Sheela

Acting

Sheela

Born

1945-03-22 (81)

Place of birth

Kanimangalam, Thrissur, Kerala, India

Known for

Acting

Credits

62 titles

Clara, known by her stage name Sheela is an Indian film actress who works predominantly in Malayalam cinema. Paired with Prem Nazir, they holds the Guinness World Record for acting in the largest number of films (107) together as heroine and hero. In 2005, she won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the Malayalam film Akale. She was one of the most popular and highest paid actress reportedly paid more than her male counterparts of her time.

Known for

Film credits

2010s · 6 titles

A for Apple poster
NR

Achu, a runaway orphan, comes back looking for his childhood sweetheart, Vishnupriya. But time has changed her and he will have to win her over. Meanwhile Vishnupriya, now a rebel activist, is looking for answers from her past, has her own demons to deals with and has no time for love. So, Achu joins her in her quest to find answers from her past.

A for Apple

2019

Mr. Marumakan poster
3.5

Three women believe they can survive without the help of a man, but the arrival of Ashok Raj, a lawyer trained drama director, into their lives forces them to revise their opinions.

Mr. Marumakan

2012

Ulsaha Committee poster
3.5

Apoorvan (Jayaram), Babumon (Kalabhavan Shajon), and Chopra (Baburaj) are very close companions. Babumon is married. Apoorvan, who has only studied up to 7th standard aims to become a world renowned scientist and does many experiments to become so. Apoorvan is supported financially by Babumon whos..

Ulsaha Committee

2014

Snehaveedu poster
5.7

Ajayan is back home after a long time away and he is hoping to be with his mother for the rest of his life, but things go wrong when a young boy claims to be his son.

Snehaveedu

2011

Palakkattu Madhavan poster
6.0

A lazy, irresponsible man, who quits his job because his wife earns more than him, decides to adopt an old woman as his mother because she offers to pay cash for it. What happens after the woman enters his household?

Palakkattu Madhavan

2015

Basheerinte Premalekhanam poster
3.5

When a black and white TV is sent from Dubai to a family in a remote village in Calicut, it becomes the darling of its residents. While the idiot box keeps the people busy, a love story sprouts between two young hearts of the suburb.

Basheerinte Premalekhanam

2017

2000s · 6 titles

1970s · 21 titles

Yakshagaanam poster
9.0

A man falls in love with an ethereal being who struggles to come to terms with human love

Yakshagaanam

1976

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Makane Ninakku Vendi

1971

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Sumangali

1971

Jayikkanay Janichavan poster
NR

Jayikkaanaay Janichavan is a 1978 Indian Malayalam film, directed by J. Sasikumar and produced by Sreekumaran Thampi. The film stars Prem Nazir, M. G. Soman, Jayan, Sheela and Jagathy Sreekumar in the lead roles.

Jayikkanay Janichavan

1978

Aaradimanninte Janmi poster
9.0

A young doctor falls in love with her patient. Matters are not smooth for them as the doctor's father is against this relationship. Another patient, who is terminally ill, decides to help them.

Aaradimanninte Janmi

1972

Chaayam poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Chaayam

1973

No artwork available
9.0

Thumbolarcha is a legendary female warrior from the North Kerala Vadakkanpattu ballads, known for her strength and beauty, who was also the sister of Unniyarcha. Her story often involves a conflict with Chandu, who desires her and also has a relationship with her family.

Thumbolarcha

1974

Moodalmanju poster
9.0

The film stars Prem Nazir, Sheela, Adoor Bhasi and P. J. Antony in the lead roles.

Moodalmanju

1970

No artwork available
5.0

No synopsis available yet.

Ezhuthatha Katha

1970

Aasheervaadam poster
7.0

Aasheervaadam is a 1977 Indian Malayalam-language film, directed by I. V. Sasi and produced by Thayyil Kunjikandan. The film stars Kamal Haasan, Sridevi, Sheela, K. P. Ummer and Bahadoor in the lead roles. The film has musical score by M. K. Arjunan.

