Shalini Pandey Biography: Family, hobbies, Relationships, Lifestyle

If you aren’t unfamiliar with Tamil and Telugu films. Then, most likely‍ Shalini Pandey isn’t a new name to you. Even if she is, but her famous role as “Preethy Shetty in the famous movie Arjun Reddy should remind you of this actress. So, without further ado let’s jump into Shalini Pandey Biography.

Shalini Pandey Biography

Shalini Pandey Personal Details

Shalini Pandey Age- 23rd September 1993 (28 Year)

Shalini Pandey Hometown- Jabalpur, Madhyapradesh. 

Current residence -Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh.

Shalini Pandey Parents- Not publicly available

But as per sources, her father is a government employee in Madhya Pradesh, and her mother is a homemaker.

Shalini Pandey Instagram- shalzp

Shalini Pandey Net Worth- As of 2025, Shalini Pandey’s net worth is estimated to range between ₹7 crore and ₹10 crore (approximately $1 to $1.2 million). She reportedly earns ₹50 lakh to ₹70 lakh per film and also generates income through brand endorsements, including her association with Ponds Beauty Cream.

Shalini Pandey Siblings- Shalini Pandey Sister- Pooja Pandey

Shalini Pandey Educational Qualification- She finished her 12th grade at Christ Church Girls Higher Secondary School, Jabalpur.

And she did her B.Tech in Computer Science Engineering from Global Engineering College, Jabalpur.

Shalini Pandey movies

Active – 2017 to Present 

Shalini Pandey is a talented actress who has worked in Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu films. She officially made her Telugu debut in 2017 with the hit romantic movie “Arjun Reddy”.  Later, the director of this movie decided to remake it as “Kabir Singh” in Bollywood.

Her other Telugu films include “Meri Nimmo”, “Mahanati” – a classic drama movie, “N.T.R. Kathanayakudu”, “118” and “Iddari Lokam Okate”.

Her career as an actress started a year before that in 2016. Because she appeared in a Hindi show “Man Mein Hai Vishwas” on Sony Television in 2016.

In October 2019, she made her Tamil Debut with “100 Percent Kadhal”, a romantic comedy film. And then later as Jhansi in movie “Gorilla”.

She also lent her voice for the song “Naa Pranamay” in 2018.

Pandey will be debuting in Bollywood opposite Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh in the movie “Jayeshbhai Jordaar”. She will play the role of “Kinjal Ajmera”.

Currently, Shalini is filming for the Bollywood film “Maharaja”. In which she is sharing the screen with Junaid Khan, who is the son of Actor Aamir Khan.

She also did two bilingual films, “Nishabdham” and “Silence”.

Her appearance is not only limited to the silver screen of cinemas. But also she did several television shows, web series, and even short films.

In 2020, she was the lead actress for the short film, “Dwand”.

Apart from all this, she also played a role in “Crime Patrol” in 2017 and one in a ZEE5 Original web series “Gandii Baat”.

Lesser-known facts about Shalini Pandey

Shalini Pandey Favorite Things

Shalini Pandey Favorite Food – Pizza

Actors – Amitabh Bacchan and Kamal Hashan.

In an interview, she has also mentioned that it’s her dream to act alongside these legendary actors even if it’s just for five minutes.

Actresses – Madhuri Dixit, Sridevi, Kajol, Kangana Ranaut, and Waheeda Rehman 

Film – “A Clockwise Range” (1971)

Interesting Facts About Shalini Pandey

• Although she is not absolutely fluent in Telugu, she did her own dubbing for her Telugu debut film “Arjun Reddy”.
• Did you know her nickname is Shalzp which is also her Instagram username.
• In the meantime of pursuing her graduation she was intrigued by her college theatre group and participated in many plays.
• Some of her hobbies are watching movies, dancing and reading.
• Her father was against her career in the entertainment industry and wanted her to be an engineer.

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In an interview, she shared her experience of rebellion against her father for coming to Mumbai to try out her luck in the industry.

It was a struggle for her to convince him to let her be on her own and manage her frustration of things not working out alone.

• Actress Ritika Singh is one of her best friends and from one of her tweets it’s evident that she admires the honest, transparent and genuine Shalini.

She has come a long way since then and hopefully soon with her Bollywood film releases her face won’t just stay limited inside the south Indian cinemas. 

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