The makers of the film SHAKEELA  have released the trailer on 16th December. In  the film, Richa Chadha plays the role of Shakeela, who was "a major star in the late `90s and early 2000s in southern cinema" and has acted in several controversial and bold films in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada languages. The film features Pankaj Tripathi as a southern  star, who initially  behaves nicely with Shakeela,  but later turns against her after getting threatened by her success. The trailer starts with news reports of southern actress Silk Smitha`s untimely death by suicide and went on to showcase the story of Shakeela - the criticism she had to face and insults from her own family members and the film fraternity, who wanted to get her films banned. Directed by Indrajit Lankesh, Shakeela marks Richa Chadha and Pankaj Tripathi`s second collaboration. The duo first co-starred in the critically-acclaimed 2015 film MASAAN. Shakeela will release in theatres on the 25th of December.