Shobana

Acting

Shobana

Born

1970-03-21 (56)

Place of birth

Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

Known for

Acting

Credits

62 titles

Shobana Chandrakumar mononymously known as Shobana , is an Indian film actress and Bharatanatyam dancer. She was a popular lead actress in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, and Kannada films during the 1980s and 1990s. She won the National Film Award for Best Actress twice, for her performances in the films Manichitrathazhu (1993) and Mitr, My Friend (2002). In 2006, the Government of India honored Shobana with the Padma Shri for her contributions towards the arts

Known for

Ramayana: Rise of a Legend poster
NR

An ancient epic follows a young prince and princess whose marriage and subsequent exile mark the beginning of a legendary journey. Their story of love, duty and destiny sets the stage for greater challenges ahead.

Ramayana: Rise of a Legend

2026

Kalki 2898-AD poster
6.4

In the year 2898 AD, around 6000 years after Kurukshetra war, Ashwatthama gears up for his final battle of redemption at the sign of hope in a dystopian world and Bhairava, a wisecracking and self-interested bounty hunter, tired of the perilous life becomes the hurdle in the process.

Kalki 2898-AD

2024

My Own Sky poster
NR

In order to make their autistic child a genius, a couple injects a drug into his body, only to face drastic consequences later.

My Own Sky

2007

Coolie poster
6.1

Deva, once living a quiet life, is shaken when his close friend dies under suspicious circumstances. Determined to uncover the truth, he infiltrates a powerful gang operating in the shadows. As he investigates, Deva becomes entangled in a dangerous web of crime, betrayal, and secrets from his own past, forcing him to confront powerful enemies while protecting the ones he loves.

Coolie

2025

Manichitrathazhu poster
7.6

A young couple, Ganga and Nakulan, arrives at the ancestral home called Madampalli of the latter. Hailing from a family that follows tradition and superstitions, Nakulan's uncle Thampi objects to the couple's idea of moving into the allegedly haunted mansion, which Nakulan ignores. The couple moves in anyway following which seemingly supernatural events begin to happen.

Manichitrathazhu

1993

Thudarum poster
7.4

A taxi driver finds himself embroiled in a dangerous conspiracy after his car is confiscated by a corrupt police officer.

Thudarum

2025

Film credits

2020s · 5 titles

Ramayana: Rise of a Legend poster
NR

An ancient epic follows a young prince and princess whose marriage and subsequent exile mark the beginning of a legendary journey. Their story of love, duty and destiny sets the stage for greater challenges ahead.

Ramayana: Rise of a Legend

2026

Kalki 2898-AD poster
6.4

In the year 2898 AD, around 6000 years after Kurukshetra war, Ashwatthama gears up for his final battle of redemption at the sign of hope in a dystopian world and Bhairava, a wisecracking and self-interested bounty hunter, tired of the perilous life becomes the hurdle in the process.

Kalki 2898-AD

2024

Coolie poster
6.1

Deva, once living a quiet life, is shaken when his close friend dies under suspicious circumstances. Determined to uncover the truth, he infiltrates a powerful gang operating in the shadows. As he investigates, Deva becomes entangled in a dangerous web of crime, betrayal, and secrets from his own past, forcing him to confront powerful enemies while protecting the ones he loves.

Coolie

2025

Thudarum poster
7.4

A taxi driver finds himself embroiled in a dangerous conspiracy after his car is confiscated by a corrupt police officer.

Thudarum

2025

Varane Avashyamund poster
6.6

A divorced woman trying to get hired as a French tutor and teaching classical dance, and she has a daughter. Her brother Manuel also resides in a flat in Chennai. Their next door neighbours are Unnikrishnan, a retired Major who has a pet dog, Prabhakaran and Bibeesh who lives with a serial-actress aunt (not related by blood) and his young school going brother. The story revolves around the divorced mother and daughter finding happiness of love in their own ways. The film explores commonality of romantic love in different stages of life.

Varane Avashyamund

2020

2000s · 6 titles

My Own Sky poster
NR

In order to make their autistic child a genius, a couple injects a drug into his body, only to face drastic consequences later.

My Own Sky

2007

Sagar Alias Jacky Reloaded poster
5.1

Sagar, known as Jackie, among the criminal underworld, is called by his friend Indu to rescue her husband Manu from the Rozario gang, who kidnapped him. Jackie rescues Manu with ease, but it ensues a gang war.

