Richa Chadha Reacts To Her Comparison With Vidya Balan In 'Shakeela'
Richa Chadha says comparisons between her upcoming "Shakeela" and Vidya Balan's "The Dirty Picture" are inevitable but she takes it in the right spirit.
Actor
Richa
Chadha
says
comparisons
between
her
upcoming,
Shakeela
and
Vidya
Balan's
The
Dirty
Picture
are
inevitable
but
she
takes
it
in
the
right
spirit.
The
Indrajit
Lankesh-directed
film
features
Richa
as
the
eponymous
adult
actor
who
was
one
of
the
biggest
stars
of
the
'90s
from
Kerala
and
acted
in
several
adult
films
in
languages
spanning
Tamil,
Telugu,
Malayalam
and
Kannada.
"The
Dirty
Picture" featured
Vidya
in
the
lead
and
was
inspired
by
the
life
of
Silk
Smitha,
who
acted
in
several
erotic
movies.
When
asked
about
the
comparisons
between
the
two
films,
Richa
told
reporters,
"The
only
similarity
is
that
a
biopic
is
made
on
a
personality
which
society
deems
controversial,
on
an
actor
who
everyone
watches
but
doesn't
want
to
recognise.
"There
are
no
more
similarities
but
I
understand
people
will
compare
the
film
to
'The
Dirty
Picture.'
"I
take
it
in
the
right
spirit,
that
even
if
they
are
comparing
they
are
doing
with
Vidya
Balan!
She's
a
wonderful
actor
and
Milan
Luthria
had
made
a
good
film.
If
people
are
comparing,
let
them.
At
least
they
aren't
comparing
it
with
a
bad
film.
We
can't
escape
it
so
we
claim
it," Richa
said
at
a
special
event
of
"Shakeela",
where
she
launched
a
customised
calendar
of
the
film.
The
"Masaan"
actor
said
the
film
deals
with
Shakeela's
life
story
with
a
lot
of
sensitivity.
"That's
the
intent
of
the
film,
to
basically
show
her
personal
life-
what
she
went
through.
We
are
talking
about
feminism
in
the
film
industry
today
but
for
her
to
stand
up
against
authority
in
the
90s
and
early
2000,
when
there
was
no
social
media...
"Even
now,
when
the
women
spoke
against
#MeToo
in
the
Kerala
film
industry,
they
are
kind
of
being
ostracised.
So
we
can
imagine
how
much
bravery
and
guts
it
took
her
to
speak
at
that
point
of
time.