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{{short description|Indian Malayalam film actress (born 1979)}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Shalini
| image = Vz Durai 100 Days.jpg
| image_size = 250px
| caption = Shalini (right) along with Ajith in 2000
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1979|11|20}}<ref name="mangalamvarika.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.mangalamvarika.com/index.php/en/home/index/124/29|title=Mangalam - Varika 27-Jan-2014|website=Mangalamvarika.com}}</ref>
| birth_name = Shalini
| birth_place = [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India
| occupation = Actress
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Ajith Kumar]]|2000}}
| children = Anoushka (b.2008) Aadvik (b.2015)
| parents = Babu (father) Alice (mother)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mangalamvarika.com/index.php/en/home/index/124/28|title=Mangalam - Varika 27-Jan-2014|website=Mangalamvarika.com}}</ref>
| relatives = [[Shamili]] (sister) [[Richard Rishi]] (brother)
| website =
| yearsactive = 1983–1990 (child artist) 1997–2001(actress)
}}

'''Shalini''', also known as '''Baby Shalini''' and by her married name '''Shalini Ajith Kumar''', is a former Indian actress who predominantly worked in [[Malayalam]] films and few [[Tamil language|Tamil]] films.

She debuted at the age of three as a ''child artist'' through the 1983 [[Malayalam]] film ''[[Ente Mamattikkuttiyammakku]]'', which was produced by [[Navodaya Studio]]. She also acted in Kannada, Tamil, and Telugu films as a child artist. In Kannada, she shared screenspace with legendary actor [[Dr. Vishnuvardhan]] in the film ''[[Ee Jeeva Ninagagi]]'', which was released in 1986. She also acted along with her sister [[Shamili]] in the [[Telugu film]] ''[[Jagadeka Veerudu Atiloka Sundari]]'' in 1990 which stars [[Chiranjeevi]] and [[Sridevi]] in the lead role.

She continued to appear in many films as a child actor, credited as '''Baby Shalini'''. After a break of several years, she returned to the industry by appearing in her first lead role in the 1997 Malayalam movie ''[[Aniyathi Pravu]]'', which went on to become a blockbuster.

Later she appeared in highly successful films in Malayalam and Tamil such as ''[[Kaliyoonjal]]'' (1997), ''[[Kadhalukku Mariyadhai]]'' (1997), ''[[Amarkalam]]'' (1999), ''[[Niram]]'' (1999), ''[[Kannukkul Nilavu]]'' (2000), ''[[Alaipayuthey (film)|Alaipayuthey]]'' (2000) and ''[[Piriyadha Varam Vendum]]'' (2001). She won the [[Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize|Tamil Nadu State Film Special Award for Best Actress]] for her role in [[Mani Ratnam]]'s ''[[Alaipayuthey (film)|Alaipayuthey]]''.

==Early life==
Shalini was born to Babu and Alice on 20 November 1979.<ref name="mangalamvarika.com"/><ref>[http://celebrity.psyphil.com/ajith-shalini-marriage-ajith-kumar-wedding-photos-tamil-actor-details "Ajith Shalini Marriage Ajith Kumar Wedding Photos Tamil Actor Details"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110308062312/http://celebrity.psyphil.com/ajith-shalini-marriage-ajith-kumar-wedding-photos-tamil-actor-details/ |date=8 March 2011 }}, Celebrity.psyphil.com, 3 January 2008; retrieved 28 June 2011.</ref> Her father is from [[Kollam]] and her mother from Thiruvalla. {{citation needed|date=April 2019}} Her father migrated to [[Madras]], with an ambition of becoming an actor and the family settled there. Later, he fulfilled his ambition through his children.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mangalam.com/mangalam-varika/143728?page=0,1 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2017-09-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307153750/http://www.mangalam.com/mangalam-varika/143728?page=0,1 |archive-date=7 March 2016}}</ref> She attended Fatima Mat Hr Sec School, Adarsh Vidyalaya, Chennai and Church Park Convent, Chennai. She is the middle child. Her younger sister [[Shamili]] and her elder brother [[Richard Rishi|Richard]] are also actors in the film industry. Shalini has stated that she enjoys [[badminton]] and has played in a few state-level tournaments.<ref name="hinduonnet.com">[http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2006101000460100.htm&date=2006/10/10/&prd=mp& `Acting is a lot of responsibility'], The Hindu, 10 October 2006.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/09/15/stories/2006091517700200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090304152603/http://www.hindu.com/2006/09/15/stories/2006091517700200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 March 2009|title=Tamil Nadu/Tiruchi News: From a child artiste to badminton player|date=15 September 2006|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=12 July 2012}}</ref>

