The only actress, who acted in 130 films with the same hero.
Many on -screen couples in the big and gleaming world of Indian cinema ruled the hearts of the audience. Many artists are not even in this world today, but are still remembered for their acting and films. There are some prestigious couples from Shivaji Ganesan and Saroja Devi, Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol to Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan, who worked in many films together. However, none of these could leave a pair behind in terms of working together. There was a pair in the film world that worked together in 130 films, not 10-20 films.
Work with the same actor in 130 films
She is the actress, Sheela, who is lovingly known as ‘Semin Sheela’ and actor Prem Nazir. Sheela, who was a well-known actress of Malayalam cinema, worked in 130 films with Prem Nazir and made a record that no one has broken till date. The act of sharing the screen in 130 films with Prem Nazir gave him a place in the Guinness Book of World Records. In these films, he played roles from the actor’s girlfriend, wife to mother and sister.
Sheela was one of the top engineers of 60-70s
Between 1962 and 1981, the star couple gave many great films at the box office, out of which more than 50 films were big hits. Sheela was a well-known name of Malayalam cinema in the 60-70s and was the most expensive star. His pairing with Prem Nazir was well liked. This was the reason that filmmakers were also very interested in casting the two together.
Ceelle was Sheela’s real name
Sheela was born in a Malayali family and her real name was Seleen. But, later he changed himself to Sheela. Actor brought him to MGR films. Sheila was 17 years old during that time. These actor was MGR, who named him Sheela from Seleen. Sheela made her acting debut in Tamil cinema in 1962. His first film was ‘Pasam’, in which MG Ramachandran was in the lead role and also stepped into Malayalam cinema this year and never turned back after that.
Work in more than 500 films in different languages
Sheela acted in more than 500 films in her career. His pairing with Prem Nazir was well liked in films. His professional relationship with Prem Nazir became a specialty of Malayalam cinema. Filmmakers would be very interested in casting the two together. In such a situation, Sheela acted in 130 films with Nazir and sometimes appeared in the role of her girlfriend, sometimes a wife, sometimes sister and even a mother.
Painter is also Sheela
Along with being a great actress, Sheela is also a director and she also writes. Not only this, Sheela is also a great painter. He also exhibited his paintings at Hotel Lee-Meridian. His 93 paintings were sold in it. He had donated the money received from the sale of these paintings to the flood victims of Chennai. After working for years, she took retirement from films and settled in Utakamund, Tamil Nadu.
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