Shelly Kishore

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Shelly Kishore is an Indian actress who works in Malayalam and Tamil films and television. She is known for her roles in Kumkumapoovu, Thanga Meenkal and Minnal Murali. She received a Kerala state television award for best actress in 2006.

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Early life Shelly's father, J. Nabu Kumar, works a civil engineer in Dubai, 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 earns as a teacher.

Shelly studied in Muscat and in New Indian Model School, Dubai. She has a diploma in mass media and communication from Singapore and another diploma in sociology. Shelly did her Post Graduation in E-Governance.

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Career Shelly Kishore received the Government of Kerala's award for the best actress in 2006 for her role in the serial Thaniye, telecasted in Amrita TV. Shelly's first Malayalam movie was Kerala Cafe, directed by Shankar Ramakrishnan. Shelly's first Tamil movie was Thanga Meenkal, directed by Ram. Shelly appeared the Hindi movie The Waiting Room, directed by Maneej Premnath. She learned classic Indian dance forms, including Mohiniyattam, Kuchipudi, and Bharatanatyam.

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.

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Filmography

• All films are in Malayalam, otherwise noted

+ List of Shelly Kishore film credits

segment: Island Express

Hindi film

Tamil language film

Tamil film

Released via YouTube

Tamil film; credited as Shelly

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Television

+ List of Shelly Kishore television credits

Debut serial

Telefilm

Guest appearance

short film

Telugu language web series

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Awards

+ List of Shelly Kishore awards and nominations
2006	Kerala	Best Actress	Thaniye	Padma
2012	Asianet Television Awards	Best New Face	Kumkumapoovu	Shalini
2013	Asianet Television Awards	Best Actress
	Asiavision Television Awards
2014	3rd South Indian International Movie Awards	Best Actress in a Supporting Role	Thanga Meengal	Vadivu

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