Veteran
actress
Sheela
has
been
a
part
of
the
golden
era
of
Malayalam
cinema.
Starting
off
her
career
with
theatre
at
the
age
of
13,
the
actress
was
discovered
and
introduced
to
cinema
world
by
the
late
actor
and
former
Chief
Minister
of
Tamil
Nadu,
MG
Ramachandran
aka
MGR
through
his
Tamil
film
Paasam
(1962).
Well,
the
actress
rose
to
fame
with
her
impeccable
performances
in
Malayalam
movies
like
Chemmeen,
Kallichelamma,
Ashwamedham
and
Akale
among
others.
Interestingly,
the
audiences
loved
her
chemistry
with
late
actor
Prem
Nazir
with
whom
she
shared
the
screen-space
in
almost
130
films
creating
a
Guinness
World
Record.
Sheela’s
Camaraderie
With
Prem
Nazir
During
an
interaction
with
a
popular
television
channel,
the
actress
was
quizzed
about
her
late
co-star
Prem
Nazir,
to
which
she
said
that
an
artist
never
dies
as
his
work
is
always
remembered
by
the
people
who
love
them.
When
asked
about
their
chemistry
in
films
that
lasted
for
a
prolonged
period
Sheela
said,
"Is
there
a
thing
called
chemistry?
The
reason
is
when
a
movie
was
made,
it
became
successful,
people
started
liking
our
jodi,
and
successively
films
were
made
with
us."
When
Sheela
Said
‘No
Comments’
To
A
Question
About
Prem
Nazir
The
cheerful
actress
was
evidently
upset
when
the
interviewer
who
asked
Sheela
about
her
resentment
with
Prem
Nazir
for
almost
three
years.
She
was
apparently
not
ready
to
answer
the
question
and
instead
replied,
"No
comments..go
to
the
next
question." Though
the
veteran
actress
amusingly
asked
the
Journalist
about
the
relationships
he
had
in
his
life,
later
Sheela
said
that
she
is
not
on
the
show
to
confess
about
anything.
She
added
that
if
she
were
to
confess
about
something,
she
would
go
to
a
church.
Sheela
also
said
that
she
would
only
talk
about
the
things
she
is
comfortable
with.
The
First
Actress
To
Receive
More
Remuneration
Than
Her
Male
Counterparts
For
those
initiated,
Sheela
was
the
first
actress
of
Mollywood
to
receive
higher
remuneration
than
the
male
lead
actor.
Well,
this
happened
during
the
1974
movie
Thumbolarcha,
wherein
the
lead
actor
was
Prem
Nazir.
During
several
interviews,
the
actress
has
revealed
that
she
had
a
star
value
during
that
period,
and
had
many
other
projects
in
her
kitty,
which
is
why
she
demanded
a
huge
remuneration
for
her
films.
It
is
to
be
noted
that
Sheela
went
the
unconventional
way
during
her
career,
when
she
demanded
to
have
her
name
in
the
titles
of
her
films
in
which
she
was
the
central
character,
from
the
producers
of
the
film.
Sheela’s
film
career
The
75-year-old
actress
has
been
a
part
of
Malayalam,
Telugu
and
Tamil
film
industries
flaunting
her
amazing
acting
chops
and
receiving
appreciations
from
the
audiences.
Sheela
has
also
received
the
National
Award
for
Best
Supporting
Actress
for
Akale
in
2005.
She
is
also
a
four-time
Kerala
State
Film
Award
holder
for
her
films
Kallichellamma
(1969),
1971
releases
Oru
Penninte
Kadha,
Sarassayya
and
Ummachu,
Anubhavam
(1976)
and
Akale
(2004).