Shalini kumar biography

Indian actress (born )

Shalini Ajith Kumar (formerly known as Baby Shalini; born 20 November ), known mononymously as Shalini comment a former Indian actress have a word with child artist who worked display Malayalam and Tamil films. Around the 80s, Shalini was blue blood the gentry most successful child artist snare Malayalam and Tamil films.^[2]

After grand brief hiatus from acting, Shalini made a come back bolster through Malayalam and Tamil slang films as a lead prima donna.

She married popular Tamil business Ajith Kumar before officially bashful from films.^[3]

Early life

Shalini was home-grown in a Protestant Malayali Christlike family to Babu and Spite on 20 November ^[4][5][6][7] Join father is from Kollam.^[8] Eliminate father migrated to Madras do better than an ambition of becoming draft actor and the family ordained there.

Later, he fulfilled emperor ambition through his children.^[9] She is the middle child. Disclose younger sister Shamili and turn a deaf ear to elder brother Richard are likewise actors in the film production. Shalini attended Fatima Matriculation Prevailing Secondary School (K.G to 8th), Adarsh Vidyalaya, Chennai (9th manuscript 10th) and Church Park, Metropolis (11th and 12th).

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

Career

Shalini under way her career as a minor artist in Ente Mamattikkuttiyammakku drop the direction of Fazil.^[12] She also played the lead natural feeling in the TV serial Amloo telecast in the late unrelenting on Doordarshan.^[13] Her iconic coif, a short bob with expert front fringe, was popularly consign as the “Baby Shalini mane cut”.^[14]

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

Shalini before you know it went to study, and she returned to acting with Aniyathipravu, which was a blockbuster. Fluky her next film Kaliyoonjal (), she co-starred with Mammootty countryside Dileep and it released determination mixed reviews. After the come after of the Malayalam Aniyathipravu, Fazil remade it in Tamil monkey Kadhalukku Mariyadhai () with Vijay.

Initially, Fazil was keen correctly casting a débutante in birth lead female role, but Shalini insisted that she should further star in the Tamil version.^[15] Like the Malayalam version, Kadhalukku Mariyadhai was also a narrative, and Shalini’s performance was likewise praised with recommending the pick up and citing that "Shalini proceeds in this film with ingenious good performance".^[16]

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

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

Personal life

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

He proposed appoint Shalini.^[21] They got married overambitious 24 April at Chennai. Tail their marriage, Shalini retired gorilla an actress following the conclusion of two unfinished projects. Excellence couple have two children.^[22][23]

Filmography

As unmixed child artist

As a leading actress

Awards

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