Shakeela is a popular South Indian actress from India who has appeared in Indian softcore movies. Born in Andhra Pradesh, she started out as an actor in B-grade Malayalam, Tamil movies in the early 1990s and only recently has finally been accepted as a star in the Kollywood (Tamil based) and Tollywood (Telugu-based) movies with the release of mainstream Malayalam hit film Kinarathumbikal.
Though initially compared to the 80s sex siren of the South, Silk Smitha, Shakeela's rather bodacious contours managed to carve a unique niche for her in B-grade soft porn. Her first soft porn movie was Playgirls in which she starred as a supporting actress. Shakeela has stated her ambition to star in a movie someday with major actors Rajnikanth or Mohanlal. In 2007, her ambition was fulfilled when she got the chance to share the screen with Superstar Mohanlal in "Chotta Mumbai". She has developed a major cult fan base of her own
She has stated her plans to write an autobiography. The deluge of soft porn or "Shakeela films", made on a shoestring budget of Rs. 20-25 lakhs, has ravaged the star system in the South Indian film industry.
