Shalini’s younger sister, Shamili began acting at the age of two. She is famous as the kid who played Anjali in Mani Ratnam’s Anjali. Shamili was given the National award for her performance as a mentally challenged child. Films were made with her in the lead, so great was her popularity. Shamili was recently seen as Siddharth’s heroine in the Telugu film, Oye where she got good reviews.