India, Nov. 4 -- The Kerala State Film Awards were announced on Monday evening, and Shamla Hamza bagged a Best Actress award for her second film, Feminichi Fathima. The film, directed by Fasil Muhammed, was released in theatres in October after its screening at the 29th International Film Festival of Kerala last year. Shamla, a former radio jockey turned actor, was even nursing a six-month-old while shooting for the film. Know all about it.

Shamla is a native of Thrithala, Palakkad and debuted with the 2022 film 1001 Nunakal, directed by Thamar KV. While playing the titular Fathima, a mother of three in her second film, the actor was nursing her own baby during the film's shooting. Talking about Feminichi Fathima after its screening at I...