Sagar Alias Jacky Reloaded

2009

Mere Baap Pehle Aap poster
5.0

Apart from running a mall, Gaurav Rane has to take care of his widower father Janardhan and bail him out of the misadventures he gets into due to the influence of his father's eccentric friend Mr. Mathur. Gaurav soon falls in love with his former classmate Shikha and they find out about Janardhan's long lost love and they decide to reunite the lovers.

Mere Baap Pehle Aap

2008

Valliettan poster
5.8

Madhavankutty is the Valliettan (Big Brother) of the Arackal family. The long lasting rivalry between Arackal Madhavanunni and Patteri Sivaraman forms the main thread of the story. Madhavanunni, along with his four brothers he rules the village. But Sivaraman, with the help of Bava, develops their plan to trap Madhavanunni.

Valliettan

2000

Sradha poster
7.5

Shradha movie tells the story of Ganga Prasad IPS (Mohanlal) who is a daring officer of the Anti Terrorist Wing of the State Police. Into his small world consisting of wife, Suma (Shobana) and son Abi, enters Swapna (Abhirami), who sees her dream man and falls head over heels in love with him, even overlooking the fact that he is married.In the meantime, a group of hard-core terrorists led by Lucifer Munna (Arun Pandiyan) and Janisha (Rasika) wreak havoc at various places.

Sradha

2000

Dance Like a Man poster
9.0

A middle-aged couple want their daughter (Anoushka Shankar) to follow in their footsteps and become a dancer.

Dance Like a Man

2004

1990s · 22 titles

Manichitrathazhu poster
7.6

A young couple, Ganga and Nakulan, arrives at the ancestral home called Madampalli of the latter. Hailing from a family that follows tradition and superstitions, Nakulan's uncle Thampi objects to the couple's idea of moving into the allegedly haunted mansion, which Nakulan ignores. The couple moves in anyway following which seemingly supernatural events begin to happen.

Manichitrathazhu

1993

Swami Vivekananda poster
10.0

The film is based on the life of Bengali, Hindu monk Narendra Nath Datta aka Vivekananda from his birth (1863) to his returned to India from the west (1887). It is spiritual take on Vivekananda life. Movie's focus is on Vivekananda's internal struggles and questions about the meaning and truth of life.

Swami Vivekananda

1998

Vasthuhara poster
7.7

Vasthuhara (Malayalam: വാസ്തുഹാര English: The Dispossessed) is a Malayalam social film by the late G. Aravindan which looks into the lives of partition refugees from East Bengal to West Bengal.

Vasthuhara

1991

Thalapathi poster
8.0

Surya, a courageous man who was raised in the slums, fights for the rights of the poor and befriends Deva, who hires him as his commander and changes his life completely.

Thalapathi

1991

Pavithram poster
7.0

A young man's relationship with his career, fiancee and brother is brought under stress by the birth of an unexpected sister. The film deals with the relationship between siblings Unnikrishnan and Meenakshi who have an almost 30 year age difference between them.

Pavithram

1994

Pappayude Swantham Appoos poster
7.2

Balachandran had resorted to his work after he is unable to cope up with the death of his wife, Bhama. During the process, he neglects his only son, Appu. When Appu returns home for his school vacation, Balachandran promises to take him on a lot of trips, but is unable to do any as he is caught up with work. Pappayude Swantham Appoos movie is all about the bonds between the father and his son.

Pappayude Swantham Appoos

1992

Thenmavin Kombath poster
7.6

Sreekrishnan unknowingly falls in love with the woman his best friend, Manikyan, loves. Though Sreekrishnan tries his best to woo her, she resists, leading to a battle that ensues between the friends.

Thenmavin Kombath

1994

Pakshe poster
6.5

Pakshe movie is all about Balachandran (Mohanlal) who had to sacrifice his childhood love (Shobhana), to marry into a rich family who only wanted his IAS Status, in order to save his poor family, lives a life of regret and despair for his decision.

Pakshe

1994

Kalikkalam poster
7.4

Mammootty plays the role of a burglar who is known by different names in different places.He is a kind person and uses the money burgled to help poor and orphans. During one of his burglaries, he happens to witness a murder for which a police officer named Shekharan is falsely accused. He helps Shekharan to prove his innocence.