==Career==
Shalini started her career as a child artist in ''[[Ente Mamattikkuttiyammakku]]'' and she acted in all the films under the direction of [[Fazil (director)|Fazil]]. She also played the lead character in the TV serial ''Amloo'' telecast in the late 1980s on Doordarshan. She went to study, and she returned to acting with ''[[Aniyathipravu]]'', which was a blockbuster. Initially, Fazil was keen on casting a débutante in the lead female role, but Shalini insisted that she should also star in the Tamil version.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cscsarchive.org:8081/MediaArchive/art.nsf/(docid)/5B14521EB99AB01765256940004C8B0E |title=Penchant for riveting romances - The Hindu |date=20 June 2004 |access-date=2012-07-12 }}{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Her performance was praised especially, with Indolink.com recommending the film and citing that "Shalini returns in this film with a good performance".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indolink.com/tamil/cinema/Reviews/articles/kmariyad.htm |title=Kaadhalukku Mariyaadhai: Movie Review |publisher=Indolink.com |access-date=2012-07-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120610003624/http://www.indolink.com/tamil/cinema/Reviews/articles/kmariyad.htm |archive-date=10 June 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In the next film ''[[Kaliyoonjal]]'' (1997), she co-starred with [[Mammootty]] and [[Dileep (actor)|Dileep]] and it released with to mixed reviews. Shalini acted in the first Tamil film as the heroine; ''[[Kadhalukku Mariyadhai]]'' (1997). After the success of the Malayalam ''Aniyathipravu'', Fazil remade it into a Tamil film. It was a Blockbuster.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianmoviestats.com/moviedetail.html?movie=233|title=IndianMovieStats|website=indianmoviestats.com}}</ref> For ''[[Amarkalam]]'' (1999), Saran initially approached Shalini, who was studying at the time and she refused, but after a three-month pursuit, he finally got her to sign on as well.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2000/feb/10saran.htm#4a |title=Rediff on the NeT, Movies: Director Saran on matters close to his heart |work=Rediff.com |date=10 February 2000 |access-date=2012-07-12}}</ref> She was offered a role in ''[[Padayappa]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/1998/nov/03ss.htm |title=Rediff on the NeT, Movies: Gossip from the southern film industry |work=Rediff.com |date=3 November 1998 |access-date=2012-07-12}}</ref> which she rejected. The success of the film prompted the director to make another film with the lead pair in 2000; ''[[Kannukkul Nilavu]]'', which received positive reviews and was a success at the box office. Under direction, she acted in the film ''[[Alaipayuthey]]'' (2000). The performance of Shalini was praised and she won the [[Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize]]. In 2001, she acted in her last film ''[[Piriyadha Varam Vendum]]'', which was successful.

==Personal life==
In 1999, during the shoot of Saran's ''[[Amarkalam]]'', Shalini began to date her co-star [[Ajith Kumar]]. He proposed to Shalini in June 1999, and following consultations with her family, she accepted.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/1999/sep/15ajit.htm|title=Rediff on the NeT, Movies: The Ajit-Shalini romance|work=Rediff.com|date=15 September 1999|access-date=12 July 2012}}</ref> They have got married in April 2000 at Chennai. After their marriage, Shalini retired as an actress, following the completion of two unfinished projects. The couple has two children — a daughter, Anoushka born in 2008, and a son, Aadvik born in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/150302/entertainment-kollywood/article/ajith-and-shalini-welcome-baby-boy|title=Ajith and Shalini welcome baby boy|date=2 March 2015|website=Deccanchronicle.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/regional/ajith-wife-blessed-with-baby-boy-twitter-calls-newborn-kutty-thala/article1-1322201.aspx|title=Archived copy|access-date=3 March 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150303005611/http://www.hindustantimes.com/regional/ajith-wife-blessed-with-baby-boy-twitter-calls-newborn-kutty-thala/article1-1322201.aspx|archive-date=3 March 2015}}</ref>