Aasheervaadam

1977

Anubhavangal Palichakal poster
4.6

Ashamed of his bad behaviour towards his family, Chellappan decides to set things straight. However, he gets the shock of his life after learning that his wife is in a relationship with another man.

Anubhavangal Palichakal

1971

Paapi poster
7.3

Long lost siblings grow up on opposite sides of the law; the girl becomes a thief and the boy becomes a police officer.

Paapi

1977

Kaapalika poster
7.0

A conservative village girl Rosamma (Sheela) is exploited by various men including her husband. She goes to Bombay where she starts an escort service and ends up being a person of influence and power.

Kaapalika

1973

Devi poster
NR

Devi is a 1972 Indian Malayalam film, directed by K. S. Sethumadhavan and produced by M. O. Joseph. The film stars Prem Nazir, Madhu, Sheela and Adoor Bhasi in the lead roles.

Devi

1972

Inquilab Zindabad poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Inquilab Zindabad

1971

You Made Me a Communist poster
7.5

Paramu, a farmer, lives with his wife and two kids in a small village. He struggles to earn money for his family. Things take a turn when his son exposes the wrongdoings of Nair, a cruel landlord.

You Made Me a Communist

1970

Vishnu Vijayam poster
9.0

Vishnu Vijayam is a 1974 Indian Malayalam film, directed by N. Sankaran Nair and produced by A. G. Abraham. The film stars Kamal Haasan, Sheela, Thikkurissi Sukumaran Nair and M. O. Devasya in the lead roles. The film has musical score by G. Devarajan.

Vishnu Vijayam

1974

Lottery Ticket poster
9.0

Lottery Menon (Bhasi) sells a lottery ticket to a local photographer Venugopal (Nazir). When his number wins the first prize, the ticket mysteriously disappears. There are many suspects while Menon and Venugopal hatches a plan to find the culprit.

Lottery Ticket

1970

Vazhve Mayam poster
10.0

Sudhindran Nair drives out his wife Sarala thinking that she is having an illicit affair. Months later he finds out that she is innocent and goes to bring her back.

Vazhve Mayam

1970

Sarapancharam poster
8.0

Soudamini's husband has been paralysed and rendered impotent. Living with her old husband she likes the servant, Chandrasekharan. And She eventually marries him but later discovers that he has had relationship with many ladies and he aimed only at her wealth.

Sarapancharam

1979

Aavesham poster
NR

A heroic man effortlessly fights against many wild animals to protect his sister, who falls into trouble after getting targetted by her husband's evil employer.

Aavesham

1979

1960s · 23 titles

No artwork available
NR

A callous husband does not pay attention to his wife and cheats on her with impunity. However, he begins to change his ways when she fights for the rights of his mistress.

Pennai Vazha Vidungal

1969

No artwork available
NR

Gopu, a hunter, falls in love with his friend, Ranganna's sister, Rani. But Kannaiah, a dacoit, tries to separate the pair.

Kaattu Rani

1965

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Balyakalasakhi

1967

No artwork available
NR

Annamma falls in love with a rich landlord and gives birth to George, but after he refuses to accept the child, she loses her sanity and abandons her son. George grows up, unaware of his parents.

Kochumon

1965

Zinda Laash (The Living Corpse) poster
6.1

A rendition of the Dracula tale with many similarities to the British 1950s Dracula.

Zinda Laash (The Living Corpse)

1967

No artwork available
NR

Thanikachalam lives a dual life of a businessman and the leader of a gang that extorts money from rich people. However, he decides to confess the true motive behind his criminal acts.

Karuppu Panam

1964

Vallavan Oruvan poster
NR

After an officer is shot dead, a CID officer, Shankar, is tasked with investigating to find his colleague's killers. He soon starts unravelling the mystery behind his colleague's death.