Kalikkalam

1990

Kaliyoonjal poster
5.2

Kaliyoonjal movie portrays a brother to a disturbed sister. The sister, played by Shalini, is mentally disturbed if any thing goes against her will. She is possessive of her brother and creates a havoc when she gets angry. Enter Shobhana who marries Mammootty and Dileep, who plays Shobhana's brother and marries Shalini, and problems start up in the family.

Kaliyoonjal

1997

No artwork available
9.0

Based on the acclaimed novel of the same name by Lalithambika Antharjanam. Unni accepts Devaki as his wife and brings her into the fold of his Namboothiri illam. Bound by a plethora of traditional beliefs, customs and rituals that constitute life within four walls of the joint family, Unni is unable to be the husband that he would have liked to be. Yet, they understand and love each other immensely. Guarded by the fortress of tradition, the family remains oblivious to the winds of change sweeping through society. Though Unni is aware, he shuts the door to everything that his family will never be able to comprehend or accept. But Devaki, who is essentially of a different mould, longs to step out into the world — and is finally forced to do so.

Agnisaakshi

1999

Rowdy Alludu poster
7.4

Kalyan is an industrialist whose conniving enemies first replace him with an imposter, Johnny, and then frame him for murder. But when Johnny realises Kalyan's innocence, he decides to help him.

Rowdy Alludu

1991

Kalyana Kacheri poster
7.0

Mukesh is construction contractor who is deep in debt finishing a big building project, where the owner refuses to pay until the job is done. His friend (Baiju) comes up with the idea to fake suicide to escape from paying the loan sharks he borrowed money from. While setting up a rope to fake the suicide, a woman (Shobhana) running from thugs who are chasing her, comes into his hotel room. At the same time the police do a raid of the hotel , and find the two of them. In order to avoid trouble Mukesh and Shobhana pretend in front of the police that they are lovers , who were about to commit suicide since there families don't support their marriage. The police takes them to the station and sets up a register marriage at the station. Mukesh and Shobhana are forced to go along with the setup to avoid more trouble. After they leave the station Shobhana disappears , and Mukesh tries looking for her. How they meet again through fate makes up rest of the story.

Kalyana Kacheri

1997

Superman poster
5.9

Nithya is the deputy commissioner of the city who lives with her uncle since both her parents were killed in an accident. She was put on to investigate a corruption case done by the Home Minister and his friend a businessman called Rajan Phillip. Unknowingly she was helped in the investigation by a criminal nicknamed Superman.

Superman

1997

No artwork available
7.0

Sindoora Rekha is a 1995 Indian Malayalam film, directed by Sibi Malayil and produced by G. Gopalakrishnan. The film stars Suresh Gopi, Shobhana, Narendra Prasad and Ranjitha in lead roles. The film had musical score by Sharath.

Sindoora Rekha

1995

Commissioner poster
7.2

Bharathchandran, an honest city police commissioner, loses his temper each time he encounters corrupt authorities and politicians. So he decides to put an end to various social and political evils.

Commissioner

1994

April 1st Vidudala poster
8.3

Young Divakaram, a habitual liar, takes up the challenge of transforming himself into an honest man in order to win the heart of his lover, Bhuvaneshwari.

April 1st Vidudala

1991

Nari Nari Naduma Murari poster
6.0

Nari Nari Naduma Murari is family drama based movie in which, Sesha Ratnam is very rich and headstrong women in the village nakkabokkalapaadu. Even her husband Janaki Ramaiha Fears Her. They have two daughters Shobha and Neeru. Anjali Devi is Janaki Ramaiha’s Mother. Vnkateswara Rao (NBK) is grand son of Anjali Devi and Niece to Janaki Ramaiha. Sesha Ratnam doesn’t get well with her mother-in-law and never allows any of Janaki Ramaiha’s relatives to enter into her house. Janaki Ramaiha wants one of her daughters to get married to his niece Venkateswara Rao. But Sesha Ratnam opposes the proposal. Venkateswara Rao promises his grand mother that he will marry one of Janaki Ramaiha’s daughters and unite the families. Venkanna comes to nakkbokkalapadu to make one of Sesha Ratnam’s Daughter To Fall For him. But in the process, both the girls fall for him. In the end Venkanna Convinces Sesha Ratnam And Unite The Two Families.

Nari Nari Naduma Murari

1990

Minnaram poster
6.3

Bobby leads a carefree life until his former lover arrives at his place with a baby girl claiming she is his daughter. However, Bobby must find the truth behind her claims.

