Madhu Shalini might not have done as many films as some of her contemporaries in Telugu film industry, but she has had the privilege to work with several iconic filmmakers and actors like Kamal Haasan, Amitabh Bachchan, RGV, Bala and EVV Satyanarayana to name a few. A trained Kuchipudi dancer, she was born and brought up in Hyderabad, and after a brief stint in modeling, she forayed into films in the late 2000s..