She received the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress thrice in her film career in 1969, 1971, and 1976. In 2005, she won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress and Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Actress for her role in the Malayalam film Akale. Sheela, along with Prem Nazir, holds the Guinness World Record for acting in the largest number of films (130) together. The same year, she acted in the Tamil film Chandramukhi. After a long sabbatical, she returned to acting, playing a prominent role in Sathyan Anthikkad's Manassinakkare (2003). She retired from the film industry in the 1983 and settled at Ootacamund, Tamil Nadu. Her other films include Vishnu Vijayam and Eeta. Besides films, she has directed a tele-film titled Ninaivukale Neengividu, co-starring Jayabharathi. Sheela wrote the story and screenplay for Mammooty starrer Onnu Chiriku. She wrote the story 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 the boatman are both given the death sentence.
In 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 leveled against her. In Kannapanunni, she plays the role of a powerful yet humane princess forced to marry a poor woodcutter. Her popular films are Chemmeen, Kallichellamma, Velutha Kathreena Akale, Oru Penninte Kadha, Sarsaiya, Yakshaganam, Kutti Kuppayam, Sthanarthy Saramma, Kadathunattu Makkan, Kannapan Unni, Jwala, Vazhve Mayam, etc.
The next two decades saw her act in more than 475 films in various languages such as Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi, and Urdu. The same year, she made her Malayalam debut through Bhagyajathakam. Later, she reverted her name to Sheela, her original name. She would continue to act in Tamil films with that name. Ramachandran, the hero of the film, added the suffix "Devi" to her name, thus he renamed her "Sheela Devi". She was introduced into the film industry at the age of 17 by MGR in the Tamil film Paasam (1962). Rajendran, he offered her a job in S.S.R Nataka Mandram. Sheela was introduced to theatre at the age of 13 by Tamil actor S. She is also a painter and an interior designer. Sheela has authored a Malayalam novel named Pathamathe Cheque and has also written a book titled Kuilinte Koodu, apart from many short stories. He is currently working as a reputed builder. Later she married actor Ravichandran, who co-starred with her in many films and has a son George in this marriage who has worked in a few Tamil, Malayalam, and Telugu films, apart from television. She was initially married to Xavier, a reporter, which ended in a divorce. Francis Anglo-Indian Girls School, Coimbatore. As a result, she had her primary education at various places, including Trivandrum, Thrissur, Ooty, Tiruchirappalli, Salem, Edappally and St. Since her father was working with the railways, she was brought up in different places before finally settling down at Chennai. Her daughter Bindu is settled in the United States.Sheela was born in a Syrian Christian family to Railway officer Kanimangalam Antony and Gracy at Thrissur, Kingdom of Cochin (now Kerala). Her husband was film producer Maniswami who died in 2011. Kaviyoor Ponnamma is loved and respected by all film lovers and also loves and appreciates her cordial and viable character roles as house wife and mother in most of her films. Mohan Lal and Shobhana acted in min roles of this film. In 1994 she received Kerala government award as second best actress for the portrayal of ' Yasodhamma', the sister of Nedumudy Venu's character Sreekrishnan in the film 'Thenmavin Kombath' directed by Priyadarshan. She received second Best actress award in 1973 also for various films. In 1972 she got second best actress award from Kerala government for the film 'Theerthayathra'.It was based on a novel by V.T.Nandakumar.She sang in that film along with other singers. In 1971 she received second best actress award from Kerala Government. She has acted as mother to Jayaram in many films like 'Mazhavil Kavady'.In that film she acted as Velayudhan Kutty's (Jayaram) mother and in that film she was astonished to find her son as a barber at Pazhani.Jayaram,Urvashy,Sithara,Innocent,Paravur Bharathan,Krishnan Kutty Nair,Mamukoya etc acted in it.
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