Shobhana

Shobana is an Indian film actress and bharatanatyam dancer from Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. She has acted nearly to 230 films, predominantly in Malayalam, Telugu, and Tamil, and also in

Hindi, Kannada, and English languages. Shobana was a popular lead actress in a number of South Indian films during the 1980s and 1990s. She has worked with directors such as Adoor Gopalakrishnan, G. Aravindan, K. Balachander, Fazil, Mani Ratnam, Bharathan, Uppalapati Narayana Rao, and Priyadarsan. She won the National Film Award for Best Actress twice, for her performances in the films Manichitrathazhu and Mitr, My Friend.