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Shakeela

  • 2020
  • 2h 6m
IMDb RATING
3.4/10
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Pankaj Tripathi and Richa Chadha in Shakeela (2020)
'Shakeela' is inspired by the life of famous star Shakeela who predominantly starred in Southern cinema. She starred in many controversial and bold films. Making her debut at a young age of 16, she went on to star in about 250 films. She was a major star in the late 1990's and early 2000's. Such was her aura that, stars back then used to avoid releasing their films opposite her. The film portrays the hardships of the actress as she had to face lots of criticism, insults and betrayals from her own family members and the film fraternity who were influential in getting her films banned.

The film stars Richa Chadha, Pankaj Tripathi, Ester Noronha, Rajeev Pillai & Sheeva Rana. 
Produced by Sammy Nanwani. 
Associate Producer: Sundeep Malani, 
Music by Meet Bros and Veer Samarth 
DOP by Santosh Rai 
Edited by Ballu Saluja 
Its Sammys Magic Cinema Production.
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A biopic based on the life of adult star Shakeela, who ruled the South Indian film industry for over two decades. The film features Richa Chadha in the lead role.A biopic based on the life of adult star Shakeela, who ruled the South Indian film industry for over two decades. The film features Richa Chadha in the lead role.A biopic based on the life of adult star Shakeela, who ruled the South Indian film industry for over two decades. The film features Richa Chadha in the lead role.

  • Director
    • Indrajit Lankesh
  • Writers
    • Sunil Kumar Agrawal
    • Rohan A. Bajaj
    • Rohit G. Banawlikar
  • Stars
    • Pankaj Tripathi
    • Richa Chadha
    • Rajeev Pillai
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  • IMDb RATING
    3.4/10
    738
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    • Director
      • Indrajit Lankesh
    • Writers
      • Sunil Kumar Agrawal
      • Rohan A. Bajaj
      • Rohit G. Banawlikar
    • Stars
      • Pankaj Tripathi
      • Richa Chadha
      • Rajeev Pillai
    • 23User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Pankaj Tripathi
    Pankaj Tripathi
    • Salim
    Richa Chadha
    Richa Chadha
    • Shakeela
    Rajeev Pillai
    Rajeev Pillai
    • Arjun
    Kajol Chugh
    Kajol Chugh
    • Young Shakeela
    Vicky Kadian
    • Young Arjun
    Ashish Athawle
    Ashish Athawle
    • Father
    Kafeel Jafri
    • Zubair, the journalist
    Ahaana Kochar
    • Jasmine
    Valerian Menezes
    • Director of Salim
    Ester Noronha
    • Suhana
    Sheeva Rana
    • Silk Smitha
    Saurabh Soni
    • Reporter
    • Director
      • Indrajit Lankesh
    • Writers
      • Sunil Kumar Agrawal
      • Rohan A. Bajaj
      • Rohit G. Banawlikar
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    User reviews23

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    1coolpravin-56478

    Bakwas! Boring! Waste of time

    Not worth to watch, worst movie. Waste of telent like pankaj tripathi
    1anikb-87099

    Gets more and more boring!

    This film is about the famous south indian actress "Shakeela" (only in south india she is famous) and her journey in film industry. This film is unoffcially the sequel of the 2011 Dirty Picture.

    Now, hardly anyone from North India (or i would say 95% Indians) dont really know who Shakeela is. So, those who really wanted to know who she is end up watching this film which is an absolute yawn fest. Not read about her much but whatever was shown in the film is neither interesting nor inspiring. No doubt for me, Shakeela is not an inspiration. Giving in to doing C grade films just because you have financial problems is not a solution there are many out there who have financial problems but have never given in to doing C grade films.

    Coming to the main film, the entire film has nothing interesting to watch. In fact, it gets even more boring as the climax approaches. Trust me, its so boring to watch a lady visit her old house, slowly looking at old stuff , slowly walking around the village and all these parts come in when the film desperately needs a fire-up. At the end, the film seems to grasp for an ending and ultimately ends up in no-man's land.

