She wrote the story, script, and screenplay for Shikharangaland Yakshagaanam, which was also remade in Tamil. In the 70s and 80s, she directed two films, Yakshaganom and Shikarangal. She and Prem Nazir hold the Guinness Book of World Records for acting together consecutively in 107 films. She and the boatman are both charged with the death sentence.
In another movie, Kadathanattu Makkam, she plays the role of a princess who is cheated by her sisters in law and false allegations of being in love with a boatman are levelled against her. In Kannapanunni she plays the role of a powerful yet humane princess forced to marry a poor woodcutter. She has won awards such as Kerala State Film Awards, the Lux award and the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement award. Films included Chemmeen, Kallichellamma, Velutha Kathreena and Vazhve Mayam. The next two decades saw her essay roles in more than 475 films totally in various languages such as Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi, and Urdu. Her first film in Malayalam was Bhagyajathakom. Sheela made her movie debut in the 1962 Tamil film Paasam. She started her career as a theatre artist and acted in many dramas. In 2005 she won the National Film Award for Best Actress for her role in the Malayalam film Akale. She holds, along with Prem Nazir, the Guinness book record for acting in the largest number of films (107) together consecutively. She is a painter and also conducted an exhibition of her paintings. She has also authored a book, titled Kuilinte Kooduand many short stories. She penned a Malayalam novel, Pathamathe Cheque. George has acted in a Malayalam movie Five Star Hospital. George (Vishnu) is married to Smitha and they have two daughters. They have a son George (Vishnu), who acts in Tamil and Telugu films and serials. Sheela was married to Xavier, editor of an English National newspaper, which ended in divorce.Later she married Tamil actor Ravichandran which also ended in divorce. Francis Anglo-Indian Girls School, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.
Since her father was working with Railway department she was brought up in different places like Ooty, Tiruchirappalli, Ernakulam and finally settled at Coimbatore. Sheela was born in a Syrian Christian family as eldest among six children to Railway officer Antony and Gracy, on 22 March 1945 at Kanimangalam, Thrissur, Kerala.
She, along with Prem Nazir, holds the Guinness World Record for acting in the largest number of films (107) together as heroine and hero.
Sheela is an Indian film actress best known for her work in Malayalam cinema.
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