[2] After a brief hiatus from acting, Shalini made a come back in 1997 through Malayalam and Tamil language films as a lead heroine.

[13] Her iconic hairstyle, a short bob with a front fringe, was popularly known as the “Baby Shalini hair cut”.

[14] Three of the siblings Shalini, Shamili and Richard Rishi acted as child artists in the 1990 Telugu language blockbuster film Jagadeka Veerudu Athiloka Sundari.

Initially, Fazil was keen on casting a débutante in the lead female role, but Shalini insisted that she should also star in the Tamil version.

[16] For the movie Amarkalam (1999) with Ajith Kumar, Saran initially approached Shalini, who was studying at the time and she refused, however, after a three-month pursuit, he finally got her to sign on as well.

[20] In 1999, during the shoot of Saran's Amarkalam, Shalini began to date her co-star Ajith Kumar.