Shamlee

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Shamlee
Born
Shamlee

(1987-07-10) 10 July 1987 (age 38)
Tiruvalla, Kerala, India
Other namesBaby Shamlee
Occupation Actress
Years active1989—2000
(child artist),
2009, 2016-2018 (Actress)
Relatives
Awards National Film Award for Best Child Artist
Kerala State Film Award for Best Child Artist
Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Child Artist
Karnataka State Film Award for Best Child Artist

Shamlee (born 10 July 1987 [1] ), is an Indian former actress who has worked in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam 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 her a Kerala State Film Award for Best Child Artist. She has also won the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Female Child Actor for her performance in her Kannada debut Mathe Haditu Kogile .

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Early life

Shamlee is from a family of actors, being the younger sister to 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

Shamlee started acting at the age of two in Tamil Cinema with the Vijaykanth starrer Rajanadai . 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. [3] Her breakthrough came with Mani Ratnam's Anjali , in which she portrayed a mentally challenged child, which earned her widespread critical acclaim across South India and the National Film Award for Best Child Artist. [4] [5] At that time, Shamlee was regarded as one of the youngest income tax assessees ever. [6] After Anjali, Shamlee became inarguably the most sought out child artist in South Indian cinema and, thus in subsequent years, acted in many roles in all four South Indian languages. [7]

In 2009, she played her first female lead role in Anand Ranga's directorial debut Oy! (2009) alongside Siddarth with her performance receiving a mixed response. [8] [9] 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, which was panned by critics. Her performance also received negative reviews with indiaglitz claiming “Shamlee gets a forgettable debut as a heroine in Tamil. Her lip sync is poor and the scenes involving her do no help her either”. [10] and sify also stating she is “as stiff as a wax statue with barely any emotion”. [11] Shamili also acted in the Malayalam film Valleem Thetti Pulleem Thetti the same year, which was also panned and received negative reviews. [12]

Filmography

As child artist

YearMovieRoleLanguageNotes
1989 Rajanadai Shamili "Shamu" Tamil
1990 Magadu BabyTeluguTamil dubbed as Meesaikaran
Anjali AnjaliTamilWon - National Film Award for Best Child Artist
Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Child Artist
Malootty MaloottyMalayalamWon - 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,MallikaTamil
1991Thai PoosamVelayutham
Sendhoora Devi Sindhu,
Nandu
Pookkalam Varavayi Geethu Malayalam
Anbu Sangili GeethuTamil
Keechu RaalluJyotiTelugu
BhairaviKannada
Kilukkampetti ChikkumolMalayalam
ShwetaagniKannada
Vaasalile Oru Vennila AmmuTamil
1992 Police Lockup Kannada
Killer SnehaTelugu
Sivasankari Tamil
Devar Veettu PonnuSangari,
Savithri
Naga BalaTelugu
Nani
Parvathalu PanakaluMahalakshmi
Sukravaram Mahalakshmi
1993 Joker Apple
KadambariKannada
Chinna Kannamma SaranyaTamil
SambhaviKannada
Nippu Ravva Engineer's daughterTeluguHindi dubbed as Mawali Raj
Thanga Pappa AbhiramiTamilWon - Cinema Express Award for Best Child Artist
DakshayiniKannada
Hoovu Hannu Triveni
SivarathiriTamil
1994Makkala SakshiKannada
Chinna Nee Naguthiru
Bhuvaneshwari
Anga Rakshakudu Telugu
Doragariki Donga Pellam Baby Vani
1995 Nirnayam ParukkuttyMalayalam
Karulina Kudi Kannada
1996 Lalanam Ammu Malayalam
1998 Harikrishnans Ammalu
Jagadeeshwari JagadeeshwariKannada
Thaayin Manikodi RosieTamil
2000 Kandukondain Kandukondain Kamala

As lead actress

YearFilmRoleLanguageNotesRef.
2009 Oy! Sandhya Jagarlamudi Telugu [13]
2016 Valleem Thetti Pulleem Thetti Sreedevi Malayalam [14]
Veera Sivaji Anjali Tamil [15]
2018 Ammammagarillu SitaTelugu [16]

References

  1. ↑ "ശ്യാമിലിയുടെ പിറന്നാൾ ആഘോഷിച്ച് ശാലിനിയും സഹോദരനും". Manorama Online (in Malayalam).
  2. ↑ "ശാലിനിയുടെ കഥ, ശ്യാംലിയുടേയും...!". Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  3. ↑ "Kerala State Film Awards" Archived 19 November 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ "Chinnathambi bags six awards". The Indian Express . 30 October 1992. p. 3.
  5. ↑ "38th National Film Festival" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. 1991. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 November 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  6. ↑ "Four-year-old child star Shamili is the youngest income tax assessee ever". India Today. 31 August 1991. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  7. ↑ "Shalini's Sister Shamili Reminsces Her Anjali Days; Says She Was 'Too Young'! – JFW Just for women" . Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  8. ↑ "Baby Shamili debuts opposite Siddharth". IndiaGlitz. 10 September 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2008.
  9. ↑ "Shamili debuts as heroine". IndiaGlitz.com. Archived from the original on 3 July 2009. Retrieved 4 July 2009.
  10. ↑ "Veera Sivaji review. Veera Sivaji Tamil movie review, story, rating". IndiaGlitz. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  11. ↑ "Veera Sivaji review:Tedious watch". Sify . Archived from the original on 16 December 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  12. ↑ "Flop Malayalam movies of 2016 that totally deserved it". topmovierankings.com. Archived from the original on 29 June 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  13. ↑ "Shamili debuts as heroine". IndiaGlitz.com. Archived from the original on 3 July 2009. Retrieved 4 July 2009.
  14. ↑ "Kunchacko, Shamili romances through vibrant visuals". The Times of India.
  15. ↑ "Child star Shamlee from Anjali takes the plunge". The Hindu. 4 September 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  16. ↑ "Hindi version of Naga Shaurya and Shamili's 'Ammammagarillu' trends at #2". The Times of India. 27 February 2019.
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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