Shelly Kishore is an Indian film and television actress. She is known for her role Shalini in '' Kumkumapoovu'' and in ''

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'' and Usha in ''

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''. She received a

Kerala state television award for best actress The Kerala State Television Award for Best Actress is an honour presented annually at the Kerala State Television Awards of India to an actress for the best performance in a leading role in a Malayalam telefilm or serial. Until 1997, the awards w ...

in 2006.

Early life

Her father, J. Nabu Kumar, is a civil engineer in

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, United Arab Emirates. Her mother Sheela is a homemaker. She has an elder brother and a sister. Shelly's brother is married and lives in the US. Her sister, Shibily works as a teacher. Shelly studied in

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and in New Indian Model School, Dubai. She has a diploma in mass media and communication from

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and another diploma in sociology. Shelly has completed her Post Graduation in E-Governance.

Career

Shelly Kishore received the

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's award for the best actress in 2006 for her role in the serial ''Thaniye'', telecasted in

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. Shelly's first

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movie was ''

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'', directed by

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. Shelly's first Tamil movie was ''

'', directed by

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. Shelly appeared the Hindi movie ''The Waiting Room'', directed by Maneej Premnath. She learned classic Indian dance forms, including

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, Kuchipudi, and

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. Shelly was selected as the second runner up for the Miss Flower Show contest held at Kanakakunnu, Trivandrum. Shelly acted in the Malayalam movie ''Kanalkannadi'' directed by Jayan Poduval, although it was never released. Kishore is famous in Malayali households for her portrayal of Shalini Rudran in ''Kumkumapoovu''. After finishing that production, she took a break from television. In 2017 she came back through the portrayal of Balasuda in ''Sthreepadam''.

Filmography

Serials

Short films

* Chirakinte Maravil

Awards

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kishore, Shelly Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Kerala State Television Award winners Actresses in Malayalam television Actresses in Malayalam cinema Actresses in Tamil cinema Actresses in Hindi cinema