Talk:Sreeleela

Contested deletion

CSD does not apply as this article is subtsantially different from the version deleted in the previous AfD. New sources have emerged since. Title was unsalted by the protecting admin to allow recreation. -- Ab207 (talk) 16:15, 20 March 2022 (UTC)

• I removed the speedy, see edit history 11:41, 20 March 2022‎ this article came up via Draft. Jeepday (talk) 16:08, 21 March 2022 (UTC)

Future films

Hello, @User:Revirvlkodlaku. Re this edit, please note the there is indeed a standard for WP:FILMOGRAPHY, it says "do not add future projects until filming has begun as verified by a reliable source." As you can see, both the films included have started filming. These are not just "unnamed or vague project ideas" as you claimed (besides, there's no rule that the film should be named, only confirmation of filming.) Thanks and regards. -- Ab207 (talk) 15:09, 22 September 2022 (UTC)

Hi Ab207, your points are fair. I don't like the addition of those two titles from an aesthetic perspective, but I won't dispute it if you prefer to include them. Thanks for discussing instead of reverting :) Revirvlkodlaku (talk) 16:26, 22 September 2022 (UTC)

@Revirvlkodlaku Thanks for responding and being nice about it We generally include projects that have commenced filming. So wanted to make sure that I'm not missing anything. Regards -- Ab207 (talk) 16:40, 22 September 2022 (UTC)

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American, Indian, or both

While she is botn in the US and thus has (or had) US citizenship, there are no reliable sources apparently which discuss her actual nationality or citizenships. Without better evidence we shouldn't presume that someone from Indian descent, who has worked almost exclusively in India, is still American (nor, of course, the opposite). Indian nationality law apparently doesn't allow dual citizenship. Fram (talk) 14:29, 27 January 2023 (UTC)

Hello, Fram. The subject is born in the US means she's an American citizen by birth. This part is undisputed. Therefore, kindly note that the WP:BURDEN to prove her Indian citizenship is on you, the who seeks to change this info. Regards -- Ab207 (talk) 16:27, 7 February 2023 (UTC)

I don't claim on the article that she has Indian citizenship. All we know is that she is American-born, from Indian descent, and works mainly (exclusively?) in India. Why anything further needs to be emphasized is unclear, she doesn't seem to proclaim her US citizenship or clearly identify as an American, so why should we insist on labeling her as such just because she was born there and we don't know whether she still is or not? Fram (talk) 16:31, 7 February 2023 (UTC)

@Fram Alright, I see that your wording does not imply her citizenship, so that's acceptable to me.

It's not uncommon for Indian-origin people to live and work in India while holding a foreign passport, thanks to Overseas Citizenship of India (which is not an actual citizenship despite it's misleading name). So many prefer to retain their western passports for obvious reasons. Anyways, thanks for your explanation, Cheers! -- Ab207 (talk) 16:40, 7 February 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 6 September 2023

ApoorvaJerry (talk) 21:32, 6 September 2023 (UTC)

Sreeleela is basically from Ongole and Vijayawada. She lived in Bangalore all her life but was born in Detroit, Michigan. She has recently relocated to Hyderabad for her Cine career and shuffles between Hyderabad and Mumbai where she is pursuing MBBS. Sreeleela's father is accused in the USA, on charges of human trafficking, money laundering and immigration rules violation due to which he fled Detroit and settled in Bangalore , starting Champions group of Companies. He is in a live-in-relationship with Sreeleela's mother younger sister Hema Malini Nidamanuri every since he relocated to India and has two children with her namely Sai Tanvi and Dheeran. Sreeleela's mother Dr Swarnalatha is involved and accused in the Alliance University vandalism case in October 2022, after which she absconded to Kerala after the police filed an FIR. She is known to have a close connect with many Politicians , Film actors, producers and distributors and officials which helped her introduce Sreeleela into films. In October 2021, Sreeleela's father Subhakar Rao Surapaneni called a press meet in Vijayawada to clarify that Sreeleela is not his biological daughter. And that Dr Swarnalatha and Sreeleela are using his name as a propaganda to extort money and property from him. In 2018, he has accused Sreeleela's mother Dr Swarnalatha for committing adultery and he asked her for divorce on that ground. He also requested the court to permit Sreeleela to undergo a DNA test to prove that she is his daughter which was rejected by the court. Sreeleela has two brothers Sreekar Surapaneni, a doctor cum businessman and Sreedeep Surapaneni, a businessman. Sreeleela's mother was offered many roles in movies as a teenager which she could not take up so she is realizing her dream through Sreeleela. Sreeleela studied in Bishop Cotton Girl's school upto 12th standard. She is currently pursuing MBBS at DY Patil University, Navi Mumbai branch. She has trained in Bharatanatyam under the tutelage of Smt. Savitha Arun of Aruna Kalavidaru, Chamarajapete, Bengaluru and She performed her arangetram at the age of 9 on 27th April 2011 at Ravindra Kalakshetra Bangalore for which famous veteran actress 'Abhinaya Sharada' Jayanthi was invited as the Chief Guest. She has also trained to be a state level swimmer at Basavanagudi Aquatics, Bangalore. Sreeleela is known to have a close connect with Rebel Star Ambarish since a child. She has been getting her portfolio done by Bhuvan Gowda ever since she was a teenager. She was referred to director A.P Arjun by Bhuvan Gowda as the movie Kiss had some investment issues. Sreeleela's mother decided to finance the movie with the condition that Sreeleela is launched as the heroine. Sreeleela's maternal grandfather Nidamanuri Nageshwar Rao was a Retd Chief Engineer in the Irrigation Department in Andhra Pradesh and is the owner and founder of QIS Institutions, Ongole. Sreeleela has underwent many hormonal treatments and procedures for smile and teeth correction, permanent makeup and body development to look beautiful and mature. She is related to the famous Akkineni family of Telangana.

