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, and

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films. Her roles include the

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child Anjali in the 1990 film '' Anjali'', for which she won the

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, 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''.

Early life

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

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and actress Shalini. She was born to Babu and Alice. Her father migrated to

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with an ambition of becoming an actor and the family settled there. Later he fulfilled his ambition through his children.

Career

Shamlee started acting at the age of two in

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with the Vijaykanth starrer ''

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''. In 1990, she acted in

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'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 came with

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's '' Anjali'', in which she portrayed a

child, which earned her widespread critical acclaim across South India and the

. At that time, Shamlee was regarded as one of the youngest income tax assessees ever. 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. In 2009, she played her first female lead role in Anand Ranga's directorial debut '' Oye!'' (2009) alongside Siddarth with her performance receiving a mixed response. Between 2010 and 2015, Shamili studied and worked in

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and later returned to Chennai to work on the production of '' Veera Shivaji'' alongside

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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”. and sify also stating she is “as stiff as a wax statue with barely any emotion”. Shamili also acted in the Malayalam film '' Valleem Thetti Pulleem Thetti'' the same year, which was also panned and received negative reviews.

Filmography

As child artist

As lead actress

References

External links

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