    Trust me, there is nothing interesting in her life that could have formed a story unlike the latest web series "Maharani" where actually there was a motive behind everything.

    Performance wise, everyone is terrible. Pankaj Tripathi is being a usual Mirzapur kind of Pankaj Tripathi when you had to have that south indian accent to your voice. Dude, when you show a south indian film, people should carry some south accent but nah! Here, everyone talks in proper Hindi. Not a tinch of south indian flavor that you feel from the actors and what to say about Richa Chadda, she's neither sexy nor acted properly.

    Overall, i dont see the purpose of even making this film. Who even green lit this project is a question. Neither is Shakeela inspiring, nor is she entertaining, on the contrary the film is so boring that i had to skip to climax even when 30 mins were left.
    2SAMTHEBESTEST

    It is humanly impossible to make worse Biopic than this. A legendary film in the club of craps.

    Shakeela (2020) : Brief Review -

    It is humanly impossible to make worse Biopic than this. A legendary film in the club of craps. You know i have a certain notion about biographical dramas that one should make a film on the Life of someone who could inspire you to do some real good in your life. May be that's why i hated many biopics made on gangsters and negative personalities where the main character is not a legend nor a good person. Shakeela was a very famous adult star of her time but i never expected any good stuff from the biopic because i knew that the main character was wrong at first place even though it had to give it a name of struggle. The film tellls you about her life in 124 minutes and if you could hold your sight for even 60 minutes then Shakeela is somewhere close to 'BAD' status otherwise even calling it 'Worst' is an compliment. It's unbearable, dull, scattered, filthy, slimy, asinine and what not. Every available adjective in the dictionary should be used to praise the bluntless of it. The writing is pathetic, the screenplay is perhaps the worst of worst for any biopic ever made in Bollywood history, the presentation is slummy and all the technical aspects are disastrous. What's more shocking is that the talented artists like Richa Chadha and Pankaj Tripathi gave one the most disgusting performance of their career. Whatever was the reason behind making this film, there cannot be any explanation to it now and if one is there then it is unacceptable. God only knows how Indrajit Lankesh even dared to make this piece of crap film-making and even released for the audience after seeing the final cut. Shakeela has buried all the fields of filmmaking alive and those who will decide to watch it will have to mourn. If there is any elite club of crap films then put Shakeela out of it and design one separate club of legends of craps and then throw it in there.

    RATING - 2/10*

    By - #samthebestest
    4cseabhi

    Could have been much much better but fails to make an impact

    Shakeela is the biopic of 90's star Shakeela. Much similar to the Vidya Balan's starrer The Dirty Picture. Shakeela story is something audience should see and there is so much to tell but here due to very poor screenplay and writing we get a half baked story.

    Indrajit Lankesh direction can be termed as pretty average and sometimes poor. The strong part of The Dirty Picture was the story and direction but here both are missing.

    Richa Chadha as Shakeela tries to do her job and delivers a decent performance but leaves a lot to be desired. Pankaj Tripathi is fine and pretty average, doesn't leave any strong impression.

    Overall due to direction and writing, Shakeela is a forgettable movie.
    1sandipmalierl

    Very very bad flim from pankaj sir

    As we know actress in this flim not good only such B grade type flim, but very disappointed from pankaj sir, actor like him not accept such type of movies

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      Indrajit Lankesh was inspired to make the film as a minority Muslim women Shakeela dominated the male industry and became superstar.

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    • Release date
      • December 25, 2020 (India)
    • Country of origin
      • India
    • Language
      • Hindi
    • Also known as
      • Shakeela: Not A Porn Star
    • Production companies
      • Sammy's Magic Cinema
      • Yodha Entertainment
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $11,919
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 6 minutes
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1
      • 2.35 : 1

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