Shamili

Shamili, also known as Baby Shamili, born on 10 July 1987, is an Indian actress who has worked 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 film Malootty, that got her a Kerala State Film Award for Best Child Artist. Shamili got Karnataka State Film Award for Best Child Actor (Female) for her performance in her Kannada debut Mathe Hadithu Kogile.

Shamili
Born
Shamili

(1987-07-10) 10 July 1987
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Other namesBaby Shamili
Alma materWomen's Christian College, Chennai
OccupationActress
Years active1989—2000
(child artist)
2009—2018 (Actress)
RelativesShalini Kumar (sister)
Richard Rishi (brother)
Ajith Kumar (brother-in-law )

Early life

Shamili hails from a family of actors, being the younger sister of actor Richard Rishi and actress Shalini. She was born to Babu and Alice.[1] 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][3]

Career

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. 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. She also acted as a teenager in Fazil's Harikrishnans as Mammooty and Mohanlal's sibling. In Kannada she has acted with well-known actors such as 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 yet another sabbatical.[4] Between 2010 and 2015, Shamili studied and worked in Singapore and turned down numerous opportunities to return to acting. She later returned to Chennai, and work on the production of Veera Shivaji alongside Vikram Prabhu in 2016.

Filmography

As Child Artist
YearMovieRoleLanguageNotes
1989RajanadaiShamuTamil
MagaduTelugu
1990AnjaliAnjaliTamilNational Film Award for Best Child Artist
Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Child Artist
MaloottyMaloottyMalayalamKerala State Film Award for Best Child Artist
Jagadeka Veerudu Athiloka SundariBujjiTelugu
Mathe Haditu KogilePallaviKannadaKarnataka State Film Award for Best Child Artist
DurgaDurga,MallikaTamil
1991Thai PoosamVelayuthamTamil
Sendhoora DeviSindhu,
Nandu		Tamil
Pookkalam VaravayiGeethuMalayalam
Anbu SangiliGeethuTamil
KillerSnehaTelugu
Keechu RaalluJyotiTelugu
BhairaviKannada
KilukkampettiChikkumolMalayalam
ShwetaagniKannada
Vaasalile Oru VennilaAmmuTamil
1992Police LockupKannada
SivasankariTamil
Devar Veettu PonnuSangari,
Savithri		Tamil
Naga BalaTelugu
NaniTelugu
Parvathalu PanakaluMahalakshmiTelugu
Sukravaram MahalakshmiTelugu
1993JokerAppleTelugu
KadambariKannada
Chinna KannammaSaranyaTamil
SambhaviKannada
Nippu RavvaEngineer's daughterTelugu
Thanga PappaAbhiramiTamil
DakshayiniKannada
SivarathiriTamil
1994Makkala SakshiKannada
Hoovu HannuKannada
Chinna Nee NaguthiruKannada
Doragariki Donga Pellam Baby VaniTelugu
1995NirnayamParukkuttyMalayalam
Karulina KudiKannada
Anga RakshakuduTelugu
1996Sabse Bada MawaliHindi
LalanamAmmuMalayalam
1998HarikrishnansAmmaluMalayalam
JagadeeshwariJagadeeshwariKannada
Thaayin ManikodiRosieTamil
2000Kandukondain KandukondainKamalaTamil

As Actress
YearMovieRoleLanguageNotes
2009Oye!SandhyaTeluguCineMAA Award for Best Female Debut
2015Valliyum Thetti Pulliyum ThettiSreedeviMalayalam
2016Veera SivajiAnjaliTamil
2018AmmammagarilluSitaTelugu
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References
  1. http://www.mangalamvarika.com/index.php/en/home/index/124/29
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2017.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Ajith Shalini Marriage Ajith Kumar Wedding Photos Tamil Actor Details". Celebrity.psyphil.com. 3 January 2008. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  4. "Baby Shamili debuts opposite Siddharth". IndiaGlitz. 10 September 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2008.
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
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