Richa Chadha To Play The Lead In The Biopic Of SHAKEELA?
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Wednesday, 7th March 2018, 1:30 PM IST Only a few actors, who are capable of bearing incredible characters, can dare to take up parts which go onto becoming memorable. Vidya Balan once took such a chance with a film titled ‘Dirty Picture’ and reaped incredible benefits of it. Now joining this club is Richa Chadha who is all set to helm the biopic of ‘Shakeela’, one of the 90s biggest actresses from Kerala who acted in several adult films in languages including Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada. The biopic with Richa portraying the lead with the same name will tell the tale of Shakeela from when she entered the film business at the age of 16 and traces her life journey from there. Soon after Shakeela became a raging success in cinema halls making history and fanfare like never before. Her films weren’t only dubbed in languages across India but also were dubbed in languages like Chinese, Nepalese and several others. Shakeela became a popular figure in the film business at a time when popularity was only for the men and the industry was dominated by them. One of Richa’s sources stated: "The film is the story of Shakeela, one of the most famous actors from Malayalam cinema from the 90s who rose to a spectacular amount of fame. Her fans were spread across Asia and she earned fanfare as a woman which back then was unheard of. The film's script was exciting and is a great story to tell and the story will make for a great watch for the audience. The preparations will begin soon and the film should be going on floors in end April or May." The film is being directed by Indrajit Lankesh who has won several acclaimed awards in his career that began in 2001. The film will go on floors this April and will release in early 2019. Now you can enjoy ad-free experience by downloading India’sfirst Box Office mobile app from here –Android: http://bit.ly/BOCapsuleMobileApp and iOS: bit.ly/BOCapsuleiOSApp |