indian celebrities: Shamili

Monday 2 July 2012

Shamili

Shamili (Malayalam: ശ്യാമിലി; born 10 July 1987), better known as Baby Shamili, is aIndian actress, who has primarily acted as a child actor in Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada andTelugu films. She is probably best known for her critically acclaimed performance as thementally challenged child Anjali in the 1990 film Anjali 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 has acted with well known actors likevishnuvardhan,ambreesh,sitara,shruthi,srinath and abhijeet.in kannada she acted in Dakshayini, Kadambari (1993), Karulina Kudi (1995), Bhairavi(1991),Chinna Nee Naguthiru (1993)"Bhuvaneshwari"(1994)"matte haditu kogile"(1990),"hoovu hannu"(1993) and "jagadeshwari"(1998) She worked as a model in the Milka-B Biscuit.