayalam
Jagadeeshwari Jagadeeshwari Kannada
Thaayin Manikodi Rosie Tamil
2000 Kandukondain Kandukondain Kamala Tamil

As actress[edit]

Year Film Role Language Notes Ref.
2009 Oye! Sandhya Telugu [9]
2016 Valleem Thetti Pulleem Thetti Sreedevi Malayalam [10]
2016 Veera Sivaji Anjali Tamil [11]
2018 Ammammagarillu Sita Telugu [12]

References[edit]

  1. "ശ്യാമിലിയുടെ പിറന്നാൾ ആഘോഷിച്ച് ശാലിനിയും സഹോദരനും". Manorama Online (in മലയാളം).
  2. "ശാലിനിയുടെ കഥ, ശ്യാംലിയുടേയും...!". Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  3. "Chinnathambi bags six awards". The Indian Express. 30 October 1992. p. 3.
  4. "38th National Film Festival" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. 1991. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 November 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  5. "Kerala State Film Awards" Archived 19 November 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  6. "Baby Shamili debuts opposite Siddharth". IndiaGlitz. 10 September 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2008.
  7. "Shamili debuts as heroine". indiaglitz.com. Retrieved 4 July 2009.
  8. "Veera Sivaji starring Vikram Prabhu and Shamlee is shooting a song in Pondicherry". Behindwoods. 3 October 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  9. "Shamili debuts as heroine". indiaglitz.com. Retrieved 4 July 2009.
  10. "Kunchacko, Shamili romances through vibrant visuals". Times of India.
  11. "Child star Shamlee from Anjali takes the plunge". The Hindu. 4 September 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  12. "Hindi version of Naga Shaurya and Shamili's 'Ammammagarillu' trends at #2 - Times of India". The Times of India.

External links[edit]

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