Annie (Malayalam actress)

Annie ( ആനി )
Born	Annie Jobbie 1977 Trivandrum, Kerala, India
Other names	Chitra
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1993 - 1996
Spouse	Shaji Kailas

Annie Jobbie, popularly known as Annie ( ആനി ) is an Indian film actress. In her career span that lasted for just three years, with sixteen films, Annie was among the successful lead actress in Malayalam cinema during the mid-1990s.

Her debut role was in Balachandra Menon's Ammayane Sathyam (1993). Her well known films include Mazhayethum Munpe (1995), Parvathy Parinayam (1995), Tom & Jerry (1995), Puthukottyile Puthu Manavalan (1995), and Swapna Lokathe Balabhaskaran (1996). She gave up acting after getting married to director Shaji Kailas, and is now settled in Thiruvananthapuram.

Career

Born in Thiruvananthapuram to Jobbie and Mariyamma Jobbie, Annie did her schooling at Holy Angels Convent and later at All Saints College, Thiruvananthapuram. She was in her 10th std, when got a chance to interview Balachandra Menon, the famous film director for Doordarshan. Menon, who was looking for a new face for his latest movie, got impressed by her and offered her a role in his film Ammayane Sathyam . In 1993, Annie, thus made her debut with Ammayane Sathyam, pairing against Mukesh. Her performance as Ramkumar Thomas alias Parvathi brought her wide recognition following which several roles were offered. But due to a contract with Balachandra Menon, she was not able to sign any new film, which caused in losing some good offers including Kashmiram and Manichithrathazhu. Later in an interview, Annie had opened her mind that she really regretted in missing some good opportunities, especially that of Manichithrathazhu, which was later done by Vinayaprasad. Annie, then decided to concentrate more on studies and joined All Saints College taking Commerce as mainstream. But luck was waiting for her, which came in the form of Suresh Gopi, who offered her a role against him in Rudraksham in 1994. Annie accepted the role of Gowri, an innocent Brahmin girl, who gets trapped into a brothel. Directed by Shaji Kailas, Rudraksham, though was a huge flop at box office, brought her wide appreciation, opening ways to cinema. It was on the sets of Rudraksham, she fell in love with Shaji Kailas, whom she married two years later. Followed by Rudraksham, Annie was again paired against Suresh Gopi in Aksharam, directed by Sibi Malayil. But she was thoroughly disappointed as she had to do nothing in that film. It was Mazhayethum Munpe, directed by Kamal, that changed the destiny of Annie. Released in 1995, in the film, she acted against Mammooty, along with Shobhana. Annie's performance as Shruthi, a spoiled brat, who is busy playing pranks with her lecturer, succeeded in winning hearts of millions of movie goes. With the success of Mazhayethum Munpe, Annie became the top heroine in Malayalam cinema of the time. In a row she acted in half a dozen of movies, including Alancheri Thamprakkal, Mazhavil Koodaram, Parvathi Parinayam, Kalyanji Anandji, Tom & Jerry, Puthukottayile Puthumanavalan and Sakshyam. She also appeared in a song in the film Indian Military Intelligence directed by T.S. Suresh Babu along with Jayaram. By the end of 1995, Annie reached the peak of her career.

In the beginning of the year 1996, Annie paired against Jayaram in Swapnalokathile Balabhaskaran, a family movie directed by Rajasenan. This was followed by Mr Clean opposite Mukesh. But she shocked everyone on 1 June 1996, when she got married to director Shaji Kailas at the residence of actor Suresh Gopi in the presence of a few close friends. Though got married, and announced her retirement from acting, Annie completed two more films, Kireedamillatha Rajakkanmar and Mookillarajyathe Murimookan Rajavu, which were under production. She gave up acting after marriage and is now settled happily with her husband and kids at Thiruvananthapuram.

Personal life

She gave up acting after marriage and is now settled happily with her husband and kids in Thiruvananthapuram. Annie after marriage to Shaji Kailas, got converted to Hindu and adopted the name Chitra. She and Shaji Kailas have three sons, Jaganathan, Sharon and Roshan. Recently, she launched a catering unit named The Big Oven.

Filmography

No:	Film	Year	Character	Co-stars	Director	Verdict
1	Kireedamillatha Rajakkanmar ( കിരീടമില്ലാത്ത രാജാക്കൻമാർ )	1996	Nancy	Jagatheesh, Prem Kumar	Ansar Kalabhavan
2	Mookkilla Rajyathu Murimookkan Rajavu ( മൂക്കില്ലാ രാജ്യത്തു് മുറിമൂക്കൻ രാജാവു് )	1996		Manoj K Jayan	Sasi Mohan
3	Mr. Clean	1996	Nandini Thampi	Sreenivasan, Mukesh, Devayani	Vinayan
4	Swapna Lokathe Balabhaskaran ( സ്വപ്നലോകത്തെ ബാലഭാസ്ക്കരൻ )	1996	Chandrika	Jayaram, Dileep	Rajasenan
5	Saakshyam ( സാക്ഷ്യം )	1995		Suresh Gopi, Manju Warrier	Mohan
6	Puthukottyile Puthu Manavalan ( പുതുക്കോട്ടയിലെ പുതുമണവാളൻ )	1995	Geethu	Jayaram, Prem Kumar, Vinduja Menon	Rafi Mecartin
7	Indian Military Intelligence	1995	Song appearance	Murali, Ganesan	T.S. Suresh Babu
8	Tom & Jerry	1995	Meenakshi	Mukesh, Jagadeesh, Vinduja Menon	Kaladharan
9	Kalyanji Anandji ( കല്യാൺജി ആനന്ദ്‌ജി )	1995		Mukesh, Harisree Ashokan	Balu Kiriyath
10	Mazhavilkoodaram ( മഴവിൽക്കൂടാരം )	1995	geethu	Rahman, Aby	Siddique Shameer
11	Parvathy Parinayam ( പാർവതി പരിണയം )	1995	Parvathi	Mukesh, Prem Kumar, Anju Aravind	P. G. Viswambharan
12	Alanchery Thambrakal ( ആലഞ്ചേരി തമ്പ്രാക്കൾ )	1995		Dileep, Rajan P Dev, Nedumudi Venu	Sunil
13	Mazhayethum Munpe ( മഴയെത്തും മുമ്പേ )	1995	Shruthi	Mammootty, Shobhana	Kamal
14	Aksharam ( അക്ഷരം )	1995	Meenu	Suresh Gopi, Madhavi, Anju Aravind	Sibi Malayil
15	Rudraksham ( രുദ്രാക്ഷം )	1994	Gouri	Suresh Gopi, Geetha	Shaji Kailas
16	Ammayane Sathyam ( അമ്മയാണേ സത്യം )	1993	Parvathi / Thomas	Mukesh, Balachandra Menon	Balachandra Menon

External links

• Annie at IMDb
• Annie - Profile in OneIndia