A brand new poster of Richa Chadha starrer Shakeela was unveiled on Monday. Richa performs Shakeela, an grownup star who labored primarily in South Indian movie industries and rose to nice heights regardless of hurdles.
The poster confirmed Richa in a glamorous avatar, standing with a gun in hand and wearing a purple sari. Scribbled behind her are quite a few abuses in Hindi, taunting her for the color of her pores and skin, her weight and her religion.
Directed by Indrajit Lankesh, the movie will chronicle her life – born and raised in a conservative Muslim household, Shakeela opted for a profession in movies, aged solely 16. She labored in additional than 250 movies and shortly emerged as a number one grownup star within the ’90s and early 2000s.
The movie will transcend the glitz and glamour of movie trade and lay naked the hurdles and discrimination she confronted on her to the highest and the way she grew to become the face of B-grade movies. At one time, she even threatened the foremost established superstars of the day.
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Talking about his movie, director Indrajit mentioned in a press release: “Shakeela is my ardour venture. I’ve identified her since 2003 after I labored together with her. Her rags-to-riches story caught my consideration. I did some intensive private interviews together with her and got here to know a lot about the person who she is behind that picture of a star. And I knew that it is just Richa who can nail the half. This movie will assist kids who aspire to be a part of the movie trade perceive that there’s extra to the overlying glitz and glamour.”
The movie might be a Christmas launch. It additionally stars Pankaj Tripathi and Malayalam actor Rajeev Pillai.
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