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Biography
Chitra Shaji Kailas, popularly known as Annie is an Indian film actress. Her career spanned a total of three years with sixteen films in Malayalam cinema.
Her debut role was in Balachandra Menon's Ammayane Sathyam (1993). Her well known films include Mazhayethum Munpe (1995), Parvathy Parinayam (1995), Tom & Jerry (1995), Puthukkottayile Puthumanavalan (1995), and Swapna Lokathe Balabhaskaran (1996).
She won Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Malayalam for her role in Mazhayethum Munpe.
Personal life
She hails from a Christian family in Palai and brought up at Thiruvalla Kerala. Her mother died when she was at grade 8. She has three sisters. She gave up acting after getting married to director Shaji Kailas on 1996 by converting to Hinduism and adopted name Chithra. They have three children Jagannathan, Sharon and Roshan, and are now settled in Thiruvananthapuram. In August 2015 she started hosting a show Annie's kitchen in Amrita TV. Her last movie before marriage was Mookkilla Rajyathu Murimookkan Rajavu 1996.
Filmography
| No: | Film | Year | Character | Co-stars | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kireedamillatha Rajakkanmar ( കിരീടമില്ലാത്ത രാജാക്കൻമാർ ) | 1996 | Nancy & Bincy | Jagatheesh, Prem Kumar, Innocent, Silk Smitha | Ansar Kalabhavan |
| 2 | Mookkilla Rajyathu Murimookkan Rajavu ( മൂക്കില്ലാ രാജ്യത്തു് മുറിമൂക്കൻ രാജാവു് ) | 1996 | Ancy, Bincy | Manoj K Jayan, Jagathi Sreekumar, Prem Kumar, Rajan P. Dev, Saikumar | Sasi Mohan |
| 3 | Mr. Clean | 1996 | Nandini Thampi | Sreenivasan, Mukesh, Devayani, Rajan P. Dev | Vinayan |
| 4 | Swapna Lokathe Balabhaskaran ( സ്വപ്നലോകത്തെ ബാലഭാസ്ക്കരൻ ) | 1996 | Chandrika | Jayaram, Dileep, Janardanan, Indrans | Rajasenan |
| 5 | Sakshyam ( സാക്ഷ്യം ) | 1995 | Daisey | Suresh Gopi, Murali, Gauthami, Manju Warrier | Mohan |
| 6 | Puthukottyile Puthu Manavalan ( പുതുക്കോട്ടയിലെ പുതുമണവാളൻ ) | 1995 | Geethu | Jayaram, Prem Kumar, Innocent, Rajan P. Dev, Jagathi Sreekumar, Janardanan | Rafi Mecartin |
| 7 | Indian Military Intelligence | 1995 | Song appearance | Murali, Ganesan, Sukumaran, M. G. Soman, Babu Antony, Manjula Vijayakumar | T.S. Suresh Babu |
| 8 | Tom & Jerry | 1995 | Meenakshi | Mukesh, Jagadeesh, Janardanan, Rajan P. Dev, Narendra Prasad, Jagathi Sreekumar | Kaladharan |
| 9 | Kalyanji Anandji ( കല്യാൺജി ആനന്ദ്ജി ) | 1995 | Nirmala, Shivagami | Mukesh, Harisree Ashokan, Narendra Prasad, Indrans, Cochin Haneefa, Sukumari | Balu Kiriyath |
| 10 | Mazhavilkoodaram ( മഴവിൽക്കൂടാരം ) | 1995 | Binu | Rahman, Rajan P. Dev, Mamukoya, Indrans, Mala Aravindan | Siddique Shameer |
| 11 | Parvathy Parinayam ( പാർവതി പരിണയം ) | 1995 | Parvathi | Mukesh, Prem Kumar, Janardanan, Harisree Ashokan | P. G. Viswambharan |
| 12 | Alancheri Thamprakkal ( ആലഞ്ചേരി തമ്പ്രാക്കൾ ) | 1995 | Meera/Lekha Varma | Dileep, Rajan P Dev, Nedumudi Venu, Narendra Prasad, Harisree Ashokan | Sunil |
| 13 | Mazhayethum Munpe ( മഴയെത്തും മുമ്പേ ) | 1995 | Shruthi | Mammootty, Shobhana, Sreenivasan, Sankaradi, N. F. Varghese | Kamal |
| 14 | Aksharam ( അക്ഷരം ) | 1995 | Meenakshi | Suresh Gopi, Madhavi, Narendra Prasad, Jagathi Sreekumar, N. F. Varghese | Sibi Malayil |
| 15 | Rudraksham ( രുദ്രാക്ഷം ) | 1994 | Gouri | Suresh Gopi, Geetha, Vijayaraghavan, Devan | Shaji Kailas |
| 16 | Ammayane Sathyam ( അമ്മയാണേ സത്യം ) | 1993 | Parvathi / Thomas | Mukesh, Balachandra Menon, Jagathi Sreekumar, Thilakan, Narendra Prasad | Balachandra Menon |
Television
| No: | Year | Program | Role | Channel | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2015-Present | Annie's kitchen | Host | Amrita TV | Won,Vayalar awards 2016 - Best Television Host |
