Shoba
TrendingAlso known as: Mahalakshmi Menon, Shoba Mahendra, Urvashi Shoba, Baby Mahalakshmi, Baby Shoba
Quick Facts
- Full Name
- Shoba
- Born
- September 23, 1962
- Birthplace
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- Age
- 63 years
- Zodiac Sign
- Libra
- Height
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- Weight
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- Nationality
- 🇮🇳 India
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- Ethnicity
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- Hair Color
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- Profession
- Actress
- Net Worth
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- Education
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- Spouse
- Balu Mahendra
- Children
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Biography
Shoba is 63 years old, an actress, from India.
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. 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.
Career & Filmography
Movies(13)
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 1994 | Sevvanthi |
| 1989 | Rajanadai |
| 1980 | Daaliya Pookkal |
| 1980 | Moodu Pani |
| 1979 | Ente Neelakaasham |
| 1979 | Pasi |
| 1979 | Oru Vidukadhai Oru Thodarkadhai |
| 1978 | Ekakini |
| 1978 | Randu Pen Kuttikal |
| 1978 | Nizhal Nijamagiradhu |
Family
Relationships
Romantic History
| Person | Status |
|---|---|
| Balu Mahendra | Married |
Family
Interesting Facts
- Menon and Prema Menonan actress credited by the mononym Prema, in the Malayalam film industry, from 1954 to 1981.
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