In 2018, Richa Chadha had told mid-day that she had decided to turn down the Shakeela biopic as she walked into the narration (Shakeela is a classic case of #MeToo, Nov 3). Cut to the present: The actor, being blown by the script, has lived the story of Shakeela over the past two years as she stepped into her shoes for the eponymous biopic. "When I heard the script, my first reaction was that her life story is cinematic," says Chadha, recounting how she was sold on the script before director Indrajit Lankesh had completed his narration.

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