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Cannolis (talk) 21:34, 6 September 2023 (UTC)

Lede

Why is her highest-grossing film Bhagavanth Kesari repeatedly being removed from the lead, despite the article body noting it's one of the biggest commercial successes of Telugu cinema in 2023. The lead is a summary of the most notable aspects of an actor's career, and this film is one of hers. Krimuk2.0 (talk) 19:17, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

The source cited does not talk about the failure of Extra Ordinary Man and Guntur Kaaram at all, however, its being used to sneak in their failures. It also omits Bhagavant Kesari which is a successful film. I’ve removed the success or failure part altogether, until we find consensus to write in a meaningful way. Ab207 (talk) 14:08, 19 October 2024 (UTC)

@Revirvlkodlaku Please find better sources and WP:DUE weight for the statement. Ab207 (talk) 14:29, 19 October 2024 (UTC)

@Ab207, which statement? Revirvlkodlaku (talk) 14:31, 19 October 2024 (UTC)

"had four critical and commercial failures in Skanda, Aadikeshava, Extra Ordinary Man, and Guntur Kaaram"

The source does not talk about the latter two films, and omits the success in Bhagavanth Kesari. — Ab207 (talk) 14:35, 19 October 2024 (UTC)

@Ab207, I see what you're saying—there's an imbalance in the way her projects are presented, with overemphasis on flops. Obviously, it wouldn't make sense to mention each and every one of her projects that ends up being a commercial and critical success in the lede, so perhaps pointing out the duds isn't ideal or even necessary. Did I get that right? Revirvlkodlaku (talk) 15:55, 19 October 2024 (UTC)

@Revirvlkodlaku Indeed, she might appear in upteen number of projects every year. Listing out every film's success or failure is not ideal. Lead is supposed to summarize her career as a whole. If there are any breakthrough roles or awards, they can be mentioned but not every film. The current version makes it seem like her filmography is filled with only duds. -- Ab207 (talk) 19:44, 19 October 2024 (UTC)

@Ab207, that makes total sense, and I appreciate that perspective. Revirvlkodlaku (talk) 00:12, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

@Revirvlkodlaku Yes, thank you! Ab207 (talk) 05:34, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

@Ab207 and @Revirvlkodlaku: here is the source which says "In 2023 and 2024, she had four critical and commercial failures in Skanda, Aadikeshava, Extra Ordinary Man and Guntur Kaaram." If it has removed from this article, why Criticism exists in Pooja Hegde article? 2409:40F3:101B:A57F:947A:FF:FE35:B38A (talk) 16:25, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

That’s nothing but a WP:CIRCULAR source which copied from Wikipedia. You can discuss issues in the Hedge’s article ant its talk page but there the cited source talks about how five consecutive flops set was career set back for Hedge. That’s not the case here. — Ab207 (talk) 16:49, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

RfC on referring to the subject as "American actress"

The subject Sreeleela happens to an American born person who was brought up in India from her childhood. She is known for her appearance in Telugu films. She is known as a Telugu film actress and not an American actress. Multiple editors appear to be disputing on whether the subject should be referred to as a Telugu-film actress, as she is known for the same or she should be referred to as an American actress just because her citizenship happens to of USA. I think it makes more sense to refer to the subject as an Indian-film actress.

For example, if a Brazilian who was born in Brazil came to USA when they were 1 year old or so and later when they are 22 years old, they started acting in Hollywood films and are known for the same, I'd refer to them as a Hollywood actor or American film actor and not Brazilian actor right. Please correct if this is wrong.

Should the subject be referred to as an Indian-film actress or as an American actress.

Inviting administrator and other editors comments on this matter.

