Shafna Nizam

Shafna Nizam
Born	Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1998 – 2001 2007 – present
Spouse	Sajin TP ​ (m. 2013)​
Parent(s)	Nizam Shahida

Shafna Nizam is an Indian actress who is active in Malayalam films and television serials. She made her acting debut as a child artist in Malayalam with Chinthavishtayaya Shyamala (1998).[1] She played the lead role in television series “Sundari”, marking her TV debut.[2] She received a Kerala State Television Award for Best Actress in 2016 for Sahayathrika establishing herself as a lead actress in Malayalam television industry.[3]

Acting career

Shafna was well recognized by the Malayalam audience from the films Katha Parayumbol and Oru Indian Pranayakatha.[4] She was also well appreciated for her role in the film Athmakadha, where she acted as a school-going youth who turns blind like her father.[5] Her dialogue "Ayyo acha pokalle" in the film Chinthavishtayaya Shyamala is extremely popular among Malayali audience.[6] Post-marriage she made her debut into Malayalam television with the serial Sundari which rose her into fame and is currently active on Malayalam serial industry.[7]

Personal life

Shafna was born as the second daughter of Nizam and Shahida. She has an elder sister Shabna and younger sister Shaina.[8] Shafna married her longtime boyfriend Sajin TP; her co-actor in the Malayalam film Plus two, on 11 December 2013.[9] Sajin later rose to fame essaying the role of Shivaramakrishnan in the TV series Santhwanam.[10][11]

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
1998	Chinthavishtayaya Shyamala	Kavya	Malayalam	Child Artist
	Pranayavarnangal	Aarathi's relative	Malayalam	Child Artist
2001	Pularvettam	Priya	Malayalam	Child artist
2007	Katha Parayumpol	Sona	Malayalam
2008	Kuselan	Balakrishnan's Elder Daughter	Tamil	Remake of Katha Parayumpol
	Kathanayakudu	Balakrishna's Elder Daughter	Telugu	Remake of Katha Parayumpol
	Shakespeare M.A. Malayalam	Drama actress	Malayalam	Cameo
2009	Bhagavaan	Lady at hospital	Malayalam
	Kanmazha Peyyum Munpe	Rosemary	Malayalam
2010	Aagathan	Gautham's Sister	Malayalam
	Plus Two	Meenakshi	Malayalam
	Athmakadha	Lillykutty	Malayalam
2012	Navagatharkku Swagatham	Veena	Malayalam
	Naughty Professor	Herself	Malayalam	Guest Appearance
	Banking Hours 10 to 4	Merrin	Malayalam
2013	Lokpal	Neethu	Malayalam
	Oru Indian Pranayakatha	Divya	Malayalam
2016	Marubhoomiyile Aana	Bride	Malayalam	Guest Appearance
2022	Soulmate	Gayathri	Malayalam	Short film

Television

Serials

Year	Serial	Role	Channel	Notes	Ref.
2015-2016	Sundari	Gadha/Annie/Karthumbi	Mazhavil Manorama	Television debut	[12]
2016	Sahayathrika	Madhumita	Surya TV	Kerala State Television Award for Best Actress	[13]
	Jagratha	Deepika	Amrita TV
2017–2018	Nokketha Doorath	Aswathy/Suhara	Mazhavil Manorama		[14]
2018	Priyankari	Female lead	European online TV series		[15]
2018–2020	Bhagyajathakam	Indulekha	Mazhavil Manorama		[16]
2021–2022	Srimanthudu	Kaveri	E TV	Telugu debut serial
2021–2022	Priyankari	Daisy	Flowers TV		[17]
2023- 2024	Manimuthu	Radhika	Mazhavil Manorama		[18]

TV shows

Year	Show	Channel	Notes
2012	Ini Samvritha Ottaikkalla	Mazhavil Manorama	Host
2012	Varthaprabhatham	Asianet News	Guest
2015	Onnum Onnum Moonu Season:1	Mazhavil Manorama
	Comedy Super Night	Flowers
2016	Annies Kitchen	Amrita TV
2017	Onnum Onnum Moonu Season:2	Mazhavil Manorama
2018	Onnum Onnum Moonu Season:3
	Tharapakittu	Kaumudy TV
	Day with a Star	Kaumudy TV

Awards

• 2016 – Kerala State Television Award for Best Actress (Sahayathrika)^[citation needed]

References

1. "Actress Shafna married". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 10 January 2014.
2. "Female leads enjoy more stardom on TV- Shafna Nizam". The Times of India.
3. "Sharing the joy of winning their first state award". The Times of India.
4. "Films has always been my priority". The Times of India.
5. "Aathmakatha is worth a watch". rediff.
6. "ഷഫ്‌നയുടെ വീട്ടുവിശേഷങ്ങൾ". manoramaonline.
7. "Actress Shafna makes her mini-screen debut". The Times of India.
8. "ഷഫ്‌നയുടെ വീട്ടുവിശേഷങ്ങൾ". manoramaonline.
9. "Shafna Nazim's Love Marriage". Nth Wall. 6 January 2014. Archived from the original on 12 January 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
10. "TV couple Sajin and Shafna share a throwback video from their wedding on 7th anniversary". The Times of India.
11. "Did you know Santhwanam's Shivan a.k.a. Sajin is actress Shafna's spouse". The Times of India.
12. "New serial Sundari on Mazhavil Manorama". The Times of India.
13. "Sahayathrika on Surya TV". The Times of India.
14. "Alencier Ley debuts in TV through Nokathadoorath". The Times of India.
15. "The true success of an actor is that people recognise him for his roles- Tony Antony". The Times of India.
16. "'Bhagya Jathakam' say get set go". The Times of India.
17. "The true success of an actor is that people recognise him for his roles- Tony Antony". The Times of India.
18. "Manimuthu: New show to narrate the story of a young girl searching for her father". The Times of India.

External links

• Shafna Nizam at IMDb