Shamlee is born into a Christian household in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. She started acting in her childhood. As a child artist, Shalini has acted in Anjali, a Tamil film, Malootty, Pookalam varavai etc. Later she acted in Harikrishnan with megastars Mohanlal and Mammootty and also Bollywood actress Juhi Chawla. Shamilee has an elder sister - Shalini - the famous Malayalam actress. Richard is her brother.
Although her mother tongue is Malayalam, she speaks fluent Tamil as well.
Innocent Vareed Thekkethala (1948-2023) , a veteran Malayalam actor, the scrupulous politician and the former MP of Loksabha as well. In his career extending more than five decades, he performed in more than 750 films and is concerned one of the iconic comedian in Malayala cinema as well as few Tamil, Kannada, Hindi and English films.
National Award-winning actor Nedumudi Venu died at the age of 73 at a private hospital in Thiruvananthapuram on Monday. He had been in a critical condition for some time due to liver-related ailments.