SEE PICS! Check out lesser known facts about the South actress Shakeela

Richa Chadda is all set to follow suit. The actress is playing the biopic of popular Indian adult star Shakeela.

Shakeela was born as C. Shakeela Begum, on November 20, 1975, in Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, into a middle-class family.

She had six siblings. Belonging to a low-income family, her parents found it very hard to make ends meet. Her father did odd jobs and her mother was a simple homemaker.

She quit her studies as she entered her teenage and started working to support her family. However, she found it very hard to earn enough for her family.

Shakeela considered Silk Smitha as her inspiration who was then at the peak of her career. She learned about how Silk made it big in the industry. Her curvy body and seductive presence allowed her to audition for many B-grade films.

Getting a job and getting paid for the same was a difficult task. In order to gain her ground in the industry first, Shakeela is reportedly said to have worked for free in the earlier phase of her career, as the producers too didn’t seem to have money to pay her.

She was flooded with marriage proposals from more than 100 filmmakers and actors, at the peak of her career. So much was her craze among the people that few filmmakers and film producers apparently were said to have gone as far as naming their homes after her.

In the past, Shakeela has been linked with many famous film personalities. However, there have been no confirmed reports of her marriage or kids.

She started as a child artist in the late 80s. In 1986, she appeared in a number of films. These films were in various languages, such as Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Oriya, and Kannada. However, these films had small-scale releases in a handful of theatres.