==Filmography==
===As child artist===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Film
! Role
! Language
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1983 || ''[[Ente Mamattikkuttiyammakku]]'' || Mamattukuttiyama/Tintu || [[Malayalam]] || [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Child Artist]]
|-
| 1983 || ''[[Aadyathe Anuraagam]]'' || Rajumon || Malayalam ||
|-
|1983||''[[Oomakkuyil]]''||- ||Malayalam||
|-
|1983||''[[Aanandha Kummi]]''||- ||Tamil||| [[Tamil Language|Debut in Tamil Movie]]
|-
| 1984 || ''[[Muthodu Muthu]]'' || Achimol || Malayalam ||
|-
| 1984 || ''[[Amme Narayana]]'' || -|| Malayalam ||
|-
| 1984 || ''[[Onnum Mindatha Bharya]]'' ||Achuthan Nair's daughter || Malayalam ||
|-
| 1984 || ''[[Sandarbham]]'' ||Ravi's daughter || Malayalam ||
|-
| 1984 || ''[[NH 47 (film)|NH 47]]'' || Mini || Malayalam ||
|-
| 1984 || ''[[Onnanu Nammal]]'' || Sonykutty || Malayalam ||
|-
| 1984 || ''[[Krishna Guruvayoorappa]]'' || Unnikrishnan || Malayalam ||
|-
| 1984 || ''[[Oru Sumangaliyude Katha]]'' || Raji || Malayalam ||
|-
| 1984 || ''[[Minimol Vathicanil]]'' || Minimol || Malayalam ||
|-
| 1984 || ''[[Chakkarayumma]]'' || Shalu Mol || Malayalam ||
|-
| 1984 || ''[[Koottinilamkili]]'' || Nandini/Rajimol || Malayalam ||
|-
| 1984 || ''[[Mangalam Nerunnu]]'' || Usha || Malayalam ||
|-
| 1984 || ''[[Osai]]'' || || [[Tamil language|Tamil]] ||
|-
| 1985 || ''[[Vannu Kandu Keezhadakki]]'' || Shalu || Malayalam ||
|-
| 1985 || ''[[Bandham (1985 film)|Bandham]]'' || Asha || Tamil ||
|-
| 1985 || ''[[Pillai Nila]]'' ||Shalini/Shalu || Tamil ||
|-
| 1985 || ''[[Jeevante Jeevan]]'' ||Biju || Malayalam ||
|-
| 1985 || ''[[Akkacheyude Kunjuvava]]'' ||Chakkimol|| Malayalam ||
|-
| 1985 || ''[[Oru Nokku Kanan]]'' || Chinnukkutty / Unnimol || Malayalam ||
|-
| 1985 || ''[[Katha Ithuvare]]'' || Ramyamol || Malayalam ||
|-
| 1985 || ''[[Oru Kudakeezhil]]'' || Baby Sridevi|| Malayalam ||
|-
| 1985 || ''[[Aazhi]]'' || - || Malayalam ||
|-
| 1985 || ''[[Aanakkorumma]]'' || Bindu || Malayalam ||
|-
| 1985 || ''[[Iniyum Kadha Thudarum]]'' ||Ravindran's daughter || Malayalam ||
|-
| 1985 || ''[[Ormikkaan Omanikkaan]]'' || - || Malayalam ||
|-
| 1985 || ''[[Muhurtham Pathnonnu Muppathinu]]'' || Raji || Malayalam ||
|-
| 1986 || ''[[Prathyyekom Shradikkuka]]'' || Minimol || Malayalam ||
|-
| 1986 || ''[[Bharya Oru Manthri]]'' || Anithamol || Malayalam ||
|-
| 1986 || ''[[Viduthalai (1986 film)|Viduthalai]]'' || Shalini || Tamil ||
|-
| 1986 || ''[[Ente Entethu Mathrem]]'' || Sreemol, Bindu || Malayalam ||Dual role
|-
| 1986 || ''[[Ee Jeeva Ninagagi]]'' || Latha || [[Kannada]] || Also playback singer
|-
| 1986 || ''[[Nilave Malare (film)|Nilave Malare]]'' || Priya || Tamil ||
|-
| 1986 || ''[[Aayiram Kannudayaal]]'' || || Tamil ||
|-
| 1986 || ''[[Jailu Pakshi]]'' || || [[Telugu language|Telugu]] ||
|-
| 1986 || ''Bandham'' || || Telugu ||
|-
| 1987 || ''[[Amme Bhagavathi]]'' || Durga || Malayalam ||
|-
| 1987 || ''[[Sirai Paravai]]'' || || Tamil ||
|-
| 1987 || ''[[Shankar Guru (1987 film)|Shankar Guru]]'' || Devi || Tamil ||
|-
| 1987 || ''[[Shankar Guru (1987 film)|Chinnari Devatha]]'' || Devi || Telugu ||
|-
| 1987 || ''[[Michael Raj]]'' || || Tamil ||
|-
| 1987 || ''Rowdy Babai'' || || Tamil ||
|-
| 1988 || ''[[Brahma Puthrudu]]'' || Sridevi|| Telugu ||
|-
| 1988 || ''Chutti Poonai'' ||Shalini || Tamil ||
|-
| 1988 || ''August 15 Rathri'' || || Telugu ||
|-
| 1989 || ''[[Raja Chinna Roja]]'' || Chitra || Tamil ||

|-
| 1989 || ''[[Rakhwala (1989 film)|Rakhwala]]'' || Mini || [[Hindi]] ||

|-
| 1989 || ''Bhagavan'' || Baby || Telugu ||
|-
| 1990 || ''[[Jagadeka Veerudu Atiloka Sundari]]'' || Pandu || Telugu ||
|}