Minnaram

1994

Rakshana poster
4.0

Sriram Bose, a righteous policeman, relentlessly fights against the underworld gangster Salim Ghouse. When Salim murders his friend, Nassar, and kidnaps his daughter, Bose tries to rescue her.

Rakshana

1993

Minor Raja poster
NR

Minor Raja (Rajendra Prasad), was a rich man and wayward village playboy, who spent his time in brothels like his father. Santhana Lakshmi (Shobhana) and Minor Raja fell in love with each other. Minor Raja and President (Kota Srinivasa Rao) were in a feud for several years. In a misunderstanding, When Minor Raja's detractors wrongly accuse a teacher Seeta (Rekha) of having an affair with him, he decides to marry her to save her the humiliation. Minor Raja had to marry her. A few years later, Minor Raja became the perfect husband and had a son. While Santhana Lakshmi was still unmarried, she teased Minor Raja whenever she got the opportunity

Minor Raja

1991

Hitler poster
7.0

Madhavan, an eligible bachelor, is very protective of his five sisters. However, things take an ugly turn for Madhavan when his sisters turn against him and fail to understand his love for them.

Hitler

1996

1980s · 25 titles

Nadodikkattu poster
8.0

After losing their jobs, Dasan and Vijayan have no hope of finding work in Kerala. They plan to escape to Dubai, but end up in Chennai. Can they find luck there?

Nadodikkattu

1987

Avidathepole Ivideyum poster
7.0

Avidathepole Ivideyum movie revolves around Anirudhan and Sugumaran who are roommates and are both pharmaceutical company executives. Sugumaran is urbane and somewhat westernized in attitude, Anirudhan is more of a son-of-the-soil type. During a trip to Anirudhan's village, Sugumaran falls in love with Sujatha who is Anirudhan's sister. Concurrently, Anirudhan takes a liking for Neelima, who is Sugumaran's sister. The two couples marry and then face the realities of marriage due to their different upbringing and lifestyles.

Avidathepole Ivideyum

1985

Vellanakalude Naadu poster
7.9

Vellanakalude Nadu movie which is a political satire based against municipal mafia in the form of Buildings

Vellanakalude Naadu

1988

Ente Entethu Mathram poster
8.0

Ente Entethu Mathram movie revolves around Mr.Menon (Mohanlal) who is a widower with  his daughter Sreemol (baby Shalini). When Sheela (Karthika) who enters into his life as a secretary for his office, Sreemol takes an instant liking for her, which changes their life.

Ente Entethu Mathram

1986

Siva poster
5.0

Siva and John, two best friends, get separated due to the atrocities of a gangster. Siva becomes Tiger and fights injustice, while John is hired by a mafia leader to kill Siva.

Siva

1989

T. P. Balagopalan M.A. poster
7.5

The film revolves around T.P. Balagopalan (Mohanlal), a middle class post-graduate salaried person, who wants to build himself and also needs to take care of his extended family members. The film went over factors influencing Kerala of the 1980s such as widespread unemployment, poverty, and the poor economy.

T. P. Balagopalan M.A.

1986

Chilambu poster
7.0

A young man trained in Kalaripayattu (martial art form of Kerala) sets out to get his family heirloom (Chilambu : Kerala ornament) back from his uncle.

Chilambu

1987

Padayani poster
8.0

A remake of the 1973 Bollywood classic 'Yaadon Ki Baaraat', the movie stars Mammootty, Mohanlal, and Devan as long-lost brothers. In the end, they reunite to take revenge for their parents's death.

Padayani

1986

Aryan poster
6.9

Aryan movie is all about Devanarayan (Mohanlal) who is a Brahmin priest who is falsely accused of theft and forced to leave his village in Kerala. He moves to Bombay where he gets drawn into the underworld through an ageing don Kareem (Goga Kapoor). Some interesting comment initially on Brahmin priesthood in Kerala, but halfway through the film goes haywire.

Aryan

1988

Thrimoorthulu poster
7.0

Thrimoorthulu is a 1987 Telugu film directed by K Murali Mohan Rao. The film stars Venkatesh, Arjun Sarja, Rajendra Prasad and Shobana in lead roles.

