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Shoba
Indian actress (1962-1980) · India · On the map · Actors · Died at 17
Mahalakshmi Menon, known by her stagename Shobha, was an Indian actress best known for her work in Malayalam and Tamil films. At the age of 17, she won the National Film Award for Best Actress for her role in the 1979 Tamil film Pasi.
Shoba is read about 252 times a day, in 15 languages.
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EsthappanFilm, 1980
Shalini Ente KoottukariFilm, 1980Shalini1979Agal VilakkuFilm, Navaneetham
Ente NeelakaashamFilm, 19791978AchchaniFilm
Nizhal NijamagirathuFilm, 1978Thilagam1977
DweepuFilm
Ormakal Marikkumo?Film, 19771974VairamFilm, Usha1973
BhadradeepamFilm, Lekha1972
Aaradimanninte JanmiFilm, Mini1971
Inquilab ZindabadFilm
KarakanakadalFilm, 1971Ammini (Child Artist)1968
KadalFilm1962Born23 September 1962People around Shoba
K. Balachander Directed Nizhal Nijamagiradhu (1978)
Mohan Also in Kokila, Aparichita and Moodupani- Thoppil Bhasi Directed Ente Neelakaasham (1979)
Ilaiyaraaja Wrote Mullum Malarum and Moodu Pani
M. S. Viswanathan Wrote Randu Pen Kuttikal (1978)
Sarath Babu Also in Nizhal Nijamagiradhu and Mullum Malarum
Lalitha Produced Pasi (1979)
Madhu Also in Randu Pen Kuttikal (1978)
Sumithra Also in Nizhal Nijamagiradhu (1978)- Adoor Bhasi Also in Makane Ninakku Vendi (1971)
Mahendran Directed Mullum Malarum (1978)
T. R. Omana Also in Karakanakadal and Bhadradeepam
Jalaja Also in Ulkadal and Shalini Ente Koottukari- Sukumaran Also in Randu Pen Kuttikal (1978)
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She also received three Kerala State Film Awards: for Best Actress (1978), Best Supporting Actress (1977) and Best Child Artist (1971); and two Filmfare Awards South for Best Actress in Kannada (1978) and Tamil (1979) films. Considered one of the finest talents to have emerged in the Indian film world, her promising career was cut short as she committed suicide in 1980, for unknown reasons. Her popularity resulted in considerable public scrutiny of the events that led to her death and also various conspiracy theories. The 1983 Malayalam film Lekhayude Maranam Oru Flashback is supposedly based on her life and death.
