Former Softcore Actress Shakeela Claims She Wrote Love Letter to Maniyanpilla Raju; Malayalam Actor Denies This
Shakeela's life is now going to be made into a biopic, with her blessings of course. Richa Chadha is playing her in the film, that's directed by Indrajith Lankesh.
Shakeela is well-known among Malayalam movies fans, thanks to the softcore movies that she starred in the last decade. Some of her films like Kinnarathumbikal and Maami turned out to be such big hits at the box office at a time when even Mohanlal and Mammootty's films were not working. After the rage of these softcore movies died out in the later part of the decade, Shakeela acted in bit roles in mainstream movies. One such movie was the gangster comedy starring Mohanlal, Chotta Mumbai, where she played herself. The movie had Shakeela playing herself in a cameo appearance. Shakeela New Poster: Let Richa Chadha Take You Back to the '90s Glamour - View Pic.
Recently, the actress revealed that she was in love with the producer of the film, actor Maniyanpilla Raju. In the interview, she said that while shooting for the film, her mother fell ill and she had approached Raju to help her out. The actor paid her salary in advance which Shakeela claimed to have used for her mother's operation. His gesture endeared to her so much that Shakeela said, "I started liking him immensely and I fell in love with him. I wrote a love letter to him but he didn't respond to it."
However, Maniyanpilla Raju has quite a different story. Claiming that there was no letter to even exist, forget a love story, Raju denied any such thing happened, save for the whole surgery part. Speaking to IB Times, he said, "Yes, I had given money when Shakeela's mother was admitted to a hospital. But I was not aware of the fact that she loved me. She used to come to the shooting spot in her own vehicle, and after completing the filming, she used to go in the same vehicle. To be very clear about this affair, I have not received any love letters or kind of romantic requests from the actress." Now will this turn into another #MeToo story? Richa Chadha as Shakeela Looks Very Convincing in the First Look Poster of the Biopic - See Pic.
Anyway, Shakeela's life is now going to be made into a biopic, with her blessings of course. Richa Chadha is playing her in the film, that's directed by Indrajith Lankesh. Now Pankaj Tripathi is playing a Malayalam filmstar in the biopic who had helped out Shakeela in a couple of dire situations. Is he is going to be movie's take on Manianpilla Raju?
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