
I would have thought I hadn't done a good job. If no one was bothered about my acting or me, it might have hurt me. Especially because I have quit films and do not plan to act again. I feel proud that people still talk highly of me.

I would be lying if I said, 'Oh, it's not a big thing at all!' All the reviews say that it is a pity that you have stopped acting. Your last film, Piriyaatha Varam… has just been released. But resolute: "I have said bye-bye to films." Excerpts from an interview: She has received great praise for her performance. Her last film, Piriyaatha Varam Vendum, a remake of a highly successful Malayalam film, Niram with Prashanth has just been released. In no time, they decided to get married and Shalini decided to quit films, much to the disappointment of all those in the film industry and all her fans. Her second innings turned out as successful as the first with all her Malayalam and Tamil films succeeding at the box office. When I met Shalini after the stupendous success of Aniyathi Pravu for, she told me firmly that acting was not on her agenda.īut then offers began pouring in. In 1996, at 17, she came back again in Fazil's Aniyathi Pravu as a kid sister of five big brothers. Shalini disappeared from the film scene completely. She ruled the Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu industry. Shalini started acting as a three-year-old in Fazil's Ente Mamattikuti Ammakku (Malayalam).

So we went to bed late," she explains.Ĭhalk it down to marriage or the long break from films. But Ajith was shooting till late last night. I am greeted at the door by an obviously just-gotten-out-of bed, very sleepy Shalini. My meeting with Shalini was fixed at 11 one morning. , Movies: 'I enjoyed everything about acting!': Shalini
