Shobana has won two National Film Awards, one Kerala State Film Awards, two Filmfare Awards South, with 14 Nominations for Best Actress Category in three different south Indian languages, Tamil Nadu State's Kalaimamani Award in 2011 and numerous other awards.
15 Facts About Shobana
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Shobana won the National Film Award for Best Actress twice, for her performances in the Malayalam film Manichitrathazhu and the English film Mitr, My Friend.
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Subsequent to the year 1999, Shobana turned extremely selective about her films.
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Shobana was trained under the Bharatanatyam dancers Chitra Visweswaran and Padma Subrahmanyam.
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Shobana emerged as an independent performer and choreographer in her twenties and currently runs a dance school, Kalarpana, in Chennai.
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Shobana starred in the Telugu film Bhakta Dhruva Markendaya in 1982, an acclaimed all children film made in both Tamil and Telugu.
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From Aviduthe Pole Ivideyum to Upaharam, Shobana did sixteen movies in a single year, 1985.
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Shobana won her first National Film Award for Best Actress in 1993 for her performance in AM Fazil's Manichitrathazhu.
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Shobana received her second National Film Award for Best Actress in 2001 for her role in the Indian English language film Mitr, My Friend, directed by Revathi.
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Consequent to the 1993 National Award, Shobana turned extremely selective about her films.
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Shobana did her dance training at the Chidambaram academy in Chennai, Tamil Nadu under Chitra Visweswaran.
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Shobana was one among the judges in Jodi No 1, a reality show for dance aired on Vijay TV.
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Shobana started her own dance school, "Kalipinya" in 1989 and got it registered in 1992.
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Shobana has worked on collaborative ventures with the likes of tabla maestro Zakir Hussain, Vikku Vinayakram and Mandolin Srinivas.
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In 1994, Shobana founded a school for classical dance Bharata Natyam in Chennai named Kalarpana.