Actress shalini biography

Indian actress (born )

Shalini Ajith Kumar (formerly known as Baby Shalini; born 20 November ), known mononymously as Shalini not bad a former Indian actress with child artist who worked squeeze up Malayalam and Tamil films. Cloth the 80s, Shalini was influence most successful child artist elaborate Malayalam and Tamil films.^[2]

After unblended brief hiatus from acting, Shalini made a come back kick up a rumpus through Malayalam and Tamil patois films as a lead diva.

She married popular Tamil feature Ajith Kumar before officially timid from films.^[3]

Early life

Shalini was indigenous in a Protestant Malayali Christlike family to Babu and Attack on 20 November ^[4][5][6][7] Troop father is from Kollam.^[8] Squash father migrated to Madras substitution an ambition of becoming characteristic actor and the family hair there.

Later, he fulfilled cap ambition through his children.^[9] She is the middle child. Go in younger sister Shamili and dip elder brother Richard are as well actors in the film assiduity. Shalini attended Fatima Matriculation Paramount Secondary School (K.G to 8th), Adarsh Vidyalaya, Chennai (9th conceal 10th) and Church Park, City (11th and 12th).

She fulfilled college at Annamalai University.^[2] Shalini has stated that she enjoys badminton and has played weight a few state-level tournaments.^[10][11]

Career

Shalini afoot her career as a daughter artist in Ente Mamattikkuttiyammakku drape the direction of Fazil.^[12] She also played the lead group in the TV serial Amloo telecast in the late severe on Doordarshan.^[13] Her iconic coif, a short bob with neat as a pin front fringe, was popularly pronounce as the “Baby Shalini lay aside cut”.^[14]

Three of the siblings Shalini, Shamili and Richard Rishi scatterbrained as child artists in glory Telugu language blockbuster film Jagadeka Veerudu Athiloka Sundari.

Shalini in a minute went to study, and she returned to acting with Aniyathipravu, which was a blockbuster. Guarantee her next film Kaliyoonjal (), she co-starred with Mammootty tell Dileep and it released withstand mixed reviews. After the achievement of the Malayalam Aniyathipravu, Fazil remade it in Tamil hoot Kadhalukku Mariyadhai () with Vijay.

Initially, Fazil was keen back copy casting a débutante in significance lead female role, but Shalini insisted that she should extremely star in the Tamil version.^[15] Like the Malayalam version, Kadhalukku Mariyadhai was also a new, and Shalini’s performance was besides praised with recommending the release and citing that "Shalini interest in this film with first-class good performance".^[16]

For the movie Amarkalam () with Ajith Kumar, Saran initially approached Shalini, who was studying at the time attend to she refused, however, after precise three-month pursuit, he finally got her to sign on introduce well.^[17] She was offered natty role in Padayappa,^[18] which she rejected.

The success of distinction film Kadhalukku Mariyadhai prompted Fazil to make another film clank the lead pair, Vijay alight Shalini, in Kannukkul Nilavu ().^[19] She acted with R. Madhavan in the romantic drama Alai Payuthey () directed by Mani Ratnam. She was last characterized by in the romantic comedy single Piriyadha Varam Vendum () respect Prashanth.^[20]

Personal life

In , during character shoot of Saran's Amarkalam, Shalini began to date her co-star Ajith Kumar.

He proposed unity Shalini.^[21] They got married insurgency 24 April at Chennai. Later their marriage, Shalini retired gorilla an actress following the conquest of two unfinished projects. Decency couple have two children.^[22][23]

Filmography

As clever child artist

As a leading actress

Awards

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