Thrimoorthulu

1987

Vasantha Sena poster
10.0

Mahesh is in love with Merlyn, who belongs to an Anglo-Indian family, but this relation is opposed by Shailaja Varma, his sister. Shailaja too had a love affair a long time back with Devan, who was killed by Shailaja's family. A conflict arises between Mahesh and Shailaja. Now Sidarth loves Shailaja and would like to marry her.

Vasantha Sena

1985

Ee Sabdam Innathe Sabdam poster
6.0

A group of unruly youth harasses Dr. Ramachandran (Mammotty) and his family. His wife (Sobhana) ends up being raped and murdered by this group. His sister Pushpa (Rohini) becomes mentally ill following the trauma. Distraught when the law doesn't give him justice, the doctor ends up being a vigilante and decides to take revenge on the people who destroyed his family.

Ee Sabdam Innathe Sabdam

1985

Ee Thanalil Ithiri Neram poster
NR

A woman named Thulsi arrives in the life of a man and makes repeated appearances. It begins to wreck his family life.

Ee Thanalil Ithiri Neram

1985

No artwork available
6.5

Mukthi movie is all about Haridas (Mammootty) who is the son of a village peon, who returns to his home district as the central government-appointed Collector. The pressures of the new job create complexities in his personal and professional life, eventually causing a rift between him and his younger brother Sudhakaran (Rahman). The two brothers engage in dangerous one-upmanship, as Sudhakaran joins a political party opposed to Haridas. One of IV Sasi's best films, good performances from the entire cast.

Mukthi

1988

Anubandham poster
6.8

A widow, Sunandha, lives in poverty with her child. Bhaskaran and Vijayalaskhmi lives with their son Jayan in the neighbourhood. Desperate to earn a living, Sunandha starts a kindergarten with the help of her silent admirer, teacher and ex-lover, Murali Mash. Just as her life seems to be headed toward stability, a tragic event complicates their living situation in the village.

Anubandham

1985

Eeran Sandhya poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Eeran Sandhya

1985

Innale poster
6.7

After a serious accident a girl who was hospitalized forgets her past. She stops worrying about her past when she fall in love with a man and finds herself secure with him.

Innale

1989

Aparan poster
8.0

Viswanathan comes to the city for a job interview, only to find himself entangled in a crisis due to his resemblance with a gangster. Frustrated, he decides to find and face his doppelgänger with the help of a police inspector friend, but finding the imposter proves difficult, and the further they dig, the more mysterious and shocking their findings.

Aparan

1988

Ee Kaikalil poster
NR

The movie narrates the story of a brother and his two sisters and the hardships they have to face because of financial difficulties.

Ee Kaikalil

1986

Idhu Namma Aalu poster
6.5

Gopalsamy, a poor graduate, travels to Madras to financially provide for his mother's eye surgery. Struggling to earn money, he encounters a Brahmin priest who coaxes him to impersonate a Brahmin to sell food in the neighboring agraharam. Being a non-Brahmin from a backward caste, Gopal finds it morally reprehensible to wear the sacred thread, but with no other options in sight, he sets off to perform Ganapati homam with three other priests...

Idhu Namma Aalu

1988

Charithram poster
10.0

Philip (Mammootty) is the owner of a financing company. Raju (Rahman), Philip's younger brother is a drug addict and is put under rehab. Convinced that he's out of his habit Philip sends him off to Madras to pursue his studies. However on a subsequent visit to the city Philip realises that Raju has gone back to his old habits. Amidst this Raju steals some money and gets away in Philip's car which meets with an accident killing him. Years later Philip gets married to Cicily (Sobhana) and one day mysteriously Raju comes back to their house alive.

Charithram

1989

Thammil Thammil poster
7.0

Vivek, a talented dancer and singer, meets Kavitha during one of his performances and takes a liking to her. She is the sister of Dr Rajagopal. When Vivek's sister marries a police inspector and Vivek comes to know that they are searching for a house for rent, he manages to get the house opposite Rajagopal's in order to meet Kavitha. After several meetings their love blossoms.

Thammil Thammil

1985

Vrutham poster
8.0

Balu takes revenge against people who falsely implicated him in a murder. Will he be able to bring the real criminals in front of the law?

Vrutham

1987

Meenamasathile Suryan poster
5.8

Four bachelors struggle to overcome obstacles that come their way when they fight against the British to attain India's independence.

Meenamasathile Suryan

1986

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Ithrayum Kalam

1987

Series credits