Vallavan Oruvan

1966

Dil Aur Mohabbat poster
10.0

Widowed by the sudden passing of his wife, Superintendent of Police, Choudhry, brings up his son, Rajesh, on his own, teaches him all known good values, and when he grows up sends him to College in Bombay, and remits money to him regularly. Choudhry would like to transfer to Bombay Police, so that he can be close to his son, and then one day out of the blue, his transfer is approved, and a delighted Choudhry writes to his son to pick him from the railway station. Upon arrival in Bombay, he does not find his son at the Railway Station, but when browsing through a newspaper he sees his son's photograph - wanted for the murder of a card-sharp. Shocked and dismayed, Choudhry attempts to piece his life together and attempts to find Rajesh before the City Police do - for he may well face the death sentence. Choudhry does find him, but only after Rajesh is accused of killing a woman named Kishori, and this time Choudhry is quite sure that there is no hope for Rajesh.

Dil Aur Mohabbat

1968

No artwork available
9.0

Kathreena, a village girl, struggles to care and provide for her family as the sole breadwinner. Her hard life takes a turn for the better when a rich man falls in love with her.

Velutha Kathreena

1968

Koottukudumbam poster
NR

A large joint family bears the brunt of the socialist culture that threatens to uproot it. For many years, a young daughter silently suffers due to the repercussions until she can take it no more.

Koottukudumbam

1969

Aalmaram poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Aalmaram

1969

No artwork available
NR

1968 Tamil Film

Moondrezhuthu

1968

Agniputhri poster
7.0

The respectable college teacher Rajan (Nazir) marries Sindhu (Sheela), the orphaned inmate of a home for destitutes. The feudal conservative hypocrisies of the hero’s family are graphically criticised: Rajan’s cousin Chandran admits he once had sex with Sindhu, and Rajan’s snooty brother, the doctor Jayadev, fathered Sindhu’s daughter Bindu. Sindhu further confesses on her wedding night that she suffers from venereal disease.

Agniputhri

1967

Chemmeen poster
6.6

Karutthamma, the daughter of a Hindu fisherman, falls in love with a Muslim fish trader. However, social prejudices seem to ruin their love life and invite the wrath of their communities.

Chemmeen

1965

No artwork available
9.0

Chithramela is a anthology film directed and produced by T .S. Muthiah It was Malayalam cinema's first anthology film, consisting of three short film

Chithramela

1967

Ashwamedham poster
8.0

A young woman, who after being cured of leprosy, is disapproved by her family and society. However, she then makes it her mission to educate the illiterate society about the disease.

Ashwamedham

1967

Cochin Express poster
7.3

Rajan, a police officer, is in charge of the investigation regarding a murder that took place on a train. He tries by hook or by crook to find the culprit as he has only one witness.

Cochin Express

1967

Padunna Puzha poster
10.0

In a whirlwind of passion, heartbreak and tragedy, Rajalakshmi and Jayachandran's budding romance faces an unexpected rival when Indumathi's intense feelings disrupt their world, forcing impossible choices and desperate measures that test the boundaries of love, loyalty and family.

Padunna Puzha

1968

No artwork available
8.0

Two friends, Vijaya (Sharada) and Vatsala (Sheela), who part ways when Vatsala’s father, a lawyer, causes Vijaya’s father, a businessman, to lose a case which leads to the man’s death.

Thulabharam

1968

Danger Biscuit poster
8.5

Balachandran, an undercover policeman, is investigating a case of gold smuggling, leading him to shocking discoveries.

Danger Biscuit

1969

Ollathu Mathi poster
NR

Malayalam language film directed by KS Sethumadhavan

Ollathu Mathi

1967

Vanambadi poster
NR

Thanigachalam manages to save Meena from committing suicide. Meena reminds him of his late daughter Uma. Later, Meena tries her best to console Saker who is mourning Uma's death.

Vanambadi

1963

Punnapra Vayalar poster
7.5

Punnapra Vayalar is a 1968 Indian Malayalam-language film, directed and produced by Kunchacko. The film stars Prem Nazir, Sheela, Adoor Bhasi and P. J. Antony in lead roles. The film had musical score by K. Raghavan.

Punnapra Vayalar

1968

Behind the camera