Shamili

Shamili
Born	Shamili 23 March 1985 (age 25) India
Other name(s)	Baby Shamili, Shamlee, Shamli
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1989-present

Shamili (born 23 March 1985), better known as Baby Shamili, is a South Indian actress, who has appeared in Telugu , Malayalam, Kannada and Tamil films. She is probably best known for her critically acclaimed performance as the mentally challenged child Anjali in the film of the same title that fetched her the National Film Award for Best Child Artist at the age of 4.

Personal life

Shamili hails from Thiruvalla, Kerala from an acting family, being the younger sister of actor Richard Rishi in Tollywood and actress Shalini and her brother-in-law is actor Ajith Kumar.

Acting career

She started acting at the age of two. She came to prominence following her performance in Mani Rathnam's 'Anjali', in which she portrayed a mentally challenged child, which garnered her the National Film Award for Best Child Artist.In 1992, she acted in Bharathan's Malooty which won her many appreciation. She also acted as a teenager in Fazil's Harikrishnans as Mammooty and Mohanlal's little sibling. In kannada she made Dakshayini, Kadambari (1993), Karulina Kudi (1995), Bhairavi (1991), Chinna Nee Naguthiru (1993). She stopped acting in kannada 10 years ago, but still she is the famous child actress.

She has been cast in ^[1] Anand Ranga's directorial debut alongside Siddarth. Anand Ranga worked as an associate to 'Bommarillu'. The movie was released late-2009. She also stars as Mohanlal's daughter in a yet-to-be-titled movie.

Filmography

Year	Title	Language	Role	Notes
1989	Rajanadai	Tamil	Shamu
1990	Anjali	Tamil	Anjali	Winner, National Film Award for Best Child Artist
	Jagadeka Veerudu Athiloka Sundari	Telugu	Bujji
	Mathe Hadithu Kogile	Kannada
	Durga	Tamil	Durga
1991	Thai Poosam	Tamil
	Senthura Devi	Tamil
	Pookkalam Varavayi	Malayalam	Geethu
	Anbu Changili	Tamil
	Bhairavi	Kannada
	Kilukkampetti	Malayalam	Chikkumol
	Shwetaagni	Kannada
	Vaasalile Oru Vennila	Tamil
1992	Malootty	Malayalam	Malootty
	Police Lockup	Kannada
	Sivasankari	Tamil
	Thevar Veettu Ponnu	Tamil
Killer	Telugu
1993	Joker	Telugu	Apple
	Kadambari	Kannada
	Chinna Kannamma	Tamil	Saranya
	Sambhavi	Kannada
	Thangapappa	Tamil
	Dakshayini	Kannada
	Sivarathiri	Tamil
1994	Makkala Sakshi	Kannada
	Sididedda Panadavaru	Kannada
	Chinna nee Naguthiru	Kannada
1995	Nirnayam	Malayalam
	Karulina Kudi	Kannada
1996	Sabse Bada Mawali	Hindi
1998	Harikrishnans	Malayalam	Ammalu
	Jagadeeshwari	Kannada
2000	Kandukondain Kandukondain	Tamil	Kamala
2009	Oy!	Telugu	Sandhya	First movie as a heroine.