Pic: Here’s Richa Chadha’s First Look As South Siren, Shakeela
Richa Chadha is playing Shakeela in the South superstar’s biopic. We bring you the first picture of the actress as Shakeela, from the sets...
After Vidya Balan's Dirty Picture, Richa Chadha created
headlines when she announced that the actress will be playing Shakeela in her
biopic, being directed by Indrajit Lankesh. The film will delve into the life
of superstar Shakeela who ruled the Southern film industry for over 2 decades.
The actress has begun shooting for the film in a small town in Karnataka called
Tirthahalli. Dressed in a traditional Kerala saree called Kasavu Pattu, check
out Richa Chadha's first look as Shakeela:
Throwing light on her first look, Richa said, "The
challenge for the look of the film but also a good one is that the story traces
the journey of Shakeela’s younger days to her becoming a popular figure. Thus,
the look spans over multiple years and with each passing year her look changes.
To track that was challenging but for me as an actor it’s gratifying that I get
to grow with the real character on celluloid. Shakeela is still a legend and we
wish to do complete justice to her when the film is ready."
Talking about Shakeela, well, she has acted in many B-grade
movies. Her big hit film was Kinnarathumbikal in Malayalam, which brought her
in limelight. She did a few controversial topless scenes in her initial movies.
Shakeela has now started appearing in comedy oriented family
character roles in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada since 2003. In January 2018, she
announced her 250th film as an actor, Seelavathi, would begin production.
Coming to Richa’s look as Shakeela, well, let’s hope she does as brilliant a job as Vidya Balan did in Dirty Picture, where the talented actress played another South Siren, Silk Smitha.
