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Shobana

1970 - Today

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Shobana Chandrakumar Pillai (born 21 March 1970) is an Indian actress and Bharatanatyam dancer. She acts predominantly in Malayalam films along with Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada and English films. She has won two National Film Awards, one Kerala State Film Awards, two Filmfare Awards South with 14 Nominations for Best Actress Category in three different south Indian languages, Tamil Nadu State's Kalaimamani Award in 2011 and numerous other awards. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shobana has received more than 3,968,207 page views. Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Shobana is the 11,741st most popular actor (down from 11,084th in 2019), the 1,328th most popular biography from India (down from 1,165th in 2019) and the 329th most popular Indian Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 32.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.65

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Shobanas by language

Over the past year Shobana has had the most page views in the with 527,128 views, followed by Malayalam (11,719), and Tamil (7,419). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Assamese (472.86%), Malayalam (103.88%), and Egyptian Arabic (55.73%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Shobana ranks 11,741 out of 13,578. Before her are William Jackson Harper, Simon Quarterman, Amy Jackson, Jo Kwon, Ray William Johnson, and Alimi Ballard. After her are Sosie Bacon, Jimmy Sheirgill, Peter Cambor, Devon Werkheiser, Frederick Lau, and Darren E. Burrows.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Shobana ranks 891. Before her are Ardy Wiranata, Tadashi Koya, Paul Allender, Russell Peters, Mike Burns, and Margarete Schramböck. After her are Jimmy Sheirgill, Chioma Ajunwa, Joni Ernst, Nicky Katt, James MacDonough, and Vanessa Taylor.

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In India

Among people born in India, Shobana ranks 1,328 out of 1,861. Before her are Sudeep (1973), Yukta Mookhey (1977), Diana Edulji (1956), M. M. Keeravani (1961), Yuvraj Singh (1981), and Meena (1975). After her are Jimmy Sheirgill (1970), Vidit Gujrathi (1994), Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (1956), Dinesh D'Souza (1961), Ambika (1963), and Disha Patani (1992).

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Among ACTORS In India

Among actors born in India, Shobana ranks 329. Before her are Nagma (1974), Himani Shivpuri (1960), Ileana D'Cruz (1987), Sudeep (1973), Yukta Mookhey (1977), and Meena (1975). After her are Jimmy Sheirgill (1970), Ambika (1963), Disha Patani (1992), Amrita Rao (1981), Jennifer Winget (1985), and Shriya Saran (1982).

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Television and Movie Roles

Manichitrathazhu
Ganga / Nagavalli
A young couple, Ganga and Nakulan, arrives at the ancestral home called Madampalli of the latter. Hailing from a family that follows tradition and superstitions, Nakulan's uncle Thampi objects to the couple's idea of moving into the allegedly haunted mansion, which Nakulan ignores. The couple moves in anyway following which seemingly supernatural events begin to happen.
Dec 25o 19937.7 / 10
Nadodikkattu
Radha
After losing their jobs, Dasan and Vijayan have no hope of finding work in Kerala. They plan to escape to Dubai, but end up in Chennai. Can they find luck there?
May 6o 19877.85 / 10
Varane Avashyamund
Neena
A divorced woman trying to get hired as a French tutor and teaching classical dance, and she has a daughter. Her brother Manuel also resides in a flat in Chennai. Their next door neighbours are Unnikrishnan, a retired Major who has a pet dog, Prabhakaran and Bibeesh who lives with a serial-actress aunt (not related by blood) and his young school going brother. The story revolves around the divorced mother and daughter finding happiness of love in their own ways. The film explores commonality of romantic love in different stages of life.
Feb 7o 20206.638 / 10