Shakeela, known mononymously as Shakeela, is an Indian actress and politician who has predominantly acted in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu language films.
16 Facts About Shakeela
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Shakeela debuted in the softcore pornographic film Playgirls at the age of 18.
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Shakeela became a popular figure in Kerala with the release of Malayalam softcore film Kinnara Thumbikal in 2000.
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Shakeela was born in Chennai into Urdu and Telugu speaking Muslim family.
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Shakeela did a few controversial topless scenes in her initial movies until she got noticed.
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Shakeela's films were dubbed into foreign languages like Nepalese, Chinese, and Sinhala.
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Shakeela hired a body double Surayya Banu to do her topless scenes.
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Shakeela started appearing in family character roles in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada language movies since 2003.
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Shakeela wrote her autobiography in Malayalam, which covered her family, her background, as well as her acquaintance with notable film personalities, politicians and childhood friends.
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In 2002, Shakeela announced that she will no longer act in B grade movies.
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Shakeela has featured in over 250 in Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, Odia and Telugu Language films in various roles.
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Shakeela, who rose to fame quickly, served as her movies' main character and the centre of its story.
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Venkiteswaran, Shakeela became known as the promiscuous Malayali woman in nearby areas like Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, where words like "chechi" or "aunty" were sarcastically used to refer to them.
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Shakeela has said in many interviews that how these production teams would trick her into acting as many as three films at once without her knowledge, flooding the market with her films.
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Indrajit Lankesh directed her biopic Shakeela based on her life in which Richa Chadda portrays the title character.
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The sketch titled "'Shakeela's driving school" was a reminiscent of her successful film Driving School.