Note: Akshay Kumar was a Canadian citizen until he recently renounced his Canadian citizenship and became an Indian citizen, however, even when he was a Canadian citizen, he was never referred to as a Canadian actor. Thewikizoomer (talk) 18:07, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

• Indian and American This is a straight forward case per MOS:NATIONALITY. Also, this RFC statement is a little long and it's not neutral. Nemov (talk) 19:32, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

• Indian: I get the nationality argument, but I happen to think that since that is the only American thing about her, considering that she lives and works in India, it would be more accurate to refer to her as an Indian actress. Revirvlkodlaku (talk) 14:41, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

• American actress of Indian descent or Indian-American actress should suffice in this case. Putting only Indian actress is problematic as the subject is an American national of Indian ethnicity, and as per MOS:ETHNICITY, ethnicity should not be in the lead unless relevant to the subject's notability and instead we use citizen or national. Since we see a lot of cases like these, I will list a few examples which might help. Alia Bhatt's lead is a good indicator and is rather similar to the subject concerned here and similar cases such as Katrina Kaif, Deepti Naval who have lived and worked in India predominantly. Similarly in a reverse case Freida Pinto's lead is Indian actress despite her working predominantly in American film industry. Regarding Akshay Kumar's lead, before his switch back to Indian nationality it read Indian-born naturalised Canadian actor, as shown here [[1]]. Lancepark (talk) 17:01, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

• American if referring to her nationality. Indian may be misunderstood without clarification. Senorangel (talk) 02:30, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
• Indian actress, born in America, (assuming that she has Indian citizenship). Alternatively put No nationality in the opening sentence, but leave that topic till later. We could also say Indian and American (assuming that she has both citizenships), but I personally find that less informative as it doesn't give any 'backstory', merely records the passports she is entitled to hold. There appears to be nothing American about her at all, except her place of birth, and it would be misleading to put that alone. Adolf Hitler is described as a German politician, because that is what he was when he became notable, his Austrian birth/early life is dealt with elsewhere. Pincrete (talk) 10:09, 9 January 2024 (UTC)
• Indian and American. I would prefer to use American actress on the basis of her nationality and Indian by assuming she also has Indian citizenship. Fade258 (talk) 16:31, 16 January 2024 (UTC)
• The fact of her being an "American" (or a citizen thereof) is entirely WP:OR and WP:SYNTH based on the fact that she was born there (cf. birthright citizenship in the United States). We need explicit RS that confirm her citizenship as such per WP:NATIONALITY which I have been unable to locate (at least ones that are not WP:CIRCULAR) not mere conjecture on what it is. The fact that she was raised and educated in India and works there tilts me towards a descriptive of either an "Indian actress" or an "actress who works in Indian cinema". Gotitbro (talk) 11:45, 19 January 2024 (UTC)

  Also the single source in the article listing her birthplace as Detroit is a WP:LISTICLE and very likely WP:CIRCULAR, have not been able to locate any valid RS which confirms her birthplace as well. Gotitbro (talk) 20:54, 19 January 2024 (UTC)

• Indian and American (Per prior comments) — Sadko (words are wind) 22:06, 23 January 2024 (UTC)
• American of Indian origin Seems she has American citizenship [2]. Agree with Lancepark's rationale.--Redtigerxyz ^Talk 17:59, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

  Appears circular to me as well (with generic personal details taken from here or others which copied enwiki), also a poor source with not even a basic byname as to who wrote it.

  The only original point it puts forth is that she wants to complete her med school in India and her mother wants to open up a hospital in Bangalore. These too are based on unverifiable "reports". Gotitbro (talk) 13:37, 3 February 2024 (UTC)

Discussion

• This edit is live as of now - https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sreeleela&diff=1193316910&oldid=1193190651 Thewikizoomer (talk) 16:08, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

  @Thewikizoomer I've rolled this back to the status quo. Please stop changing it until this discussion is resolved. Thanks. Nemov (talk) 00:50, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

  Ok Thewikizoomer (talk) 03:48, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

  I vote for straight "Actress" without a nationality signifier. Separately in the lead, it can be stated where she is currently living and working. Where she was born and raised can be handled under early life and education rather than the lead. Slacker13 (talk) 15:24, 16 January 2024 (UTC)

• Is she an American citizen? If so, I would say Indian-born American actress which seems consistent with other pages I have seen. Or, is she a dual citizen in which case it would be Indian and American. That is inline with MOS. --CNMall41 (talk) 02:05, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

  “Indian-born American actress” would fit someone who is born in India and acquired American citizenship later. Here, she is born in United States, so likely an American citizen (but we are not entirely sure of that). India does not allow dual citizenship, so that part can be ruled out. Ab207 (talk) 07:28, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

So all we know for sure as far as citizenship is that she was born in the United States? The Times of India says she was born in Bangalore, although I no longer believe anything is reliable from the TOI.--CNMall41 (talk) 21:39, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

TOI must have mixed it up, unsurprisingly. Says Sreeleela was born in Bangalore, she spent a significant part of her life in the United States, when it is the opposite. It goes onto say the she is pursuing medicine in the US, however, she told in interviews that she’s pursuing MBBS in Mumbai. - Ab207 (talk) 17:02, 21 October 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 23 February 2024

Please change 'American actress' to 'actress'. Sreeleela has never acted in any American movies, she was only born there and grew up in Bangalore. It is misleading to call her an American actress. 202.7.239.20 (talk) 10:05, 23 February 2024 (UTC)

Please see preceding discussion on this very topic. Revirvlkodlaku (talk) 10:19, 23 February 2024 (UTC)

 Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{Edit semi-protected}} template.
— Urro^{[talk][edits]} ⋮ 13:13, 23 February 2024 (UTC)