C. Shakeela, known mononymously as Shakeela, is an Indian actress and politician who has predominantly acted in Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu language films. She is a member of Indian National Congress.^[1] Shakeela debuted in the film Playgirls (1995) at the age of 18.^[2][3]

Early life

Shakeela was born in a Muslim family based in Kodambakkam, Madras, India. Her mother Chan Begum was from Nellore in Andhra Pradesh and father Chan Basha was from Madras.^[4] She could not complete her school leaving certificate examination, eventually making her foray into films.^[4]

Career

From the beginning of her career, she acted in B movies and softcore pornography.^[5] One of her big hits was Kinnarathumbikal, which brought her into limelight and resulted in an unheard-of craze for her from youngsters to the old. She did a few controversial topless scenes in her initial movies until she got noticed.^[2][3] Her B movieswere dubbed and released in almost all Indian languages. Her films were dubbed into foreign languages like Nepalese, Chinese, and Sinhala. After she acted in several movies, the soft-porn movies in India were colloquially called as "shakeela films".^[6] Shakeela hired a body double Surayya Banu to do her topless scenes.^[7][8]

Shakeela started appearing in family character roles in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada language movies since 2003. She wrote her autobiography in Malayalam,^[9] which covered her family, her background, as well as her acquaintance with notable film personalities, politicians and childhood friends.^[10][11]

In January 2018, she announced her 250th film as an actor, Sheelavathi, would begin production.^[12][13]

Personal life

In 2012, Shakeela announced that she will no longer act in B grade movies.^[4] Shakeela released her autobiography Shakeela: Aatmakatha in 2013.^[7][14] She also adopted a daughter named Mila.^[15]

Politics

Shakeela joined the Indian National Congress in March 2021.^[16][17]

Filmography

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As an actress

Shakeela has featured in over 250 in Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, Odia and Telugu Language films in various roles.

Television

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