Shakeela

Shakeela
Shakeela in 2018
Born
Shakeela Begum

Other namesShakila
Occupations
  • Actress
  • Politician
  • Softcore pornographic actress
Years active1994–present
Political partyIndian National Congress
Children1

C. Shakeela, known mononymously as Shakeela, is an Indian actress and politician who has predominantly acted in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu language films. She is a member of Indian National Congress.[1]

Shakeela debuted in the softcore pornographic film Playgirls (1995) at the age of 18.[2][3] She became a popular figure in Kerala with the release of Malayalam softcore film Kinnara Thumbikal in 2000. This film would go on to pioneer a new wave of low-budget softcore porn films in the state, with Shakeela starring in many of them. In Kerala's hero-centric mainstream industry of her time, Shakeela's emergence as a liberated woman, who displays her sexuality in defiance of social norms led to what became known as Malayalam cinema's Shakeela tharangam (Shakeela wave).[4]

  1. ^ Methil Renuka (29 December 2020). "From the archives: Who is Shakeela Khan?". India Today.
  2. ^ "Outlook". Outlook Publishing. 22 December 2008 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "The soft porn queen of India Shakeela decides to tell her life story – many bombshells worried what she may reveal!". India Daily. 8 June 2005. Archived from the original on 13 June 2006. Retrieved 13 June 2006.
  4. ^ Mini, Darshana Sreedhar (1 April 2019). "The Rise of Soft Porn in Malayalam Cinema and the Precarious Stardom of Shakeela". Feminist Media Histories. 5 (2): 49–82. doi:10.1525/fmh.2019.5.2.49.