Shylaja Sreedharan Nair

Shylaja Sreedharan Nair is one of the newest faces in the Malayalam Film Industry. She is the youngest daughter of the late veteran actor Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair and Vijayalakshmi Amma. Shylaja has five sisters and two brothers, namely, Jaysree, Geetha, Laila, Shobha, Beena, and Kala and Saikumar. 

During her childhood, Shylaja Sreedharan Nair was not interested in acting, as she grew up seeing her father, brother, Saikumar, and sister, Shobha Mohan, who had been in the entertainment industry, had lost their privacy. In fact, her father and mother don't want her to enter the field. While she was doing her graduation, she was offered to do the female lead. But Shylaja denied the offer and continued her studies. In 2020, Sandhya Rajendran, the sister of Actor Mukesh, suggested Shylaja do a cameo role in the serial Anna Kareena. This is Shylaja's acting debut in the TV industry. Later, she performed in serials, including Amma Ariyathe, Pranaya Varnangal, and Gouri Sankaram. She made her silver screen debut with the film Oru Thathvika Avalokanam, directed by Akhil Marar, in 2021.

Shylaja shared the screen space with Dulquer Salmaan in the movie, "Salute." It was directed by Rosshan Andrrews. Besides playing in the serials and movies, Shylaja is the model of Mahalakshmi Silks in Kerala. In 2022, Shylaja worked in the film Kumari, directed by Nirmal Sahadev, featuring Prithviraj Sukumaran and Aishwarya Lekshmi. In 2023, she was seen in Janaki Jaane, a film featuring Navya Nair and Saiju Kurup, directed by Aneesh Upasana. Shylaja's husband Krishnakumar and her sons Srichand and Saikrishna supported her in shifting her career from hospital administration to acting. Shylaja's husband is the head of retail stores of Nilgiris Group.

Shylaja Sreedharan Nair Family Tree (Infographic Family Tree)