Shobana Chandrakumar is an exponent of the Bharatanatyam cotillion and a leading actress of South Indian stir filmland. She was born into a Malayalam- speaking family from Kerala, India.She has acted in over 200 pictures in 5 languages.

Personal Life
Shobana is the son of a croaker , Anandam and the late Mr Chandrakumar. She's single and is involved in her academy as well as her creative hobbies full time. Shobana is the bastard of the Travancore sisters Lalitha, Padmini and Ragini, all of whom were famed for their skill in classical Indian cotillion . She's also a kinsman of actor Vineeth and a relative of the actress Sukumari.

Career Life
Shobana acted for the first time in a commanding part in the Malayalam stir picture" April 18" in 1984, directed by Balachandra Menon. She also acted alongside the Malayalam actor Mammootty in the film Kanamarayathu( 1984). Shobana won her first National Film Award for Stylish Actress from the government of India in 1994 for her performance in Fazil's movie Manichitrathazhu, which was a Mohanlal starrer. She bagged a alternate National award for stylish actress in the time 2001 for her part in an English language film Mitr, My Friend, directed by Revathi. Revathi is her veritably close friend, champion, and companion. Shobhana is an accomplished cotillion of Bharatanatyam.

She did her cotillion training at the Chidambaram academe in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Her practitioner is the fabulous Bharatanatyam cotillion Chitra Visweswaran. Shobhana is celebrated for her Abhinaya, a vital element in Bharatanatyam. She performed in Kuala Lumpur before the King and Queen of Malaysia. Shobhana's professed prosecution of cotillion movements and her extraordinary beauty has led numerous people to consider her as the most beautiful South Indian actress from the 1980s through the 1990s. She's frequently equalled to the pneumatic beauty of Indian puppets. Shobhana has innovated a academy for classical Bharatanatyam cotillion in Chennai- Kalarpana.

She was also a part of Mani Ratnam's stage show, Netru, Indru, Naalai. In 1994, Shobana innovated Kalarpana. The end of Kalarpana is to organize periodic carnivals throughout India. Shobana is well honored by her performance in the movie Rudra Veena( Telugu movie, 1988) with Chiranjeevi as a great cotillion and social leftist. This includes performances of nationally and encyclopedically known artistes to help raise finances that was ploughed back into training talented artistes who are financially insecure. Under its marquee, Kalarpana extends its support to the handicapped and the environmental movement. In 2006 January, the Indian government recognized Shobana with Padma Shri title for her significant benefactions to cinema and Bharatanatyam.

Padma Bhushan Shobhana, one of the most popular stars in Tamil cinema, is best known for her exceptional cotillion chops and was recognized with the Padma Bhushan in January 2025 for her immense donation to the assiduity.