Hyderabad: The trailer of director Indrajit Lankesh's upcoming directorial Shakeela is out. Richa Chadha plays the titular role in the film which is a biopic of Shakeela, a sultry actor from Kerala who acted in several adult films in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada.
The just-released trailer of Shakeela chronicles the life of the eponymous southern adult film actor, who made it big in the male-dominated industry in mid 1990s. Trailer hints that Shakeela is a story about an actor who has gone through trials and tribulations and seen life from rags to riches to rags.
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According to the trailer, Shakeela happenstance to be around when Silk Smitha's tragic death had shocked the entire South industry and filmmakers were desperately looking for her replacement. As a teen, she had no big dreams beyond marriage but the untimely death of her father put their life in jeopardy.
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Pankaj Tripathi essays shades of grey as he plays Saleem, a South Indian superstar who feels threatened by Shakeela's success and tries to belittle her publically.
Shakeela is set to release this Christmas on December 25 across cinemas in multiple languages. Produced by Sammy Nanwani and Sahil Nanwani, Shakeela also stars Malayalam actor Rajeev Pillai.