===As actress===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Film
! Role
! Language
! class="unsortable" | Notes
! {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1997 || ''[[Aniyathi Pravu]]'' || Mini|| [[Malayalam]] || ||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://inwww.rediff.com/movies/1998/apr/09sh.htm|title=She's a big girl now!|work=[[Rediff.com]]|date=9 April 1998}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Kaliyoonjal]]'' || Ammu || Malayalam || ||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/1999/sep/15ajit.htm|title=Pyar to hona hi tha|work=[[Rediff.com]]|date=15 September 1999}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Kadhalukku Mariyadhai]]'' || Mini || [[Tamil language|Tamil]] || Remake of ''Aniyathipraavu'' ||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://in.rediff.com/movies/1999/nov/04spice.htm|title=Love makes the filmi world go round|work=[[Rediff.com]]|date=4 November 1999}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1998 || ''[[Nakshatratharattu]]'' || Hema || Malayalam || ||<ref name="kb">{{Cite web |last=Thomas |first=Edison |date=21 July 2014 |title=I'm taking my films more seriously now: Kunchacko Boban |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/im-taking-my-films-more-seriously-now-kunchacko-boban/articleshow/38743585.cms |website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Kaikudunna Nilavu]]'' || Veni || Malayalam || ||<ref>https://malayalam.filmibeat.com/features/producer-kalliyoor-sasi-revealed-dileep-jayaram-starrer-kaikudunna-nilavu-was-box-office-flop-073445.html</ref>
|-
| ''[[Sundarakilladi]]'' ||Devayani || Malayalam || ||
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1999 || ''[[Prem Poojari]]'' || Hema || Malayalam || ||<ref name="kb">{{Cite web |last=Thomas |first=Edison |date=21 July 2014 |title=I'm taking my films more seriously now: Kunchacko Boban |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/im-taking-my-films-more-seriously-now-kunchacko-boban/articleshow/38743585.cms |website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Amarkalam]]'' || Mohana || Tamil || Also playback singer ||<ref>{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/20-years-of-ajiths-amarkkalam/photostory/70659513.cms |title=20 years of Ajith's Amarkkalam |date=August 13, 2019 |newspaper=Times of India |access-date=2019-08-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190815081101/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/20-years-of-ajiths-amarkkalam/photostory/70659513.cms?picid=70659515 |archive-date=15 August 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Niram]]'' || Sona || Malayalam || ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/2000/oct/27tamil.htm|title=Screening for release this Diwali: Tamil films|website=Rediff.com|access-date=3 April 2019}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2000 || ''[[Kannukkul Nilavu]]'' || Hema || Tamil || ||<ref>{{cite web | last=World | first=Republic | title=Thalapathy Vijay's 25th film as a lead was 'Kannukkul Nilavu', did you know? | website=Republic World | date=February 21, 2021 | url=https://www.republicworld.com/entertainment-news/regional-indian-cinema/thalapathy-vijays-25th-film-as-a-lead-was-kannukkul-nilavu-did-you-know.html | access-date=May 17, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Alaipayuthey (film)|Alaipayuthey]]'' || Sakthi || Tamil || [[Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize|Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize for Best Actress]] Nominated - [[Filmfare Award for Best Actress - Tamil]] ||<ref>{{Cite web |date=2000-04-10 |title=Interviews with Vasundhara |url=http://ganeshyamala.tripod.com/vasundharadas/id6.html |access-date=2012-08-25 |publisher=Ganeshyamala.tripod.com}}</ref>
|-
| 2001 || ''[[Piriyadha Varam Vendum]]'' || Nithee || Tamil || Remake of 'Niram' ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/2001/apr/10shal.htm|title='I enjoyed everything about acting!': Shalini|website=Rediff.com|access-date=3 April 2019}}</ref>
|}

===Awards===
*[[Kerala State Film Award for Best Child Artist]] - ''[[Ente Mamattukkuttiyammakku]]'' (1983)
*[[Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize|Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize for Best Actress]] - ''[[Alaipayuthey (film)|Alaipayuthey]]'' (2000)

==References==
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