Shobana

Biography

Shobana Chandrakumar, known mononymously as Shobana, is an Indian actress and Bharatanatyam dancer born on March 21, 1970. A leading South Indian actress with a four-decade career spanning over 230 films, she has won two National Film Awards for Best Actress, one Kerala State Film Award, and two Filmfare Awards South. Shobana received the Padma Shri honor in 2006 for her contributions to arts.