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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Kizhakku Africavil Sheela<br />
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| director = [[Dwarakish]]<br />
| producer = Dwarakish<br />
| writer = Dwarakish<br />
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| starring = [[Suresh (actor)|Suresh]]<br />[[Sahila Chadha]]<br /> [[Kanchana (actress)|Kanchana]]<br />
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| music = [[Bappi Lahiri]]<br />
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| studio = Dwarakish Chitra<br />
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| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1987|1|14}}<br />
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| country = India<br />
| language = Tamil<br />
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'''''Kizhakku Africavil Sheela''''' ({{trans|Sheela in East Africa}}) is a 1987 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil-language]] film produced and directed by [[Dwarakish]]. A remake of the 1986 [[Kannada]] film ''[[Africadalli Sheela]]'' and inspired by the works featuring [[Sheena, Queen of the Jungle]], the film stars [[Suresh (actor)|Suresh]], [[Sahila Chadha]], [[Nizhalgal Ravi]] and [[Kanchana (actress)|Kanchana]].<ref name="IE review" /><br />
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== Plot ==<br />
A doctor ([[Nizhalgal Ravi]]) goes deep into the dark continent of Africa with his wife to help tribals. The couple are killed before that can be done, and their daughter is raised by apes, growing up to be Sheela ([[Sahila Chadha]]). The doctor's father sends an expedition to search for his son. Unknown to him, the members of this expedition have other goals. How one of the expedition's members ([[Suresh (actor)|Suresh]]) checkmates their moves and does the rescue forms the rest of the plot.<ref name="IE review" /><br />
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== Production ==<br />
''Kizhakku Africavil Sheela'' is a remake of the 1986 [[Kannada]] film ''[[Africadalli Sheela]]'',<ref name="Africadalli Sheela">{{Cite web |url=https://chiloka.com/movie/africadalli-sheela-1986 |title=Africadalli Sheela (ಆಫ್ರಿಕಾದಲ್ಲಿ ಶೀಲಾ) |website=Chiloka |access-date=22 June 2018}}</ref> and was also inspired by the works featuring [[Sheena, Queen of the Jungle]]. The film was shot predominantly in Zimbabwe. Directed by [[Dwarakish]],<ref name="IE review" /> it was also produced by him under his banner Dwarakish Chitra.<ref name="Anandan">{{Cite book |url=http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1987.asp |title=Sadhanaigal Padaitha Thamizh Thiraipada Varalaru |last=Film News Anandan |publisher=Sivagami Publishers |year=2004 |location=Chennai |language=Tamil |trans-title=Tamil film history and its achievements |author-link=Film News Anandan |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180622060426/http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1987.asp |archive-date=22 June 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> Sahila Chadha, who starred as the eponymous Sheela in Kannada,<ref name="Africadalli Sheela" /> reprised her role in the remake.<ref name="IE review" /><br />
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== Soundtrack ==<br />
The soundtrack was composed by [[Bappi Lahiri]].<ref name="IE review" /><br />
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== Release and reception ==<br />
''Kizhakku Africavil Sheela'' was released on 14 January 1987.<ref name="vellitthirai">{{Cite web |url=http://vellitthirai.com/movie/%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B4%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%81-%E0%AE%86%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D/ |title=கிழக்கு ஆப்பிரிக்காவில் ஷீலா |website=Vellitthirai |language=ta |access-date=22 June 2018}}</ref> In a review dated 6 February 1987, ''[[The Indian Express]]'' felt the film largely resembled the "listless" television series ''Appu Aur Pappu'' as it was "stilted and trashy" like the dubbed [[Telugu language|Telugu]] action films that were common in that era. The reviewer criticised the characterisation of the villains, but praised the "catchy disco rhythms" composed by Bappi Lahiri, and [[Disco Shanti]]'s "raw appeal".<ref name="IE review">{{Cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19870206&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |title=Trashy |date=6 February 1987 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |page=14}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:1980s Tamil-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Tamil remakes of Kannada films]]<br />
[[Category:Films featuring an item number]]<br />
[[Category:Films set in jungles]]<br />
[[Category:Films shot in Zimbabwe]]<br />
[[Category:Films scored by Bappi Lahiri]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by Dwarakish]]<br />
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